2014 PUPPET SLAM GRANTS in the amount of $2,000 are available to qualified
puppet slams through the Puppet Slam Network (PSN), administered by Heather
Henson’s IBEX Puppetry.
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| Das WunderKammer ~ Puppet Kabarett #Brooklyn - Tanya Khordoc & Barry Weil, 2011, Photo: Lexi Karafelis |
To qualify, you must have already had at least
1 puppet slam and email a completed 2014
SLAM SURVEY, along with two photographs documenting your slam. First time applicants, and applicants who
have switched Fiscal Recipients within the past year, must also provide a
letter from their Fiscal Recipient. Please read through this document as some
guidelines have changed. SLAM GRANTS
have become more competitive. If there are more than two slams in your city, we
may not fund all of them. Please use the SLAM
SURVEY to make a case for why your slam should be funded.
If you have received a 2013 SLAM GRANT and do not intend to
apply for a 2014 SLAM GRANT, please
treat the SLAM SURVEY as a FINAL REPORT. If for some reason, you
have not used previous grant monies, please use the SLAM SURVEY as a PROGRESS
REPORT.
1. 2014 SLAM SURVEY
2. 2 PHOTOS
3. FISCAL
RECIPIENT LETTER (for first time applicants, or if it has changed)
2014 SLAM
SURVEYS are due by email no later than TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 2013 (There
will be no exceptions or late items accepted this year).
For the purposes of the SLAM GRANT, the SLAM SURVEY, and the Puppet
Slam Network (PSN), we define a “Puppet
Slam” as:
“A live puppet slam, cabaret, or evening of
short-form puppetry and/or object theatre for adult audiences from a variety of
artists.”
WHAT WE
DO NOT FUND:
- Puppet film screenings
- Long-Form work / Full-length productions, Evenings of 1 artist or company
- Shows for children, or shows advertised as “all ages” or “family friendly”
- Workshops or Educational activities
- Entire festivals (which happen to contain Puppet Slams)
- Festival, Organization, Theatre Company, Puppetry Department overhead
- Variety evenings that are not predominantly live puppet and/or object theatre
- Parades or outdoor events
- Events with less than 70% live puppetry
The purpose of the SLAM GRANT is to support Puppet Slams
to help pay for costs directly related to puppet slams, including but not
limited to: publicity materials, equipment rental, essential technician fees, performers
stipends, or craft services.
For clarification, if your
Puppet Slam is part of a larger festival, organization, or educational
institution, the SLAM GRANT will
only be funding the Puppet Slam and not the larger festival, organization,
or educational institution. Please make a clear delineation where the money is
spent. Use these funds directly on costs
of your puppet slam and not for the overall operation of your organization.
To qualify for a 2014 SLAM GRANT, your Puppet Slam must
be working with a “FISCAL RECIPIENT” (FR). We are only
able to administer grants to non-profit organizations located in the USA who
can act as a FR for your slam. If you are awarded the 2014 SLAM GRANT,
this is the organization where a check will be sent. Your FR must
agree to receive funds and distribute them to your Puppet Slam as to the terms
of your particular arrangement. Make sure the address you list for your FR is correct and that the FR is
familiar with the name of your puppet slam.
Select a partner organization carefully. Ensure your
ideals and tastes align. Consider signing a contract that defines the role of
the CURATOR and the role of the FR so all parties are clear on
the extent of their involvement with the financial and creative processes of
producing a slam. Disputes about curatorial decisions; what happens to money
generated; or questions about equipment, or other goods/services supplied by CURATORS,
VENUES, or FR are outside the scope of the PSN’s control. The
PSN cannot provide mediation or legal advice. Talk to your peers to
learn about previous experiences with FR.
If you are a first time applicant, or applying with
a new FR, send separately an email from your FR stating that they
have agreed to receive moneys for you. The title of the email should be “Your
Slam Name: Your Fiscal Recipient Name”.
If you need help finding a FR, please check
look at the Fractured Atlas website at www.fracturedatlas.org. Please note
that it may take a while to partner with a Fiscal Recipient and that this
arrangement needs to be complete before the survey deadline. If you are producing
your slam outside of the USA, it is possible for us to send you a grant, if you
are paired up with a FR who is based inside the USA.
