An annual award named for Robert Giard, a portrait, landscape, and figure photographer whose work often focused on LGBTQ lives and issues, this award is presented to an emerging, early or mid-career artist from any country working in photography, photo-based media, video, or moving image, including short-form film or video of no more than 30 minutes in length. This award will support a directed project, one that is new or continuing, that addresses issues of sexuality, gender, or LGBTQ identity.
University affiliation is not necessary. If you are not sure whether you will be eligible for the award, we recommend that you contact us well before the deadline so we can make a determination; otherwise, you may be declared ineligible after the deadline and your application will not be submitted to the committee. This award is adjudicated by the fellowships committee of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies and a jury of the Robert Giard Foundation.
Award: $7,500
Deadline: November 15, 2010
General Submission Guidelines:
(Click here for Detailed Giard Submission Guidelines)[.doc format]
Applicants should send:
1) Artist’s C.V.
2) A description of the proposed project (500 – 750 words in length)
3) Representative examples of their work (work samples)
4) Two letters of support
5) General Questionnaire
All materials, except work samples should be sent to CLAGSFellowships@gmail.com. Do not send original artwork; digital reproductions on CD are preferred, and print copies will also be accepted. Video and film formats are also accepted, but will not be returned, so do not send archival materials. DVD is preferred and VHS will also be accepted.
Please email the CLAGS office with any questions.
The winner of the fellowship may be asked to participate in CLAGS and Giard Foundation programming the following academic year to present her/his completed project. Please make sure to print and read our Detailed Giard Submission guidelines[.doc format] in addition to these guidelines written here for the Robert Giard Memorial Award.
Notification:
CLAGS will confirm the receipt of email submissions within a two weeks of receiving all materials. Final decisions for the awards are made in the spring, usually by April. The winner of the fellowship will be asked to participate in CLAGS and Giard Foundation programming the following academic year to present her/his completed project.
Other existing fellowships/awards are:
Fellowships
The Martin Duberman Fellowship
The Joan Heller-Diane Bernard Fellowship
The CLAGS Fellowship
The OutHistory Fellowship
Special Awards
The Kessler Award
The Passing the Torch Award
The Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies
CUNY Student Awards
The Paul Monette-Roger Horwitz Dissertation Prize
Graduate Student Paper Award
Undergraduate Student Paper Award
Student Travel Award
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