Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), a national research library and
learned society of American history and culture, is calling for
applications for visiting fellowships for historical research by creative
and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other
persons whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works
dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history.
Successful applicants are those whose work is for the general public
rather than for academic or educational audiences. The Society's goal in
sponsoring this program is to multiply and improve the ways in which an
understanding of history is communicated to the American people.
Fellowship projects may include (but are not limited to):
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historical novels
performance of historical music or drama
poetry
documentary films
television programs
radio broadcasts
plays
libretti
screenplays
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magazine or newspaper articles
costume designs
set designs
illustrations and other graphic arts
book designs
sculpture
paintings
other works of fine and applied art
nonfiction works of history designed for general audiences of adults
or children
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The fellowships will provide the recipients with the opportunity for a
period of uninterrupted research, reading, and collegial discussion at the
Society, located in Worcester, Massachusetts.
At least three fellowships will be awarded for residence of four weeks at
the Society at any time during the period January l through December 31.
The stipend will be $1,100 for fellows residing on campus
(rent-free) in the Society's Goddard-Daniels
House, an
attractive and
spacious historic
mansion located directly across the street from the AAS library.
The stipend will be $1,600 for fellows residing off
campus. Fellows will not be paid a travel
allowance.
Funding for this program began with a grant to AAS from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund. Additional funding for the awards is derived from income from endowments established by the Robert and Charlotte Baron Fellowship, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, and Jay and Deborah Last.
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The deadline for 2010 applications is October 5, 2009
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