If your FR changes during the year, it is
your responsibility to get us the new information as soon as possible and BEFORE
checks are issued. Please check the accuracy of your FR Information on www.guidestar.org, a free website that you
will need to make a free user account to use. If accepted, funding will be sent to your FR during the first quarter of 2014. We also recommend that you look
for additional sources of funding and sponsorship to help support your Puppet
Slam.
Email
back the 2014 SLAM SURVEY to puppetslam@mac.com
with 2 Photos by Tuesday, October 1st, 2013. We only accept SLAM SURVEYS by email in Word .doc file format with .jpg photos
under 1MB sent in separate emails. No Google Docs. Please know that we will not accept any late materials this year.
We will not accept printed or handwritten Surveys or Surveys completed in
other file formats. If you do not have
Word, download a demo version.
Do not leave any fields blank. If something does not apply, enter “N/A” and add additional details. We may need to follow up and expect a prompt
response. Pick a responsible main contact (“CURATOR”),
who is responsive and will send us CALENDAR
SUBMISSIONS. Your promptness, completeness of answers, and returned
correspondences are greatly appreciated and help us to serve the roughly 70 slams
we are currently follow.
When you save the SLAM SURVEY, title it “(abbreviated Slam Name)-2014-Survey.doc”.
In the Subject line of the email you send it in, include “Name of your Slam 2014 Survey”.
For example, Fussy Cloud Puppet Slam would send “FCPS-2013-Survey.doc” in
an email titled: “Fussy Cloud Puppet Slam 2014 Survey”
We require you to have a
Facebook Page specific to your slam that is distinct from your larger
organization, festival, or educational institution. Make sure that you have an
audience larger than 30 that you are posting to regularly about your puppet
slam. When we send out our MONTHLY SLAM
CALENDAR, we want to be able to link back to a page that is specifically just
for your slam. We want to know that you are making your own effort to publicize
your slam.
We distribute a MONTHLY SLAM CALENDAR to roughly 2,000
recipients and repost widely on social media. Sending your CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS is a requirement. A pattern of lateness or failure to send complete
information can and has resulted in SLAM GRANTS not being awarded.
Submission dates are listed below. Do not submit non-puppet slam events.
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CALENDAR
SUBMISSION DATES
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2nd
Quarter 2013
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2nd
Quarter 2014
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Slam Month:
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Submissions due by:
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Slam Month:
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Submissions due by:
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July 2013
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Mon, June
24th, 2013
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April 2014
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Mon, March 24th, 2014
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August 2013
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Thu, July,
25th, 2013
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May 2014
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Thu, April 24th, 2014
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September
2013
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Fri, August
23rd, 2013
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June 2014
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Fri, May 23, 2014
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3rd
Quarter 2012
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3rd
Quarter 2014
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Slam Month:
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Submissions due by:
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Slam Month:
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Submissions due by:
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October
2013
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Tue, Sept
24th, 2013
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July 2014
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Tue, June 24th, 2014
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November
2013
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Fri, October
25th, 2013
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August 2014
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Fri, July 25th, 2014
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December
2013
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Fri,
November 22nd, 2013
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September
2014
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Fri, June 22nd, 2014
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1st
Quarter 2013
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4th
Quarter 2014
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Slam Month:
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Submissions due by:
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Slam Month:
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Submissions due by:
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January
2014
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Fri, December 20th, 2013
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October
2014
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Tue,
September 23rd, 2014
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February
2014
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Fri, January 24th, 2014
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November
2014
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Fri,
October, 24th, 2014
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March 2014
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Fri, February 21st, 2014
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December
2014
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Fri, November 21st, 2014
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We hope you will choose to
participate in the greater PSN this year by using the resources of our website
and by interacting with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Blogger with upcoming
events, photos, videos, calls for entry, and invitations.
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PARTICIPATE
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Website
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www.PuppetSlam.com
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Facebook
Page
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Facebook.com/PuppetSlamNetwork
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Twitter
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Twitter.com/puppetslam
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Blogger
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Puppetslam.blogspot.com
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We will be accepting Slam
Surveys June 1st, 2013 - October 1st, 2013. Please
contact me with any questions regarding the Survey, well in advance of the Tuesday,
October 1st deadline.
