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Guidelines and Process for 2012 Program Below | Deadline: passed

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Who Can Apply

Applicant eligibility

Applicants MUST:

Be an individual artist (groups must apply to Group Arts Projects)
Reside in King County (at the time of application and through completion of the proposed project)
Be 18 years of age or older at the time of application
If selected for an award, must furnish their own Social Security Number for payment.

Applicants MUST NOT:

Have an incomplete project and open contract awarded in 2009 or 2010.
Be a group, ensemble or collective (groups must apply to Group Arts Projects. See note below about Collaborative Projects)
Be a Group Arts applicant. You cannot apply to both Group Arts Projects and Individual Artists Projects
Be a current Sustained Support program recipient
Serve as a current staff, board or Arts Advisory Committee member of 4Culture
Be a 2012 Individual Artist Projects selection panelist

Individuals may submit only one application annually to Individual Artist Projects.

What We Fund

Project eligibility

Projects MUST:

Offer public benefit (see section below on public benefit) and be accessible to the citizens of King County
Begin no earlier than July 1, 2012 and be completed by December 31, 2013. The phase of the project for which you are seeking funding cannot begin prior to July 1, 2012
Be of direct benefit to the applicant artist

Projects MAY include the following:

The development of new work
The interpretation of existing work
The presentation of new work or collection of works
Support professional development of an artist (e.g. workshop, conference, residency)
Support the rental or purchase of materials that further the applicant's artistic project

Projects MAY NOT include:

Tuition and cost-of-living expenses for matriculated students in any degree program
Projects in which fundraising is a primary purpose
Permanent public art projects or planning for permanent public art projects. For public art opportunities visit our opportunity listings page.

Confused by language we use? Check out our glossary of terms

Collaborative Projects

The proposed project may include contributions by many artists. However, in this program, the panelists will assess only the applicant's contribution to the proposed project and work samples. If a project is selected for funding, the applicant will receive a contract and payment. Contracts will not be issued to a Fiscal Sponsor or other designee. Artists applying for a collaborative project (a project developed between two or more people) should apply to Individual Artist Projects IF the collaboration is a new team of people, who have agreed to stay in partnership while completing the proposed project, and are not a group. Artist teams or collaborations of two or more people who have an established history of collaboration, sometimes organized under a group name, must apply to Group Arts Projects.

Applying for both Arts and Heritage Project Support

Heritage 4Culture offers funding for heritage interpretation projects. Some projects may meet eligibility criteria for both Arts and Heritage funding programs. Heritage 4Culture has different deadlines, guidelines and application requirements. Applicants who are considering applying to both programs are strongly encouraged to contact program staff before submitting an application to either program.

When

2012 Program Deadline: passed

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2012 Application Review Timeline

The following is an approximate schedule. The actual timeline may differ.

March: Deadline is passed. No late applications will be accepted.
April: Applications will be reviewed and organized by staff in preparation for the peer-panel review process.
May: A peer review panel meets to review applications. The panel will recommend funding for the most highly ranked projects from among the applications submitted. The panel's funding recommendations are forwarded to the 4Culture Arts Advisory Committee for approval. The Arts Advisory Committee reviews and takes formal action on the panel recommendations, then makes its recommendations to the 4Culture Board of Directors. The Board of Directors approves the recommendations and the award recipients will receive formal notification from 4Culture.
June: Each award recipient will then work with the Program Coordinator to develop a contract that governs the payment of funds. Award recipients will be required to meet recipient obligations. Funds become available after contracts are signed and submitted with all necessary documents.
July: Projects may begin July 1, 2012. Award recipients are expected to initiate their project within the contract period. Completion of the project, including final documentation and invoice, is expected by December 31, 2013.

Public Benefit Requirement

4Culture receives all funding for its Individual Artist Project program from a portion of Lodging Tax revenues collected in King County. Because of this, artists funded through this program must provide some kind of public benefit to the citizens of King County. The following are examples of services that meet the public benefit:

Presenting a project-related event outside of the Seattle metropolitan area, in suburban or rural King County.
Presenting a project-related event to underserved groups such as, seniors, youth, homeless, disabled and minority populations.
Free/discounted admissions to project event: performances, exhibitions, workshops, screenings, readings, etc...
Creation of free, publicly accessible materials including audio/video recordings and electronic files and donation of final publications, CDs, DVDs etc... to the King County Library System (KCLS). Artists must apply to KCLS to have final work(s) accepted by for their collection.

Your public benefit must be described in the Project Impact section of the application.

How

Selection process and criteria

Review Process

Applications to Individual Artist Projects are reviewed by staff for eligibility, accuracy, and completeness. 4Culture staff will facilitate a peer panel review of your application. This panel is made up of artists and arts workers from throughout King County and have expertise in one or more artistic discipline. This panel will select and recommend the most highly qualified projects for funding based on the following criteria:

Artistic merit, excellence or innovative quality of project
Access and public benefit for King County residents
Artistic excellence demonstrated in the work samples provided
Feasibility and applicant's demonstrated ability to accomplish the project
Appropriateness of the funding request and project feasibility demonstrated in the budget

Applications from artists in underrepresented geographic areas and/or projects that will serve underrepresented geographic areas or ethnic groups will be prioritized if above criteria is met.

