Applying for grants to fund your personal project requires preparation and insights into a prospective funder's priorities. Learns the essential components of a successful grant proposal, and how to write a project description that stands out to jurors. This session will also provide advice on researching foundations, residencies and other funding sources that align with your short and long-term goals. Level: All Day & Time: Thursday, February 13, 2025 Event Type: Online Lecture with Q&A Academic Members: Free to enrolled students and educators in organizations who hold an academic membership. Lecture Series (includes all six lectures): Members, $140.00 / Non-Members, $195. Individuals who purchase the entire PDS series will be eligible to receive the recording of the talk available for listening for up to14 days after the Zoom presentation. Speakers will include: Stella Kramer, January 30, 2025: How to create and maintain a dynamic website for lens-based artists. Holly Stuart Hughes, February 13, 2025: Best practices on writing and finding grants. Catherine Couturier: Best practices for how to approach and work with a gallery. Michelle Dunn Marsh: Discussing the innovation around today's photo books, publishing, and how the photo book has evolved into the artist book. Priya Kambli, May 8, 2025: Ways to find and apply for an artist residency or fellowship. Kareem Black, May 15, 2025: How to create effective promotional avenues, social media campaigns, and other marketing strategies for furthering your career. About the Speaker
Holly Stuart Hughes is an independent editor, writer, and grant consultant. The former editor-in-chief of PDN, she has written on photography and media for Time.com, Next TV, Multichannel News, The Telegraph, Taschen Books, Carlton Publishing, and Blouin ArtInfo Media. As an editor and grant writer, she helps creative professionals communicate their ideas effectively in artists' statements and project proposals that appeal to foundation and government funders. A member of the Advisory Council of CENTER in Santa Fe, she consulted on The Democratic Lens: Photography and Civic Engagement, CENTER's public discussion series supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.