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Recently, a colleague asked me if I could republish some of my Sonoran Desert landscape commissions.  Let’s see what I can find on this disk I dugout.

Book Reading & Signing of

Big Sycamore Stands Alone

with

Author Ian Record

Saturday, March 7th at 7:00 p.m.
Dinnerware Artspace
264 E. Congress
Tucson, Arizona

About the book:  In a groundbreaking debut of its New Directions in Native American Studies series, the University of Oklahoma Press announced the release of Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, Aravaipa, and the Struggle for Place, a trailblazing ethnohistory of the Western Apaches, a place called Aravaipa, and the event known as the Camp Grant Massacre.

Called a “powerful and moving work,” the book represents the culmination of a decade of collaborative work between author Ian Record and the San Carlos Apache Elders Cultural Advisory Council, a tribal organization which works to sustain and strengthen traditional Apache culture and knowledge for the benefit of future generations of Apaches.

Book will be available for purchase at special discount price of $32 (20% off).

Refreshments will be provided

For more info, call Wendy at 808-9237.

end of press release

I know where Aravaipa is.

It’s quite a way west of Patagonia Creek that runs through the Patagonia Mountains to the east of where I live.  The title, Big Sycamore Stands Alone,  instant called to my mind the big sycamore standing in a pulloff from the highway along patagonia creek.

Sadly, this is the best image I can find of the work that features the sycamore.  I have no idea what I have done with my source photographs.

It’s a special place to me.  I know that it must be as special to the, Chiricahuas, the Mescalero, the Tohono O’odham, and the Pasqua Yaqui.

A century and a half ago these tribes, while not friendly collaborators, roamed southeastern Arizona. They foraged not only for food and game, many foraged for the materials to make baskets and containers for daily life.

Although I have not met the author of the book, I know that the reseach backing it has the impramatur of the University of Oklahoma Press.  That alone recommends it to me.

Let’s see if I can find the whole image of the Patagonia Mountains.  It will give you some, faint, view of what this land looked like in the nineteenth century.

Sadly, my digital files and my print files are not in the same place.  They do not duplicate each other.  The best I can find this morning is this WIP, on the wall.  It does not have the fauna nor the sky.  The size and resolution are minimal.  It’s at least a glimpse.

Grants Opportunity: National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grants- NEH challenge grants are capacity-building grants, intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Funds may also be used for one-time capital expenditures (such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, and acquisitions) that bring long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly. Deadline for applications is May 5, 2009. For details see http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge.html

Call to Artists: Request For Qualifications Number:  OP 09-143 —Submission Deadline: March 18, 2009 Materials and/or Services: Artist Services for artwork for the City of Goodyear Public Works/Water Resources Administration Building Contact: George Bravakos, CPPB 190 North Litchfield Road, Goodyear AZ, 85338  Phone: (623) 882-7845, Email: gbravakos@goodyearaz.gov. Submitters are strongly encouraged to carefully read the entire Request for Qualifications Package.  RFQ packages can be obtained by downloading from the City of Goodyear’s web site: www.goodyearaz.gov and following these instructions: Click on box titled BUSINESS, click on left hand column Vendor Services, click on left hand column Solicitation Opportunities, click on OP 09-143 and follow links.

Grants Opportunity: NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers As part of NEH’s We the People program, the Landmarks of American History and Culture program supports series of one-week residence-based workshops for a national audience of K-12 educators. The workshops use historic sites to address central themes and issues in American history, government, literature, art history, and other related subjects in the humanities. Deadline is March 17, 2009. For more information see http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html. For Community College teachers see http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html

Call To All Arizona Artists! Arizona Biennial ‘09 Deadline March 20 This is the oldest running juried exhibition featuring exclusively Arizona artists and will be on view at the Tucson Museum of Art July 11 – September 26, 2009.  The prospectus is now available online at www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org/exhibitions/future.php. New this year! The fee structure is a flat fee of $30 for up to three (3) works. For more information, please contact: Julie Sasse, Chief Curator and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art 520- 624-2333 ext. 125   JSasse@TucsonMuseumofArt.org

Call to Artists! The University of Arizona Union Gallery is currently accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year.  The first deadline for applications is March 6th, 2009.  Applications are reviewed year-round but scheduling priority for 2009-2010 will be given to those that meet the March deadline. The Union Gallery is a professional space that is constantly searching for new artists, new ideas, and exciting community programs.  For an application, visit our website at http://www.union.arizona.edu/csil/gallery/exhibiting.php or contact curator Holly Brown at 520-621-6142 or brownhb@email.arizona.edu.

The Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/61
Andy Warhol Foundation: http://www.warholfoundation.org/ for details.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation: http://www.gottliebfoundation.org/individual_support_grants_(cont%27d).htm
The Banff Centre: http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/grants/
Black Rock Arts Foundation: http://www.blackrockarts.org/grants
Craft Emergency Relief Fund: http://craftemergency.org/
The Freedom to Create Prize: http://www.freedomtocreateprize.com/Entry.asp
Fullbright Scholar Program: http://www.iie.org/cies/
Guggenheim Fellowships: http://www.gf.org/
Johnson and Johnson Grants: http://thesah.org/template/page.cfm?page_id=15
Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation: http://www.sharpeartfdn.org/
Nathan Cummings Foundation: http://www.nathancummings.net/programs/index.html
National Education Association Foundation: http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/finearts.htm
Puffin Foundation: http://www.puffinfoundation.org/grants/prospectiveapplicant.html
Templeton Foundation: http://www.templeton.org/prizes/the_purpose_prize/
Seeds of Tolerance: http://www.seedsoftolerance.org/initiative-artsculture.html
Service-Works Foundation: http://josh-greene.com/serviceworks/

Not one of the hotlinks appears to have transferred.  I think you will have to google.

Arts Funding, Programming and Performance Opportunities:  Take the time to review this list.  Deadlines vary.
Ringing Rocks Foundation Offers Support to Conserve Cultural and Healing Practices of Indigenous People
Cintas Foundation Announces Opening of Fellowship Competition for Artists of Cuban Lineage
National Film Preservation Foundation Offers Grants to Preserve Avant-Garde Films)First Nations

Composer Initiative Invites Applications for Common Ground Grant Program
Open Society Institute Seeks Proposals for Documentary Photography Distribution Grants
ICMA Offers Public Library Innovation Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities Offers Small Grants to Libraries to Host Lincoln Exhibit
Music Matters Announces Music Education Grant Guidelines
Multi-Arts Production Fund Offers Support for New Work in Performing Arts
Big Read Offers Support for Community Reading Projects
National Museum of the American Indian Invites Applications for Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program
Blakemore Foundation Offers Support for Asian Language Study and Fine Arts Programs
Sundance Institute Accepting Entries for Documentary Fund
ASCAP Foundation Invites Entries for Young Jazz Composer Awards
NAMM Foundation Offers Funding for Music Making and Research
Nominations Invited for Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award
Harry Ransom Center Seeks Applications for Research Fellowships in the Humanities
Community Leaders Invited to Apply for Preserve America Community Designation
Guitar Center Music Foundation Offers Support for Music Instruction
Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces Availability of Applications for 2008 Awards in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Arts Program Announces National Projects Fund
American Councils for International Education Offers Support for Policy Relevant Research
Meet The Composer Accepting Applications for Creative Connections
Theatre Communications Group Announces Deadlines for Career Development Programs for Theater Directors and Designers
Bush Foundation Announces Artist Fellows Program
Surdna Foundation Announces Request for Proposals for Creative Writing Residencies for Teens

New England Foundation for the Arts: National Native Artist Exchange, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, provides travel grants for Native artists residing in any of the 50 United States to visit different regions of the country so that they may exchange artistic knowledge and skills to teach, learn, and collaborate in traditional and/or contemporary Native art forms. Travel grants of up to $1,500 will be awarded based on budgets appropriate to the scope of travel. Requests must be received no later than two calendar months prior to the departure date of the proposed trip. Visit the website listed above to review the program guidelines. Travel Grants for Native Artists up to $1,500 www.nefa.org/grantprog/nativearts/nativeartistexchange.html