Bush Foundation Announces Artist Fellows Information Meetings

The Bush Foundation, St. Paul, will hold information meetings on the 2005 Bush Artist Fellows program between August 30 and October 1 in communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. All artists interested in applying for the fellowship are encouraged to attend one of the meetings.

The Bush Artist Fellows program provides artists with significant financial support that allows them to further their work and their contribution to their communities. Fellows may decide to take time for solitary work or reflection, engage in collaborative or community projects or embark on travel or research. Artists may use a fellowship in many ways - to explore new directions, continue work already in progress or accomplish work not financially feasible otherwise. The foundation will award up to 15 fellowships of $44,000 each in 2005.

Applications for the 2005 fellowship program will be available on August 2. Artists may apply in four categories: literature (including poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction), scriptworks for stage and screen, film/video and music composition.

At the information meetings, program director Julie Gordon Dalgleish will present an overview of the Bush Artist Fellows program, discuss the guidelines and eligibility for the 2005 applications and answer questions. The one-hour meetings will be held in the following locations:

Minot, ND
Monday, August 30, 2004, 7 p.m.
Gordon B. Olson Library
Minot State University
500 University Avenue West

Grand Forks, ND
Tuesday, August 31, 2004, 7 p.m.
North Dakota Museum of Art
UND Campus-Centennial Drive

Marshall, MN
Tuesday, September 14, 2004, 7 p.m.
Marshall Area Fine Arts Council
313 West Main

Sioux Falls, SD
Wednesday, September 15, 2004, 7 p.m.
Sioux Empire Arts Council-Horse Barn
309 East Falls Park Drive

La Crosse, WI
Thursday, September 16, 2004, 7 p.m.
Pump House Regional Arts Center
119 King Street

Duluth, MN
Wednesday, September 22, 2004, 7 p.m.
Marshall School Annex Building-Common Area
1301 Rice Lake Road

Chippewa Falls, WI
Thursday, September 23, 2004, 7 p.m.
Chippewa Valley Cultural Association
Heyde Center-3 High Street

Spearfish, SD
Friday, October 1, 2004, 10 a.m. to noon
Spearfish Holiday Inn & Convention Center
I-90, Exit 14

Three information meetings to be held in the Twin Cities will focus on one or more specific disciplines as follows:

Tuesday, September 7, 2004, 7 p.m.
Scriptworks
The Playwrights' Center
2301 Franklin Avenue East, Minneapolis

Thursday, September 9, 2004, 7 p.m.
Literature|
The Loft Literary Center, Open Book
1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis

Monday, September 27, 2004, 7 p.m.
Music Composition and Film/Video
Zeitgeist
275 East Fourth Street, Suite 100, St. Paul

Application deadlines for the 2005 categories are:

• Literature - October 22, 2004.
• Scriptworks and Film/Video - October 29, 2004.
• Music Composition - November 5, 2004.

To be eligible to apply, an artist must be at least 25 years old at the time of application and a resident of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota or the 26 counties of western Wisconsin that lie within the Ninth Federal Reserve District. Applicants must have lived in one of these states for at least 12 of the 36 months preceding the application deadline. Students are not eligible.

Separate preliminary panels are convened for each category to review application materials and select finalists. Final selection of fellows will be made in April 2005 by an interdisciplinary panel.

For more information about the Bush Artist Fellows program, the information meetings or to request an application, please contact Kathi Polley, program assistant, at 651/227-5222, 800/605-7315 or kpolley@bushfoundation.org. Or visit the Bush Foundation's Web site.

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