Requirements and appeals

Learn about the legal requirements of award recipients, and about the process for appeal of a 4Culture award here.

FAQ

How can I get help on my application?

Applicants are strongly advised to take advantage of the following helpful resources:

Review successful applications submitted by other artists in previous years. You may visit our office to review successful project descriptions, project impact descriptions and sample budgets from past award recipients.
Communicate with program staff about eligibility requirements, project ideas and other resources. All applicants are strongly encouraged to contact staff prior to preparing an application if there is a question about eligibility.
Attend a free application workshop. Workshops are presented by 4Culture staff to help guide you through the application process. We also have workshops available on-line to help assist you. [vimeo.com]
Plan ahead by reviewing the Sample Application and prepare written materials about your project, budget and work sample description, before you begin your application

I received an award from 4Culture last year, can I apply again?
You may have received support from King County programs last year and still apply this year. You may not apply for the same phase of the project if you received funding for it in previous years.
What if the project I want to do is totally different than what I have done in the past?
If your project is different than what you have to present in your work samples, be sure to help the panelists understand why you are taking on this new challenge and how your past work demonstrates your ability to achieve this new kind of work. You should include this in the "project description" section of the application.
How much money can I apply for? Is there a limit on the request I can make to 4Culture?
In 2012, we will be awarding funds in three fixed amounts: $1,500; $4,500; or $7,500. Panelists may elect to fund an applicant at a lower level than requested, if they believe the project is still feasible at a lower award amount. Each year, the peer panel determines the lowest and highest award amount they recommend for distribution. Because panelists are artists themselves, they know what things cost. Be honest about your needs. Panelists tend to score projects low if they feel the applicant's budget is inflated.
Can you give me an example of what "in-kind" support is? I don't get it.
Here is an example for you. Say your brother is letting you borrow a generator for your project, find out how much a generator would cost you to rent for the length of your project. That rental amount can be included in your budget under In-Kind, as support your brother is providing toward the project.
Who is the person I contact if I have other questions?
Heather Dwyer is the program coordinator for Individual Artist Projects. You can reach her via email or by phone at 206 296.8676

Ready to Apply

How to submit your application

STEP 1 - Read all of the above sections

STEP 2 - Prepare your information before you apply online. This section contains guidance on how to prepare your online application, and the support materials you are required to submit with your application.

Sample Application and Sample Budget

Before you log-in to apply, we recommend you view the Sample Application and Sample Budget. These samples show you what the actual online application looks like, and what information you will need to provide.

2012 Sample Application
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2012 Sample Budget
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Required Support Materials

File Uploads Required

The following two file uploads are required as part of your application. Applications without the following uploaded documents will be considered incomplete.

1. Project Budget (Required Upload)

Download the 4Culture project budget form provided here. Enter your estimated project costs in the Expenses column. Enter your sources of income for the project in the Income column including your request to 4Culture (either $1,500; $4,500; or $7,500). You will not be allowed to submit the online application without uploading a completed 4Culture project budget form.

4Culture Project Budget
PLEASE NOTE: In order to fill out and SAVE this form, you MUST use Adobe Reader (Download Free Adobe Reader). ATTENTION MAC USERS: The default program for PDF documents on a Mac is Preview, which will not allow you to save information in our form. You MUST USE Adobe Reader instead. Learn how to open our form with Adobe Reader:

Step 1: If you don't already have Adobe Reader, download the latest version for FREE here.

Step 2: Save the PDF document you want to fill out to your computer. (If you are not given the option to save, the document might have automatically downloaded to the folder you have chosen to be your default download folder. Check that folder.)

Step 3: Right-click on the PDF document you saved, choose "Open with" in the drop-down menu and select Adobe Reader.

2. Work Sample Description

Identify your work sample(s) on this form only. Include titles (and/or track numbers) of the work(s) submitted in the order in which they are to be reviewed. Include, the date the work(s) were completed or if they are in-progress and indicate the role of the applicant (Examples: choreographer, photographer, guitarist, director). Applicants may elect to write a few brief sentences about the work sample(s). If work samples are in the Manuscript Format, identify if the sample(s) are complete works, abstracts, excerpts or a group of works. If work samples are in the Image Format include the medium, dimensions of the artwork(s) and completion date. [Open this form, save to your computer, complete, save, and upload to application].

Work Sample Description
PLEASE NOTE: In order to fill out and SAVE this form, you MUST use Adobe Reader (Download Free Adobe Reader). ATTENTION MAC USERS: The default program for PDF documents on a Mac is Preview, which will not allow you to save information in our form. You MUST USE Adobe Reader instead. Learn how to open our form with Adobe Reader:

Step 1: If you don't already have Adobe Reader, download the latest version for FREE here.

Step 3: Right-click on the PDF document you saved, choose "Open with" in the drop-down menu and select Adobe Reader.

