For the first time since 1988 the Greater Columbus Arts Council is presenting the GCAC Individual Media Artist Fellowship Program. GCAC and the Columbus Film Council (CFC) encourage and support the work of film and video artists in the Columbus area. In this capacity, GCAC and CFC have partnered to present the 2011 Media Artist Fellowship Program.
The Columbus Film Council presents the longest running film festival in the United States each year in various venues around Columbus, Ohio. This year the final 2011 Media Artist Fellowship Award recipients will be announced at the Chris Awards ceremony at the Columbus International Film + Video Festival on November 19 at the Canzani Center in the downtown campus of the Columbus College of Art & Design.
This prestigious fellowship is open to Franklin County media artists who are not currently enrolled in a degree-granting program. Media arts consist of time-based works on film, video or digital media. The Media Artist Fellowship program provides unrestricted grants to artists of outstanding talent and ability who currently live in the city of Columbus and/or Franklin County, and have done so for at least one year.
Since GCAC’s Individual Artist Fellowship program was established in 1986 to recognize outstanding local artists, more than 140 awards in a variety of disciplines including visual arts, crafts, film and video, creative writing, music composition and choreography/movement arts have been granted.
To apply the work must be submitted on DVD (three copies required) and an online application form must be completed at GoArts.com, GCAC’s online application system. The application deadline is August 31 at 5 p.m. There is no fee to apply.
For more information about this amazing opportunity for Franklin County Media Artists please go to: http://www.gcac.org/grants-services-for-artists/.
For more information about the Columbus Film Council go to: ColumbusFilmCouncil.org.
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