Application to this program must be made via Kentucky Arts Services OnLine (KASOL). The Kentucky Arts Council (KAC) strongly encourages you to read and understand the KAC Values, general guidelines, Arts Education Roster guidelines and each step of the application process before accessing the application at www.culturegrants-ky.org.
The purpose of the Arts Education Roster is to promote artists that have the qualifications to conduct residencies, i.e., produce high quality artistic work, and have the skills and competencies needed to work with teachers and students in designing and implementing arts programs.
Your application will be reviewed using the following performance expectations:
1. Artistic Excellence (70%)
2. Teaching and Residency Experience (15%)
3. Sample Residency Project (15%)
The Arts Education Roster is an adjudicated directory of professional teaching artists and folklorists qualified to work in educational settings. The directory can be accessed at http://artistdirectory.ky.gov. The roster also serves as a resource for schools, museums, art centers, social service agencies, colleges, universities, hospitals, festivals, community recreational facilities and other nonprofit organizations seeking qualified arts professionals for arts and educational programming.
This online directory includes a bio, photograph, work samples and contact information about the artist as well as sample residency projects.
Artists applying for inclusion in the Arts Education Roster must provide the KAC with documentation of a current background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation prior to being accepted. (see http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm, the KAC must received this by Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
All Roster artists are provided with free professional development training to enhance their skills when working in an educational setting. This training is offered in July and November during mandatory artist retreats at the Kentucky Leadership Center near Jabez, KY and includes such topics as teacher professional development delivery, core content, adapting their programs for persons with disabilities, the Program of Studies, integration of the arts into the curriculum, etc.
New applicants must submit work samples with their application. Acceptance into the Roster is for a three-year term. Artists will be required to update their application annually throughout this term. At the end of the three-year term, artists wishing to continue in this program are required to re-jury by submitting a new application including updated work samples.
As a roster artist, you may partner with Kentucky schools interested in residencies and apply for the Teacher Initiated Program.
Professional artists and folklorists from both within and outside Kentucky, age 21 or older, may apply in any arts discipline or medium including:
Applicants must be United States citizens, or lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence, or have permission from the Department of Homeland Security to work permanently in the U.S.
Artists may apply in more than one discipline or medium, but must submit a separate application for each.
To access and complete the Arts Education Roster application, please go to www.culturegrants-ky.org.
| Application deadline | March 15, 2008 |
| Deadline for submission of paper copy of the application and attachments | Within 7 calendar days of March 15, 2008 |
| Review of applications by panel | April, 2008 |
| Artist Interviews | May 15, 2008 |
| KAC board reviews panel recommendations | June, 2008 |
| Applicant notification | As soon as possible after board meeting |
| *Artist Orientation/Training | July 20-22, 2008 |
| *Artist Orientation/Training is mandatory for all artists interested in participating in the Arts Education Roster. | |
Completed application forms must be submitted via Kentucky Arts Services OnLine (KASOL) by the deadline. Upon online submission, applicants will receive a confirmation email with your application PDF attached. If you do not receive a confirmation, contact the KAC immediately. Print and sign the PDF and mail/deliver it to the KAC along with the required work samples in accordance with the guidelines. The PDF and materials must be received in the KAC office within seven calendar days of the deadline date. KAC offices will be open until 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday (EST). If the application deadline date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a state/federal holiday, the deadline date will be the next following day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a state/federal holiday. If the KAC does not receive these items by close of business on the 7th day, your application will be considered ineligible.
Following the deadline, each application will be reviewed by the program director who may contact the applicant if clarification is needed. Applicants will be notified by email/letter of their status in the application/panel process.
Resumes and work samples are required for all disciplines. They must be submitted in accordance with the following instructions:
Resume
All applicants must submit a resume focusing on their career as an artist or folklorist. Resumes must include three professional references with current contact information, including email address.
Work Samples
Work samples are the primary means by which panelists assess artistic and professional quality. Please consider your choice of work samples carefully in relation to the program Performance Expectations. Be sure to also describe important points about the quality, scope, and depth of your work in the application narrative. Do not submit master tapes.
Care will be taken in handling samples; however, the Kentucky Arts Council does not take responsibility for loss or damage. We suggest you keep duplicates of your work in case they are needed before the review process is complete.
