ArtsLink Projects
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Application Deadline: January 15, 2008

ArtsLink Projects support U.S. artists, curators, presenters and
non-profit arts organizations undertaking projects in Central Europe,
Russia and Eurasia. Since 1992, ArtsLink has disbursed nearly $1.5
million in ArtsLink Projects awards. Awards are made in a given
discipline on an alternate-year basis: 

*	2008 Performing Arts and Literature 
*	2009 Visual and Media Arts 

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Eligible Countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia,
Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova,
Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Program Description
ArtsLink Projects provides support to US artists, curators, presenters,
and arts organizations undertaking projects in Central Europe, Russia
and Eurasia. Applicants must be working with an artist or organization
in that region and projects should be designed to benefit participants
and audiences in both the US and the host country. 

In 2008, applications will be accepted from individual artists,
presenters, and non-profit arts organizations working in dance, music,
theater and literature. ArtsLink has a cycle of alternate year deadlines
according to discipline. In 2009, applications will be accepted from
individual artists, curators, and non-profit arts organizations working
in visual and media arts. Support is provided to: 

*	create new work that draws inspiration from interaction with
artists and the community in the country visited; 
*	establish mutually beneficial exchange of ideas and expertise
between artists, arts organizations, and the local community; 
*	pursue artistic cooperation that will enrich creative or
professional development, or has potential to expand the community's
access to the art of other cultures. 

Examples of eligible ArtsLink Projects: 

*	A US choreographer collaborating with an Estonian composer on
new work for an Estonian dance company 
*	The collaboration between a US translator and Hungarian writer
on the translation and compilation of a body of poetry 
*	A US playwright conducting a series of workshops with members of
the Slovenian theater community 
*	A US festival director visiting several Central European theater
festivals to see work and present videos of US artists 

Descriptions of past ArtsLink Projects can be found on CEC ArtsLink's
website (www.cecartslink.org). To consult with ArtsLink staff or to
receive information about ArtsLink, please call 212-643-1985 x22, fax:
212-643-1996, e-mail: [log in to unmask]

Application Requirements
Please check back in mid summer for updated application requirements.

Review Criteria
The selection process is extremely competitive. Applicants should
anticipate a highly rigorous review of their work and should demonstrate
compelling reasons for wanting to work in the selected country. All
ArtsLink applications will be evaluated by peer review panels based on
the following review criteria: 

*	Artistic excellence and merit of the applicant's work; 
*	Quality and feasibility of project plan; 
*	Potential for interactive dialogue and benefit of proposed
project to both US applicant and overseas participants; 
*	Project's potential to bring the benefit of the cross-cultural
exchange to other artists or audiences in both the US and the
international participant's country. 



Eligibility
Students, scholars, administrators, critics, and amateur groups are not
eligible to apply. In addition, projects focusing solely on research, or
the production of an audio recording are not elegible. Applicants must
be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. 2007 ArtsLink
Projects awardees are not eligible. 2008 ArtsLink Projects awardees will
not be eligible to apply again until 2010. In 2008, applications in
visual and media arts are not eligible. Past ArtsLink Projects awardees
who have not submitted a final report are not eligible.

Important Information
Projects involving performances, touring or participation in performing
arts festivals can be supported by ArtsLink only if this activity is a
component of a more comprehensive proposed project. Panelists will
evaluate the quality of the project by assessing the potential for
interactive dialogue.

Eligible Countries
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Moldova, Montenegro,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Tajikistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Award Amounts
ArtsLink Projects awards will generally range from $2,500 to $10,000
depending on the project budget. Awards will seldom cover the
applicant's total project expenses.

Application Deadline and Notification
Send completed application to: CEC ArtsLink, 435 Hudson Street, 8th
Floor New York, NY 10014. Applications must be postmarked by January 15,
2008. The earliest project start date is May 1, 2008. Projects must be
completed by April 30, 2009. ArtsLink Projects awards will be announced
in late April 2008.