Work Samples are required of all applicants

Applicants are encouraged to submit work samples of past work that best illustrates their qualifications for the proposed project. Prints, transparencies, musical scores, brochures and press-clippings will not be accepted. The following Work Sample guide outlines the options available for submitting work samples.

You may choose only one format and one way-to-submit

Recommended formats by discipline:

Music - Audio Format
Dance - Video Format
Theater - Video or Manuscript Format
Visual - Digital Image Format
Literary - Manuscript Format
Media - Video or Manuscript Format

Audio Format

A maximum of three (3) work samples. Each applicant's work will be reviewed for a cumulative total of five (5) minutes maximum.

Way To Submit (choose one)
External Site Upload:
You may submit up to three audio files using SoundCloud. Once you have uploaded your files to SoundCloud that you would like the selection panel to review, indicate the SoundCloud URL (e.g. http://soundcloud.com/bob-m/03-bob-smith) on the Work Sample Description sheet in the order in which you would like the files reviewed. Work samples may not be submitted through other media sharing sites. All submissions must be publicly accessible (not private).

Mail/Deliver:
Mail in or deliver one (1) CD with audio samples, in the required format. Label the CD clearly with your full name. All CDs must be self-executable and ready to play on a portable sound system.

Image Format

A maximum of ten (10) JPGs in the order in which they are to be reviewed. JPG (.jpg) files only. Images must be under 2MB, 1920 pixels on the longest side and 72 dpi at least. TIFF and other file formats will not be accepted. Files names must use only numbers, letters and underscores. Label your images in the following manner: 01_LastName_FirstInitial. Example: 01_Smith_A, 02_Smith_A etc... Images will be presented one at a time during the application review process.

Way To Submit (choose one)
Upload:
Upload JPGs in the order in which they are to be reviewed, in the required format.

Mail/Deliver:
Mail in or deliver one (1) CD with audio samples, in the required format. Label the CD clearly with your group name and Project Title.

Manuscript Format

A writing sample, in English, on white, 8.5x11" paper, of no more than ten (10) pages (plus one (1) cover page) with a minimum font size of 12 points. Include a cover page with your name and title of work(s) and label each page with your first and last name.

Way To Submit (choose one)
Upload:
Portable Document Format (.pdf) or Word (.doc) only, in the required format.

Mail/Deliver:
Mail in or deliver three (3) copies of your manuscript, on white, 8.5x11" paper, in the required format. Do not punch holes or staple, paperclip only.

Video Format

A maximum of three (3) work samples. Each applicant groups work will be reviewed for a cumulative total of five (5) minutes maximum.

External Site Upload:
You may submit up to three videos using Vimeo. Once you have uploaded video selections to Vimeo that you would like the selection panel to review, indicate the Vimeo URL (e.g. http://www.vimeo.com/2992575) on the Work Sample Description sheet in the order in which you would like the videos reviewed. Work samples may not be submitted through other media sharing sites. All submissions must be publicly accessible (not private).

Mail/Deliver:
Mail in or deliver One (1) DVD with a maximum of three (3) work samples in the order in which they are to be reviewed. DVDs must be self-executable and if possible, with chapters. DVDs must be clearly labeled with group name and project title. DVDs will be played on a DVD player, not a computer. Test your DVD on stand-alone players prior to submission. MOV, WMV and other file formats will not be accepted.

Mail In/Delivery Instructions

Artists may mail in or hand-deliver work samples. Mailed materials must have a United State Postal Service postmark of March 14, 2012 and be sent to:

Heather Dwyer
4Culture
101 Prefontaine Pl S
Seattle, WA 98104

STEP 3 - Sign in to fill out your application

Note: Once you have started the process of applying online, you can hit "save" after each step in the application, sign out, and your application will remain saved as a draft. Please make sure you have prepared all documents to be uploaded prior to completing the application. You can then return to your application any time before the deadline to continue working or to make changes by signing in with username and password you created. Once you hit "submit," you will still be able to see your application; by you will not be able to make any more changes.

For technical questions about the online application system, contact staff member Heather Dwyer at 206 296.8676.

This funding opportunity is currently closed. We will reopen the application for this opportunity at least 6 weeks before the next deadline.

Upcoming Workshops

All applicants are encouraged to attend a workshop prior to submitting your application. These free workshops provide you an opportunity to ask questions, understand specific guidelines, and be taken through a step-by-step review of the application process.

City	Location	Dates	Time
Kent	Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 East Smith Street, Kent SOCO Culture Meeting 10-11:30am - 4Culture workshop follows	Jan 11	11:30am-12:30pm
Vashon	CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW Vashon Library, 17210 Vashon Highway SW, Vashon Island	Jan 18	12-1pm
SeaTac	Valley View Library, 17850 Military Rd. S, SeaTac	Jan 25	12-1pm
South Bellevue	Newport Way Library, 14250 S.E. Newport Way, Bellevue	Feb 8	12-1pm
Black Diamond	Black Diamond Library, 24707 Roberts Drive, Black Diamond	Feb 15	12-1pm
Woodinville	Woodinville Library, 17105 Avondale Road NE, Woodinville	Feb 22	12-1pm
Seattle	4Culture, 101 Prefontaine PL S, Seattle	Feb 14, 21, 28 Mar 6	12-1pm

Online Workshop

This online workshop is approximately 30 minutes, split into 5-minute segments for your convenience. Simply push "play" to watch all the videos consecutively or use "next" to skip forward.

