Visual Artists' Scholarship Nomination Form

Alternate ROOTS is an organization based in the Southern USA whose MISSION is to support the creation and presentation of original art in all its forms, which is rooted in a particular community of place, tradition or spirit. As a coalition of cultural workers we strive to be allies in the elimination of all forms of oppression. ROOTS is committed to social and economic justice and the protection of the natural world and addresses these concerns through its programs and services.
Alternate ROOTS was founded in 1976 by a group of extraordinary theatre artists. Today, we are a creative network dedicated to providing programs and services for more than 350 activist artists of all disciplines. Now, thanks to generous funding from the Joan Mitchell Funding, there is an initiative within ROOTS to:

• Increase the presence and visibility of visual artists
  
• Generate dialogue about the visual arts for social justice perspective and process
  
• Create appropriate ways to exhibit the works/works in progress of visual artists at the ROOTS Annual Meeting
  
• Have a clear sense of how visual artists might connect with / find entry into the new ROOTS strategic plan
  
• Make visual artists feel welcome, supported and that their work for social justice is relevant to ROOTS’ mission and programs
  

Alternate ROOTS is pleased to extend a call for nominations of visual artists to receive scholarships to attend the ROOTS Annual Meeting at Lutheridge in Arden, North Carolina August 5-11, 2013. (The conference itself takes place Tuesday-Sunday, but there will be a pre-conference session for visual arts scholarship recipients and other visual artists in the ROOTS network from Monday-Tuesday.)

• Nominators must be ROOTS voting members.
  
• Nominees must live and practice within the ROOTS service region (the geographic area of the United States often referred to as "The South": AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, and Washington, DC).
  
• Nominees must have a strong connection/commitment to working in community for social change and an alignment with the ROOTS mission.
  
• Nominees must be interested in having ROOTS members as their audience and collaborators. 
  
• Nominees should expect to actively participate in dialogue at the Annual Meeting. 
• Nominees are welcome but not required to bring work to the Annual Meeting.

Applications are due April 5; decisions will be announced by April 15. Preference will be given to nominees who have never attended a ROOTS Annual Meeting. Scholarship includes:

• Free registration for the Annual Meeting ($350)
  
• Travel Subsidy (up to $150 as needed)
  

Best Practice Warning

Because these forms can be tricky, it is recommended that you copy and paste the questions into a Word document that you save your answers in and come back to paste them into the form when you're ready for upload. That way, if something goes kablooey (technical term) with the form before you're done, your work will not be lost.

Nominator Name: *

*Note: Nominators must be voting members of Alternate ROOTS.

Nominator Email: *

Nominator Phone: *

Nominee Name: *

Nominee Email: *

Nominee Phone: *

Nominee Street Address/PO Box: *

City: *

State: *

Zip: *

Primary Media Used: *

Painting

Drawing/2D Works on Paper

Printmaking

Sculpture

Installation

Fiber/Textiles

Ceramics

Artist Books

Photography

Video/Film

Multimedia (describe)

Other (describe)

(Please select the media/medium that best describes the artist’s work)

Use this space to further describe items from the above question:

Please describe the artist and his/her work. A bio and/or an artist statement would be helpful here: *

What part of the ROOTS mission resonates with the artist/artist's body of work?: *

What benefit do you think s/he will gain from attending the Annual Meeting? : *

Mentor Suggestion: (If not the nominator, which ROOTS member?): *

Nominators/mentors will be responsible for introducing scholarship recipients at planned presentation times during the Annual Meeting.

What is the nominee most excited about bringing to or sharing at the AM?: *

Displaying work

Dialogue about work in progress

Time to share about artistic process publicly

Dialogue about the field of visual arts for social justice

Site-specific installation at Lutheridge

Interaction with ROOTS cross-disciplinary membership

Other (describe)

Use this space to further describe items from the above question:

Work Samples & Photos

Please upload 3-5 work samples. Images must be JPEG files at 300 dpi, audio files must be MP3, time-based media can be submitted via links from which the work may be viewed online (youtube, vimeo, etc). To upload a URL, simply copy and paste the URL into a Word document, include any instructions and information about what we will be seeing (e.g. "This is a video from my gallery opening of kinetic sculptures in Charlotte, NC in December 2010. Please fast forward to 01:23 to witness an amazing moment between the audience and a piece...") Please include a work sample summary sheet in Word, which provides the following information for each work sample: • Title • Medium/Media • Dimensions • Date Work samples must be submitted online. If you’re having difficulty with that process, please contact Shannon Turner at 404-577-1079 for technical support. Please contact Ashley Minner with any other questions or concerns at 410-245-4303 / ashley.minner@gmail.com. Note: Nominees are welcome but not required to bring work to the Annual Meeting. There is a separate process for applying to bring/install work at Lutheridge. Please have the nominee complete and submit a proposal form if they wish to do so: http://alternateroots.org/visual_arts_installation_application

Work Sample Summary Sheet: *

Work Sample #1: *

Work Sample #2: *

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