If selected for the Arts Education Roster, work samples will not be returned. Work samples will be returned to those who are not selected for the program. If you would like any of your supporting materials returned, you must indicate so on the materials and include with your application 1) a sufficiently large mailer or box with packing instructions, and 2) a check for $5 shipping fee per mailer or box, payable to Kentucky State Treasurer.
For detailed instructions on preparation, formatting and submission of all work samples and promotional images, see general guidelines.
Crafts and Visual Arts: Submit five (5) digital images of separate works. These images will be uploaded and submitted via the KASOL system. When selecting images for submission, please move images up or down, arranging them within your application in the order of preferred viewing.
Media Arts (Video): These samples will be mailed to the KAC. Please note: Affix your KASOL application number to each work sample. Submit up to three (3) separate work samples. The three samples may be combined onto one DVD if chapters are provided. Three copies of this DVD must be submitted. If chapters are not provided the work samples must be submitted on three separate DVDs. Three sets must be submitted for a total of nine DVDs. Samples may be completed works or excerpts of no more than ten minutes.
Media Arts (Audio): These samples will be mailed to the KAC. Please note: Affix your KASOL application number to each work sample. Submit up to three (3) separate work samples compiled on one CD. Three copies of this CD must be submitted.
Dance and Theatre (dancers, choreographers, actors, directors): These samples will be mailed to the KAC. Please note: Affix your KASOL application number to each work sample. Submit up to three (3) separate samples of performance work. The three samples may be combined onto one DVD if chapters are provided. Three copies of this DVD must be submitted. If chapters are not provided the work samples must be submitted on three separate DVDs. Three sets must be submitted for a total of nine DVDs. Samples may be completed works or excerpts of no more than ten minutes.
Music and Storytelling: These samples will be mailed to the KAC. Please note: Affix your KASOL application number to each work sample. Submit up to three (3) separate work samples compiled on one CD. Three copies of this CD must be submitted. Samples may be completed works or excerpts of no more than ten minutes and should demonstrate proficiency in the proposed art form.
Literary Arts (Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction and Fiction): This document will be a PDF or Word attachment submitted via the KASOL system. Submit up to 20 numbered pages, double-spaced, of poems, short fiction/non-fiction or an excerpt from a novel or other work. If an excerpt is submitted, it should be placed in context on a cover/synopsis sheet within the 20 pages.
Literary Arts (Play/Scriptwriting): This document will be a PDF or Word attachment submitted via the KASOL system. Submit up to 20 numbered conventional script pages of a scene or play. If an excerpt is submitted, it should be placed in context on a cover/synopsis sheet within the 20 pages. Scripts may be for stage, radio, film, television, etc.
Traditional/Folk Arts: See submission requirements for applicable disciplines above.
Folklorists (Note: choose Folklife/Traditional Arts as your Project Discipline on the application): Submit an essay of three to five pages as a writing sample describing experience in fieldwork, public programming, and working with communities. This document will be a PDF or Word attachment uploaded in the writing bank and submitted via the KASOL system. In addition, audio, video, or photo documentation of fieldwork may also be submitted using the applicable disciplines above.
Selection of artists for the roster is a two-panel process:
Round 1: Review panelProfessional out-of-state artists will review submitted work samples and resumes for artistic excellence, professional experience and training. Artists approved through the review process will move into the second round.
Round 2: Interview panelAn evaluation panel will interview selected applicants from round one. Kentucky applicants and those in adjacent states will be asked to interview in Frankfort; telephone interviews may be arranged for those in more distant states.
Interviewers will be assessing artists according to the following performance expectations:
• Artist's knowledge of his or her discipline and ability to communicate the artistic processes involved
• Initiative, judgment and temperament
• Ability to generate interest in, and enthusiasm for, his or her art form
• Residency ideas
• Willingness to adapt methods and approaches to a variety of school and community settings
There are no appeals in this category.
The Kentucky Arts Council welcomes all questions regarding this program. For more information, please contact:
Chris Cathers
Program Branch Manager
502-564-3757 Ext.
488
E-mail: Christopher.Cathers@ky.gov
Kentucky Arts Council
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