Having trouble viewing the video? Watch it here.

2011

Artist	Title	Award
Cakpo, Etienne	Mikwaabo Benin (Welcome to Benin)	$5,000
Li, Hengda	Rhythm of Dance - Songs of Four Seasons	$7,000
Scofield, Zoe	Choreography and Performance for A Crack in Everything	$5,000
Smith, Ronald	Live in the Drum	$7,500
Stewart, Shannon	A Better Container/Memory (Loss) Bank	$5,000
Sylla, Abdoulaye	Abdoulaye Sylla's African Dance Instruction Video	$6,900
Veatch, Jenna Bean	Sideshow	$3,000
Wolf, Deborah	Iron Works	$2,700
Wormus, Freya	hold on anyway	$4,000
Boyd, Julia	The Weight of My World; The Silent Epidemic of African American Women and Emotional Eating	$1,000
Call, Wendy	Made in America: Four Corners of a Life	$7,000
Cook, Langdon	The Mushroom Hunters: On the trail of an Underground Economy	$8,000
Ensign, Josephine	Catching Homelessness	$1,450
Finneyfrock, Karen	Starbird Murphy and the World Outside	$3,000
Keith, Jourdan	Coyote Autumn	$4,500
Leissle, Kristy	Chocolate Justice: Changing the way we eat, one chocolate at a time	$2,500
Min, Larissa	Breaking English	$5,000
Mountford, Peter	Demolition, a novel	$4,000
Munro, Jennifer D.	Stalled: Stuck with a Bitch Helmet instead of a Baby	$5,200
Pereira, Peter	World Without End: poems of calamity and hope	$3,000
Rose, William	Danger: Journaling!	$3,000
Silano, Martha	Poems about Astronomy, Physics, and other Mysteries	$6,000
Zurbano, Maritess	Rites of Enchantment: A Memoir	$5,500
Andersen, Bruce	trailer Park Cinema	$5,500
Basseri, Etan	Backstory: Iran	$1,450
Czoski, Anna	Architecture of Movement: Dance Performance with Real-time Sound and Graphics	$4,000
Helde, John	120 ACRES: AN AMERICAN FARM	$5,000
Kelley, Cory	Whimsy: The Life and Work of Scot Augstson	$8,000
Mackie, Jeremy	While You Weren't Looking	$8,000
Martin, Tess	'Cat Person' animated short	$6,000
Nixon, David	The Ogre That Mangled The Birth-Fetching Tongs	$3,800
Oaksen, Heather Dew	Minor Differences	$6,000
Petersen, Serene Clyde	On becoming a Man: Fanning the Flames of transgendered Identity	$5,000
Strickwerda, Francine	Oil & Water - A Documentary Film	$7,000
Warshawski, Leah	"Film Festival: Rwanda" Documentary	$8,000
Watanabe, Brent	Untitled gallery installation at 4Culture Gallery	$3,040
Wild, David	Howdy Pardner-Tales of the Cowboy Hat	$8,000
Anschell, Bill	Electronic Music CD, plus Lecture/Demonstration and Downloads	$3,900
Campbell, Toby	Anomie Belle String Quartet	$7,500
Chang Schulman, Julie	Sliding Scale	$1,450
Clausen, Andy	Andy Clausen Wishbone Ensemble Workshops, Recording and Performance	$4,300
Fleenor, Beth	Mother May I	$6,000
Horvitz, Wayne	Smokestack Arias	$6,000
Osborn, Sean	Clarinettissimo 11	$1,100
Owcharuk, Michael	2011 A Tune A Day	$3,000
Ruby, Gregory	New Works for Chamber Jazz	$2,510
Vogan, Brian	3rd Children's CD	$7,000
Cano, Rose	Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Homeless in Seattle	$6,000
Dillon, Lori	Interview Me	$3,500
Goller-Sojourner, Chad	Riding in Cars with Black People: Memoirs of a Post Honorary White Childhood	$4,000
McGuigan, Brian	"Fat Fuck"": a lecture slideshow (work-in-progress)	$5,000
Neare, Lucia	Professor Pomme's Pomp and Pastry Paradoxicals	$7,000
Alonso, Juan	Rugs	$4,810
Bent, Gala	Drawing from Drawing	$5,000
Bradbury, Jean	Painting the Small Farms of the Snoqualmie Valley	$3,200
Bruch, Cris	Roll On, Buddy	$3,900
Calderon, Eduardo	Photographic Portraits of Visual Artists in King County	$7,000
DiPietro, Nathan	Environment/human interactions	$5,000
Elliott, Eric	A New Series of Works on Paper	$2,500
Freeman, Charlene	Iron Horses	$2,160
Grade, John	Snoqualmie Superstitions	$6,200
Greer, Mandy	"Through tempest, frost, or heat -- we live our patient day's allotted span."	$6,000
Hoff, Christopher	1:1	$3,000
Holt, Fran	"Carousel Horses: A Girl's Favorite Dream"	$1,000
Ingalls, Pam	A Vashon Islander Faces The World	$4,000
Layman, Isaac	Eden [working title]	$6,000
Lee, Susie	The Cultural Caregivers	$7,000
Livingston, Margie	Paint Objects	$7,500
Peterson, Andrew	South Shore Robotic Arts!	$5,500
Segundo, Sondra Simone	Northwest Coast Native Formline Art Made Easy	$5,000
Tur, Sylwia	Interactive Canvases	$5,000
Ziegler, Ellen	LOOSELEAF: artist book series	$3,000

