Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers
The American Antiquarian Society offers visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history, literature, and culture. Successful applicants are those whose work is for the general public rather than for academic or educational audiences.
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 1 through December 31.
For fellows who reside on campus in the Society’s scholars' housing, located next to the main library building, the stipend will have the room fee deducted from the $2,000 stipend. (Room fees range from $700 to $500 per month.)
The stipend will be $2,000 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 in 1995. 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. Artists in the Archive: 25 Years of Creative and Performing Artists and Writers Fellowships is online showcase of the 1995-2020 fellows and their work.
Fellowship projects may include (but are not limited to):
historical novels
performance of historical music or drama
poetry
documentary films
television programs
radio broadcasts
plays and libretti
screenplays
magazine or newspaper articles
costume designs
set designs
illustrations and other graphic arts
book designs
sculpture
paintings
other works of fine and applied art
non-fiction works of history designed for general audiences of adults or children
The application deadline is October 5, 2022. Application instructions are included in the online application.
More information here.
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