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Fall 2007

• Design Workshop
• MC Magazine Internship
• Redial
• Show/Tell Studio

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• The Half Hour Cozy
• Thesis

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Spring 2007

• Designing for Constraints
• GUI in AJAX

Fall 2006

• Physical Computing

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• Graphics
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Linda Park Talk 11/2/07 – ITP
From the New York Foundation for the Arts
Some notes from her talk.

• Non-commercial funding- not intended for projects that will be/create profit

When looking at grants, consider:

• How does our project fit in with the organization’s mission or vision? How can the project be tailored to the source of funding?

Art fields are on two-year cycles. computer arts field opens October 2008. I am elegible after I graduate for this field.

NYFA itself offers a fellowship grant, $7000 undrestricted.

Most grants require documentation. This includes a project narrative, list of materials, budget, and connection to the organization’s mission.

• Think broadly about my practice.

NYFA source: online database for grants. The Foundation Center also has resources and a database, but this is for non-profit organizations and not individuals.

Fiscal Sponsorship: this is offered by NYFA for small organizations with non-profit intentions . NYFA will act as a “proxy” or fiscal agent for access to non-profit status.
Through fiscal sponsorship, NYFA takes care of all the non-profit accounting. Charges 8% fee for services.

Queenscouncilarts.org publishes a grant writing basics guideline. Downloadable PDF
http://www.queenscouncilarts.org/guides/Grant%20Writing%20Basics.pdf

Other notes:

• Merit-based grants are judged on work and not experience.
• Better to go deep than broad
• contact grant program officers with questions. Get to know websites and grant applications.