2010

Artist	Title	Award
Allin, A. K. Mimi	Studies in Everything	1,000
Augustson, Scot	Where the River Styx Meets Route 66	3,000
Baker, Tom	HUNGER	3,500
Barlow, John	Pate de verre cast glass house	1,000
Basinger, Alicia	Creation of New Work (Sculptural Chandeliers)	2,500
Baxter, Debra	Language Lattice	3,500
Bent, Zack	Future Primitive	3,000
Bodle, Carrie	Video Visualizations	3,500
Borges Foster, Jennifer	Filter Literary Journal, Vol. 3	3,000
Boshnack, Samantha	The Boshnack Boshnorkestra	5,000
Braun, Jo	69 Insecurities	4,000
Calderon, Eduardo	Photographic Portraits of Visual Artists in King County	5,000
Calhoun, Jessie	BUCKETS	6,000
Callender, Sarah	Between the Sun and the Oranges	3,000
Carrillo, Daniel	Seattle Artists Portraits Project	3,500
Case, Margot Kahn	Territory: Land Use in the American West	5,000
Choi, Bo Y.	Pink Dream	3,000
Cook, Langdon	Eat on the Wild Side: America's Most Famous Foraged Foods	4,000
Coy, Diego	traditional Music of Colombia	2,500
de la Vega, Michelle	Dream House	1,050
DiPietro, Nathan	Seabrook	2,350
Encke, Jeff	Never a Tattoo Painted Without Tears	2,500
Fife, Scott	"Ghost Print"	4,000
Franklin, Eroyn	Detained	5,880
Gantulga, Urtnasan	The Art of Morin Khuur; bringing the traditions of Mongolian Horsehead Fiddle to Seattle	2,500
Garcia, Alma	Shallow Waters	3,000
Gold, Richard	"Now, It's Like I'm Drowning," poetry from King County Juvenile Detention	3,500
Grade, John	Circuit	8,000
Griffiths, Megan	The Off Hours	8,000
Gruber, Stefan	Both Worlds, part 1 of 3	6,000
Heutink, Kevin	Out On A Limb	6,000
Ichikawa, Etsuko	NACHI - between the eternal and the ephemeral -	5,000
James, Sibyl	West African Memoir	2,000
Jannausch, Todd	Gallery 40	3,000
Jaqua, Alianna	34 Candles - a one-woman show with other people in it	3,800
Kardinal, Shaun	Bumperstickers	1,000
Kikuchi, Paul	Paul Kikuchi: Site-responsive works for percussion	3,500
Koenig, Martin	Close to the Bone: Sights and Sounds of Bulgaria, 1966-1979 Photo Exhibit	5,000
Landreth, Molly	Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America	4,000
LaRue, JaWaan	Saturn Returns	1,000
Lebo, Kate	Poetry Manuscript: Assumptions About Land	3,000
Lee, Susie	Video Portraiture	4,000
Lin, Tiffany Li Chin	This Old Piano	1,500
Lisaius, Fred	Cast Resin Found Object Amber	1,000
Loven, Kyle	Crandal's Bag	4,500
Manch, Allison	The Falling Room	1,800
Martin, Tess	Plain Face animated short	6,000
McKee, Anna	Ice Land	2,700
McKee, Paul D	New Artwork Production for 2010	5,000
McMullen, Chris	Crank-e-joes	2,600
Miscolta, Donna	Comings and Goings	6,000
Mohajerjasbi, Zia	Yesler Short Film Project	6,000
Morris, Quinton	Preservation and Performance of Pioneer Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges	3,500
Morrison, Suzanne	Optimism, An Autobiographical Monologue	1,000
Musselman, Annie Marie	For The Innocent	6,500
Nelson, Peter	New Work - Green Seattle	5,000
Niederhauser, Marissa Rae	stifle	2,000
Nienow, Matthew	The End of the Folded Map	4,000
Nishimura, Haruko	Red Shoe Butoh	6,500
Nixon, David	Center-Cut Ham Dinner Night Slide Show	6,000
Olds, Matthew	Beall Greenhouses as source	3,000
Pearson, Robert	Daryl	1,000
Pelo, Ann	Taking Root: Connecting People and Place on the Farm	3,000
Petri, Maja	Skies	6,000
Rudd, Karen	Last Stand at OK Hotel	4,500
Sekiguchi, June	Artist in Residency to Laos	2,000
Sharma, Arun Kumar	'(de)composition' at the Bellevue Arts Musuem	3400
Silano, Martha	My Next Book: Poems Inspired by Art, Animals, & Outer Space	4,800
Silha, Stephen	Big Joy Project	3,000
Skura, Stephanie	Two Huts	2,000
Solís, Hugo	Plurifocal digital sound station	1,500
Spangler, Catherine	Multimedia Slideshow: The Night Sky Through the Eyes of Backyard Astronomers	1,200
Surgent, April	City Dwellers	4,000
Taylor, Curtis	Black Swans	3,500
Taylor, John	The Four Elements / Love and Strife	1,650
Teplick, Ann	The Beauty of a Beet: Poems from the Bedside	2,870
Towles, Stokley	trash Talk: the Social Life of Garbage	5,000
trimpin	Publication of "trimpin: Contraptions for Art and Sound"	5,000
Vadeboncoeur, Katjana	The Beebo Brinker Chronicles	7,500
Vandegrift, Persephone	First Fifteen	1,000
Varner, Tom	New Work for Tom Varner Tentet	1,500
Ward, Laura	Ghost Skins	3,900
Wayson, Kary	The Lives of Artists	3,000
Worsley, Ryan	Recycled Windowpane Paintings	1,000
	TOTAL	300,000

