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>X-eGroups-Return: [log in to unmask] >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >X-Apparently-To: [log in to unmask] >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Sarah Dunham <[log in to unmask]> >Mailing-List: list [log in to unmask]; contact [log in to unmask] >Delivered-To: mailing list [log in to unmask] >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:18:40 -0800 >Subject: [berkeley-disabled] Kennedy Center Request for Proposals > > >Kennedy Center >REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS > >The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces a request for >proposals to implement mentoring programs for individuals with >disabilities. This project is being supported by the U.S. Dept. of >Education and the National Endowment for the Arts. Proposals must be >received by January 6, 2003, may include a request for between $1,000 and >$15,000 in support, and are for projects to be executed between January >2003 and December 2003. > >CAREERS IN THE ARTS INITIATIVE - MENTORING (CAIM) > >Mission: To support arts and arts service organization in creating >experiential education opportunities through mentoring for individuals with >disabilities interested in pursuing careers in the arts. > >CAIM Project Intent: Through the CAIM project arts organizations will >offer individuals and students with disabilities, who are interested in >exploring or advancing their careers in the arts, the opportunity to work >in a professional arts or arts service environment and be mentored by a >working arts professional. CAIM projects will create opportunities for the >individual with a disability to partake in professional development >opportunities, career enhancement opportunities, and to build experiences >and resume credit which enhance their potential for future competitive >employment in a career in the arts. These experiences can be in any field >of the arts including but not limited to: > >Administrative: development, marketing, education, advertising, human >resources, information systems/technology, retail operations, special >events, box office, and programming. > >Production: stage management, stage crew, construction, directing, >choreographing, writing, design, museum practices including research, >collections, management, and conservation. > >Design/Arts: visual arts, exhibitions, facility design, costuming, sets, >props, lights, sound, painting, film, graphics and multi-media. > >Performance: dancer, actor, and musician. > >Qualifying Art Organizations must: >· Be a tax-exempt nonprofit 501-C-3 cultural arts organization, >cultural arts service organization or a state/local government arts agency. >· Identify a full-time employee of the organization to mentor the >individual with a disability. >· Select a qualified individual with a disability to be mentored >(definition of "qualified" below). >· Complete and return an application including a budget which >accounts for the amount requested. >· Organizations may request from $1000 up to $15,000 in support for a >CAIM project. No matching funds are required but organizations are >encouraged to supplement their CAIM project with other funds. >· Experiential education mentoring projects may be up to nine months >long but must be at least one semester long (approx. 4 months), 15 to 40 >hours a week, and occur between January 2003 and December 2003. >· Submit a mid-term report within 90 days of receipt of funds. >· Submit a final report including completed evaluation tools provided >by the Kennedy Center within 30 days of the completion of the CAIM project. > >Qualifying Individuals With A Disability: >Organizations may consider people of all ages (18 years or older.) >Students with disabilities must: >· Be undergraduate or graduate students, or within 2 years of graduation >· With any major (i.e. business, education, theater, English, >performance, fine arts, graphic arts, etc.) >· Have a documented disability (Documentation of a disability >includes but is not limited to letter or other documentation from a >vocational rehabilitation agency, college or university office of >disability services or a physician.) >· Be a U.S. Citizen or have a right-to-work permit >· Have a C+ G.P.A. (or higher) >Or >Non-students with disabilities must: >· Be at least 18 years of age >· Have a documented disability >· Be a U.S. Citizen or have a right to work permit >· Have three years of successful work and/or training experience in >the arts (a combination would be accepted) >· Have demonstrated experience in the arts > >Eligible activities for funding include but are not limited to stipends for >the individual with a disability to participate in the project, auxiliary >aids and accommodations necessary for the interns successful participation >in the internship program, and related expenses. Ineligible activities >include commercial (for profit) enterprises or activities, general office >equipment, travel, relocation costs. > >HOW TO APPLY: >You must fill out an application form. Email your request for an >application to: [log in to unmask] > >Be sure that you put "CAIM Application Request" in the subject field, and >please indicate in the email whether you would like the application emailed >to you as an attachment (PDF file), faxed to you or mailed to you. > >DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS >Completed applications must be received by close of business on January 6, >2003 and may be submitted by: >Mail: Accessibility Program >The Kennedy Center >P.O. Box 10808 >Arlington, Virginia, 22210. > >Applicants will be notified of whether or not they have received funding by >February 16, 2003. >Projects must be completed by December 31, 2003. > >FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: > >The John F. Kennedy Center Accessibility Program by: >Phone: (202) 416-8727 >Fax: (202) 416-8802 >TTY: (202) 416-8728 >Email: [log in to unmask] > >CAIM is an outgrowth of the recommendation to increase opportunities for >people with disabilities to pursue careers in the arts through mentoring >from the National Forum on Careers in the Arts held in June of 1998 at The >John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and sponsored by the >National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Department of Education, US >Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration. > > > >Sarah Dunham >Career Counselor >Career Center, UC Berkeley >Voice: (510) 642-5373/ Fax: (510) 642-6987 >http://career.berkeley.edu > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! 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