Request for Curatorial Qualifications – Professional Artist Fellowship 2023-2024

Application Instructions

Complete all sections below to apply For questions, email grants@artslb.org, or call (562) 204-6104

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ArtistName_Resume.pdf
ArtistName_LetterOfRecommendation_1.jpg

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Request for Curatorial Qualifications - Professional Artist Fellowship 2023-2024

This is an open call for curators to submit their qualifications to curate the 2023-2024 Professional Artist Fellowship exhibition.

"*" indicates required fields

Part I: Application Checklist

Please refer to the supplemental information document (↪) for additional information on applying for the Professional Artist Fellowship curatorial opportunity. To save your application as you fill it out, use the Save and Continue Later button at the bottom of this application. Scroll to the Saving & Submitting Your Application section for additional information.

Each section listed below will be automatically checked off as you confirm your confirmation of that section.

☐ II: Curator Profile

☑ II: Curator Profile

☐ III: Curatorial Statements

☑ III: Curatorial Statements

☐ IV: C.V. or Resume

☑ IV: C.V. or Resume

☐ V: Letters Of Recommendation

☑ V: Letters Of Recommendation

☐ VI: Curatorial Documentation & Marketing Materials

☑ VI: Curatorial Documentation & Marketing Materials

Part II: Curator Profile

Are you applying as an individual, a group/collective, or a gallery? If alternative, please describe.*

Individual

Group/Collective

Gallery

Alternative (please describe)

If alternate, please describe.

Applicant Name*

Please enter the name to be used for public promotion, publications, etc.

Applicant - Pronouns

Curator Thumbnail Image*

Upload an image that is representative of who you are as this will serve as a thumbnail for the grant review portal. Examples include an image of your exhibition work, a still from a video, an image from your process, community engagement, etc. Refrain from submitting a headshot.

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 1 MB.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Legal Name*

Write in the name that appears on your tax documents.

Prefix First Middle Last Suffix

Applicant Mailing Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Applicant Phone*

Please use a daytime contact phone number.

Applicant Email*

Enter Email Confirm Email

Applicant Website

Artist Discipline Description*

Please describe your artistic discipline.

Do you have an ArtsLB Artist Registry profile?*

Yes

Artist Registry Link

Please enter the link to your ArtsLB Artist Registry (↪) profile.

Artist Registry Requirement*

I agree that if I am a recipient of the curatorial position I will create an Artist Registry profile.

PROOF OF LONG BEACH RESIDENCY

Upload Proof of Live, Work, and/or Actively Create in Long Beach*

Submit a copy of one of the following that demonstrates an active history of living, working, or actively creating in Long Beach: valid CA Driver License, valid U.S. federal, state or local government issued ID, utility bill of the applicant that is dated within 90 days of the application deadline, business license, rental agreement, consistent pay stubs, public art contracts for projects in Long Beach or alternate form of proof of living, working or actively creating in Long Beach.
Formats accepted: pdf

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 1 MB.

COUNCIL DISTRICT(S)

Long Beach City Council District where applicant resides:*

Review the City Council District Maps (↪) before checking the one that applies.

Council District 1

Council District 2

Council District 3

Council District 4

Council District 5

Council District 6

Council District 7

Council District 8

Council District 9

Greater Long Beach Area (Signal Hill, Lakewood, Rancho Dominquez, Paramount, etc)

Long Beach City Council District(s) where applicant has curated work:*

Review the City Council District Maps (↪) before checking all that apply.

Council District 1

Council District 2

Council District 3

Council District 4

Council District 5

Council District 6

Council District 7

Council District 8

Council District 9

Greater Long Beach Area (Signal Hill, Lakewood, Rancho Dominquez, Paramount, etc)

Certification*

I certify that to the best of my knowledge, this application fully meets all of the eligibility requirements for the 2023–2024 Professional Artist Fellowship curatorial opportunity and the data in this application and all attachments are true and correct.

Part II. Curator Profile Complete*

Please check this box when you have completed the Artist Profile

Part III: Curatorial Statements

CURATORIAL VISION & AUDIENCE

1. Describe your artistic practice, philosophy and creative process and highlight any major lines of artistic inquiry.

What are your short-term and long-term goals and any proposed activities, performances, exhibitions, publications and other community activities for the coming year?
How will you grow as a curator through this exhibition?
Optional for traditional and folk artists: you may add one page to your narrative that specifically discusses your traditional practice and the creation of the exhibition in that cultural context. For example, how does your project uphold and/or expand traditional ideas of how art forms should be done?

2. Who is your target audience and/or community?

What is your envisioned impact on your target audience or community in the near future?
Do you have a new or existing relationship with this audience/community?
Describe the ways in which you plan to reach the selected audience and/or community.

Curatorial Vision & Audience Statement*

Review the Arts Equity and Cultural Inclusion Information in the supplemental information document (↪)before crafting your responses.

The following question serves as a guideline and does not need to be answered verbatim:

How do you work to reach new audiences and participants including those in communities of color, low-income communities, LGBTQIA, disabled communities and other communities that experience barriers to arts participation?

Arts Equity & Cultural Inclusion Statement*

Part III. Curatorial Statements Complete*

Please check this box when you have completed the Artist Statements section

Part IV: C.V. or Resume

C.V. or Resume*

Include any major works, exhibitions, projects, commissions and collaborations with corresponding dates
Education (degrees, apprenticeships and self-taught history) with corresponding dates
Related employment with corresponding dates
Fellowships, prizes, grants, honors and residencies with corresponding dates.

Formats accepted: pdf

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 1 MB.

Part IV: C.V. or Resume Complete*

Please check this box when you have completed the C.V. or Resume section

Part V: Letters Of Recommendation

Upload Letters of Recommendation*

Letters should address past curatorial projects and are from artists, galleries, museums, institutions, non-profits, and/or community members that you have collaborated with and can speak to your work.

The letter writers should indicate why they support your proposed project, how they have come to know your work, as well as their affiliation.

Address letters to “Members of the Panel.”

Letters should be on professional letterhead.

Letters must be included in this application. They cannot be mailed separately to the Arts Council.

Formats accepted: pdf

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 1 MB, Max. files: 2.

Part V: Letters of Recommendation Complete*

Please check this box when you have completed the Letters of Recommendation section

Part VI: Curatorial Documentation & Marketing Materials

Sample of Curatorial Documentation and Marketing Materials*

Review the Curatorial Documentation section of the supplemental information document (↪) before uploading documentation.

Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, pdf, Max. file size: 1 MB.

Part VI: Curatorial Documentation & Marketing Materials*

Please check this box when you have completed the Curatorial Documentation & Marketing Materials section

Saving & Submitting Your Application

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Submitting Your Application

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