2009

Artist	Title	Award
Heather Ayres	My Time with Betty Finishing Funds	$4,200
Vaughn Bell	This Land is Your/My Land	$1,500
Leo Berk	Que Creek Sculpture	$2,000
Evan Blackwell	ReUse Proposal	$4,000
William Blauvelt	Minashigo (Orphan)	$7,500
Carrie Bodle	Sewing Sonifications	$3,250
Julia Boyd	Mark My Word	$1,000
Wendy Call	Grief's Hidden Gifts	$5,000
Clarissa Castro	Seemingly Indestructible	$1,500
Angielena Chamberlain	Youth Printmakers of Seattle	$1,500
Dan Corson	Grotesque Arabesque	$4,500
James Coupe	Panoptic Cinema	$4,000
Claire Cowie	Small Catalog: Drawings for Tancredi et Clorinda	$5,000
Timothy Cross	A Model World	$2,000
Laura Curry	Performance Memoirs: Parts 2 and 3	$3,600
Chris Dacre	War is Fun!	$1,000
Jim Demetre	Artdish Writers Fund	$5,000
Thione Diop	West African Jazz/World Fusion CD and Video Project	$7,400
Eric Elliott	A New Series of Paintings and Drawings	$2,000
Chris Engman	Six New Photographs	$3,500
Molly Epstein	Homeostasis	$4,500
Ed Essex	Ed Essex: A Sixty Year Print Retrospective	$4,500
Don Fels	Gone Missing: The Town of Snoqualmie Falls	$4,500
Elliat Graney-Saucke	Boys on the Inside	$5,000
Mandy Greer	Honey, Lightning and Cherry Blossoms	$3,750
James Gurley	Research for the Poetry Manuscript: The Andersonville Quilt	$2,100
Julia Haack	Development of New Work	$2,000
Gin Hammond	Returning the Bones	$1,500
Victoria Haven	Higher...Higher Part II (Matchstick Mountain and Other Objects)	$2,000
Blake Haygood	Print Portfolio	$1,600
Keri Healey	Torso (Working Title)	$6,500
Jean Hicks	Residency at the Jvaskyla Institute	$2,500
Andrew Hida	Beyond Dragons and Red Paint: Stories from Tong Jan Kai	$3,500
Jason Hirata	Wooden Sculptures	$4,000
Fred Hoadley	An Introduction to the Music of Cuba	$4,000
Llysa Holland	Wonderland: Alice Adventures	$2,000
Wayne Horvitz	New work for Solo Piano	$3,000
Mary Iverson	Considering Volumes	$4,250
Janelle Keane Campoverde	Master Dancers: Seattle's treasures	$3,500
Anne Liu Kellor	Artifacts of Longing	$2,000
Margot Quan Knight	Margot Quan Knight for Uberportrait	$5,000
Kirk Lang	Time Sensitive Installations (Working Title)	$2,500
Erin Lau	Remembering Fading Tales of the Chinese Diaspora	$1,500
Isaac Layman	Four Seasons	$5,000
Janet Lee	Patterns of Presence	$1,000
Susie Lee	Unseen a Ghost Light	$3,500
Emma Levitt	Time and Tide: The Waterways of Puget Sound	$3,000
Hengda Li	Hengda Li's Dance Celebration Performance	$5,000
Scott Linford	Farther Along: Senior Strummers Documentary Project	$2,690
Margie Livingston	Between the Spaces of Painting and the Spaces We Live In	$5,500
Mary Longhurst	The Hylebos: A Living Legacy	$2,500
Greg Lundgren	I Am From Bellevue	$1,825
Kelly Lyles	Candyland	$1,500
Erin Malone	Poetry Manuscript Titled Hover	$1,000
Rachel Matthews	Composer-Pianist: New Chamber Music	$7,000
Gene Gentry McMahon	Water Watching: Puget Sound and the Duwamish River	$4,000
Suzanne Morrison	Your Own Personal Alcatraz	$3,250
Jennifer Munro	There Will Be Spontaneous Dancing in the Street	$4,000
Afua N'Diaye	Youth Cultural Ambassador Program	$6,000
Peter Nelson	New Video Work	$6,500
Matthew Nienow	Native Song (Poetry Manuscript)	$4,000
Haruko Nishimura	Topsy Turvey	$5,000
Heather Dew Oaksen	It's About Time	$7,000
Matthew Offenbacher	La Especial Norte	$5,000
Sean Osborn	Clarinettissimo IX	$1,000
Allan Packer	The Ozone Room	$2,000
Jason Parker	The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me	$4,300
Chauney Peck	Bang, Universe, Everything	$3,500
Andrew Peterson	Interactor	$1,500
Danny Pierce	Danny Pierce Retrospective, Catalog and Archive	$3,500
Leon Rattler	The Seven Gifts of Life	$7,500
Susan Rich	Hunger is the Best Cook - Poems Inspired by the Art of Myra Wiggins	$2,000
Barbara Robertson	Mixed Media Animation Project	$6,500
George Rodriguez	Creation of New Work (Crowd of Punch Dolls)	$1,600
Gregory Ruby	Greg Ruby Quartet, Recording and Performances	$3,000
Jovino Santos Neto	New Music for the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto	$1,500
Elspeth Savani	Border Crossings/Fronteras	$3,000
Mary Scott	Home	$4,000
Tikka Sears	Below U.S>	$5,000
Lynn Shelton	My Dinner with Shermdre	$4,000
Michael Simi	Working Title_ Robotic Sock Puppet Singing Karaoke	$6,000
Daniel Smith	The Seattle-Moscow Poster Show Exhibit Catalog	$4,000
Megan Snyder-Camp	The Skelleton of this Monster on the Sand	$2,000
Maya Sonenberg	Needle of the Heart	$3,000
Sandra Sunrising Osawa	Usual and Accustomed Places	$5,000
Teresa Thuman	Street Scene	$4,000
Eugenia Toledo	Map traces/trazas de Mapa: A Woman's Journey Through the History of Her Homeland and Herself	$1,500
Ken Turner	Photo	$1,600
Brian Vogan	Second Children's CD	$4,000
Cuong Vu	Cuong Vu Live Recording	$4,000
Kinu Watanabe	Showing a New Body of Work at Gallery4Culture	$2,000
Dan Webb	Stone Carving	$5,000
Shawn Wong	The Ancient Life of An Asian Businessman: A Novel	$3,000
Ellen Ziegler	It Takes One to Know One	$1,600

