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Galería de la Raza

May 29 - June 6, 2010

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2857 24th Street
 San Francisco, CA 94110
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A FREE 3-DAY INTENSIVE GRANTWRITING PROGRAM FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS ARTISTS Saturday, May 29, 2010 - Saturday, June 5, 2010 | 9:00 am Galería will host a FREE 3-day intensive Grantwriting workshop to support the proffessional development of Native American and Indigenous artists. Over the course of three sessions, workshop participants will develop a grant proposal specific to Galeria’s Small Grants Program. Participants will request $1,000 to support a project that fits Galería’s Artistic Programs (see below). A peer review panel will award three $1,000 commission grants to artists or groups to implement their project. Selected projects will be included as part of Galería’s 2010-2011 public program calendar. Please note that Galería’s Small Grants Program is ONLY avaiable to grantwriting workshop participants who complete the full 3 day workshop. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Applicants should be a Native American artist or a Native American-lead project/organization based in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Native American describes people with indigenous North, Central and South American heritage as well as Native Hawaiians, Samoans, and the indigenous people of Guam (whether enrolled, federally or nationally recognized, or not). From the Discrimination By Omission: Issues of Concern for Native Americans in San Francisco, A Report of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, August 23, 2007 We request that applicants represent their Native heritage, tribal affiliations and the lineage of their traditional cultural practices with integrity in the grants application process. WORKSHOP OUTCOMES: - Increased knowledge in the fundamentals of grantwriting to develop competitive grant proposals to government and foundation sources. - Three $1,000 grants to selected proposals. - Public presentation of three projects at Galería during 2010-2011. WHEN: May 29th, May 30th and June 5th WHERE: Galería de la Raza, 2857 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 REGISTRATION: May 21st Applicants are selected on a first come, first serve basis. Since capacity is limited we recommend early registration. Registration forms will be available for download from our website (www.galeriadelaraza.org) as of Monday, May 3rd, 5:00 p.m.