Crafthaus Conference/Workshop Scholarship

Juror: Brigitte Martin, Crafthaus Editor

This scholarship is awarded every January to a crafthaus member and is intended to enable his/her attendance at a professional conference or workshop of the recipient’s choosing during the course of the calendar year.

Eligibility: Applications for this grant are collected on an ongoing basis, and are open to all current and enrolled crafthaus members regardless of location, background or craft field.

Judging Criteria:
a) Uniqueness of creative expression
b) Excellence in craftsmanship
c) Proposed blog topic: Must offer a new topic on crafthaus that the recipient can talk about with some level of expertise

Funding Amount: $400 max.

Past recipients:

2011: Lauren McAdams (Yuma Conference) and Seana Higgins (NCECA)

2012: Ross Annels (Emma Collaborative Workshop)

2013: John Lunn (SNAG Conference, Toronto)

Scholarship Details:


• Workshop/Conference fee (paid by crafthaus up to $400.)
• One-year additional crafthaus membership once the current membership expires.
• Prominent blogspace on crafthaus for up to one year.

Note: The winner of the scholarship will be responsible for all travel, meal and lodging expenses associated with his/her participation in the conference.

Instructions on how to apply:

Copy/paste this form into a word.doc, fill out this form.

E-mail to: crafthauseditor@live.com with reference "crafthaus scholarship"

Deadline for application: January 10 annually (via email)

I. Contact Information:


Name:

Address:

email:

phone:

Eligibility: Applications for this grant are collected on an ongoing basis, and are open to all current and enrolled crafthaus members regardless of location, background or craft field.

Please check:

0 I am a current, enrolled crafthaus member.

II. Conference/Workshop planned to attend:


Date of conference/workshop:



III. Funding used for (check one or more if applicable)

o Hotel expenses
o Travel expenses
o Conference fee
o If other, please explain briefly __________________________________


Note: The recipient will be asked to provide documentation for funding claim. Please provide receipt(s) or other form of documentation of proposed costs together with your proposal as available. In case that documentation can only be provided after the conference/workshop start date, please notify accordingly. The allocated funds will be paid to recipient prior to start date of conference/workshop.

Blog

The recipient will receive prominent blogspace on crafthaus for 12 months max. and geared towards the recipient’s field of expertise. Please describe briefly your blog topic and how it would be of interest to the general crafthaus membership.

crafthaus members expect an interesting blogging experience, the applicant should be ready to write at least twice a month for 6-12 months max.

Description of Blog Topic (500 words max):

Blogging topics and timeline:

• Prior to conference: Introduction to audience, overview of own work, preparations for workshop/conference, introduction to workshop/conference theme, speakers, exhibitions.
• During Conference: Daily evening updates on workshop/conference experience. Note: These blog updates will be brief to enable the scholar to fully concentrate on the workshop/conference itself.
• After conference: Bi-weekly updates starting with continued, further in-depth workshop/conference coverage, then moving on to topic of scholar’s choosing as described in application. Continuation of blog for 6-12 months max.

Images:

All applications will be juried from the images posted to crafthaus profiles solely !

All applicants are strongly encouraged to update their photos on the site accordingly. Remember to post media, measurements and all other relevant information with each photo. Update your artist page with relevant educational and/or exhibition information.

TAG your photos with your name, media, and other relevant info!!

Submitted by:

Date submitted:

Copy/paste this form into a word.doc, fill out this form.

E-mail to: crafthauseditor@live.com with reference "crafthaus scholarship"

Deadline for application: January 10 annually (via email)