2008

Artist	Title	Award
Andrea Allen	The Unregistered	$1,600
Javier Amaya	Tales of Love and Distance	$2,300
Nola Avienne	Blood	$5,000
Tom Baker	After the End of Time	$3,000
Debra Baxter	Time Table	$4,400
Lillias Bever	The Restorer's Art	$1,500
Jennifer Borges Foster	Poetry Manuscript: Uneasy Heavens Await Those Fleeing	$6,000
James Coupe	Surveillance Suite	$5,150
Jeff Crandall	Poetry Manuscript Publication Project and Reading Series	$2,000
Drew Daly	Visual Fiction	$7,000
Peter de Lory	Epson Printer Upgrade	$2,195
Anthony DeFilipps	Website and production of "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"	$1,000
Amy Denio	Sonic Bench Installation at One Reel Visual Arts Program	$3,000
Joel Durand	trio for flute, viola and harp	$5,000
Suzanne Edison	Healing Art of Poetry: For Families, Medical Professionals and Children	$2,000
Steve Edmiston	The Day My Parents Became Cool	$1,000
Eric Eley	Tunguska Sculpture	$3,500
Donald Fels	Back and Forth	$3,500
Anita Feng	Buddha Doing the Breaststroke	$5,000
John Feodorov	Feeding the Gods	$2,500
Christian French	Altrove, a Photo-Opera	$3,500
Kathleen Fruge-Brown	Glass Forest	$2,500
Ford Gilbreath	Margaret Makes Art	$1,864
Lori Goldston	Spectratone Studies	$2,275
Chad Goller-Sojourner	Sitting In Circles With Rich White Girls: Memoirs of a Bulimic Black Boy	$3,500
Felicia Gonzalez	Swimming in Mercury	$3,200
John Grade	Meridian	$7,000
Cable Griffith	Contained Space	$1,700
Dayna Hanson	Rainbow	$7,500
John Helde	Corn and Soybeans	$3,500
Keith Hitchcock	Muffin Face	$2,300
Robin Holcomb	Composition and Publication of New Music for Solo Piano	$5,000
Salise Hughes	New Works	$7,000
Etsuko Ichikawa	traces of the Molten State	$5,200
Britta Johnson	Crashing Waves	$7,200
Jane Kies	From Seed to Sound	$4,500
Aiko Kinoshita	EDGE	$2,500
Vincent Kovar	Gay City Anthology	$5,000
Mik Kuhlman	Shadows: Women Inside the Civil Rights Movement	$2,500
Susie Lee	The Indivisibility of a Line	$4,000
Phillip Levine	Myth, Memory and Image	$5,000
Perri Lynch	Building #38	$6,659
Ricki Mason	pro re nata	$5,000
Tim Matsui	Cambodia: From Victim to Survivor	$7,500
Eduardo Mendonca	Brazil and Me	$1,000
Susan Meyers	The Candybutcher's Daughter	$5,000
Gabriel Miller	Creative Currents	$2,500
David Miller	Love in the Year 2000	$2,500
Saya Moriyasu	Mountains and Gems (working title)	$4,000
Lucia Neare	Geistbrucke	$2,000
Marissa Niederhauser	tracings	$7,500
KT Niehoff	Parts Don't Work	$4,500
Haruko Nishimura	Collaboration: Movement/Sound/Video/Textiles	$5,000
Linden Ontjes	The Muluc Project	$3,500
Sandra Osawa	Princess Angeline (A video documentary)	$7,500
John Osebold	December	$3,500
Fiona Otway	Local Economies Documentary	$7,500
Shin Yu Pai	Adamantine	$3,500
Peter Pereira	The Expedition of the Vaccine: World Health, Imperialism, and the Fate of 22 Orphan Boys	$5,000
Joe Plotts	Queen Shmooquan and the Bad Seed	$1,000
Bob Redmond	Haiku Year	$3,000
Joan Stuart Ross	A New Weave of Repertoire: Eight Large Paintings	$2,000
Amy Rubin	Composition of a new orchestral work for the Octava Orchestra	$3,500
Alex Schweder	Stability	$7,500
Lynn Shelton	Humpday	$5,000
David Shields	Untitled	$5,000
Ghida Sinno	The Strange Case of the President of the United States	$2,000
Bill Smith	Space in the Heart: A Jazz Opera	$7,500
Jessie Smith	Left and Leaving	$5,000
Miho Takekawa	Japanese Folk Music Project	$1,000
Timea Tihanyi	Outside In, Inside Out	$1,750
W. Scott trimble	traveling Boardwalk Installation	$4,650
Matt Wilkins	Yonder	$4,000
Mario Zavaleta	Bailadores de Bronce: A Cultural treasure	$2,500
Jennifer Zeyl	Project X	$7,500

You've been approved to receive 4Culture funding for your project. What now? Here's what to expect

Notification

4Culture will send a letter to notify you of your award when it has been approved by our Board of Directors.

Contract Packet

In order to receive your funds, you must sign a Contract or Letter of Agreement with 4Culture, making your organization the "Contractor". The contract spells out the services your group will provide and the public benefits described in your application. If you want to make any modifications to the project or public benefit described in your application, please contact Heather Dwyer to discuss the changes to your agreement.

We will prepare a Contract Packet and will send it to you as soon as possible. We're often processing hundreds of contracts at once, so please be patient. The Contract Packet will contain:

Check List - Outlining what is included and required
Two (2) copies of your Contract or Letter of Agreement
One (1) W-9 Form
One (1) Phase 1 Invoice (for 50% of your awarded funds)
One (1) Final Invoice
One (1) Evaluation Form

Getting Paid

When you receive and review the contract packet, please complete and return:

Two (2) copies of your Contract or Letter of Agreement
One (1) Phase 1 Invoice (50% of your awarded funds) - both front and back sides. This is all that will be available to you until you finish the project and the Evaluation form.
One (1) W-9 Form

Once the above documents are received by 4Culture, we will:

Return one signed copy of your Contract or Letter of Agreement for your records
Send you a check (usually within 14 days).
If any of the forms are filled out incorrectly, we will contact you.

Requirements as you prepare to present or publish your 4Culture-supported project

Please acknowledge 4Culture funding. You must include this logo on project acknowledgements, brochures, press releases, programs, posters, flyers, advertisements, signage, etc. This helps to ensure there will continue to be funds available in the future!
Send Information about your public presentation or final product to Heather Dwyer. We may be able to post information about your project on our blog and assist with outreach.

Final Payment Requirements

In order to receive your final payment and close out your contract you must do the following by the deadline date indicated on your Contract or Letter of Agreement document. If you cannot complete your project and public benefit by that date, please contact Heather Dwyer for a possible contract extension. Final documents include:

One (1) Final Invoice (included in your contract packet)
One (1) Evaluation Form (included in your contract packet)
Evidence of acknowledgement of 4Culture support (e.g. event flyer with 4Culture logo)
Project documentation - in the form of images of your event (digital preferred) and/or 1-3 copies of any materials produced, such as CDs, DVDs, books etc.

Best Practices

Let us know if we can provide you with any of the following:

Other funding resources
Artist-friendly venue ideas
Sample press releases
Tips on contacting your legislators and King County Council members - your elected officials should know that your organization makes an impact!

Stay in touch with us throughout this process

Let us know if your plans change or if you have any questions or concerns along the way. We are proud to support your project and we hope we can assist you in making it a success! If needed, please contact Heather Dwyer for help.

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