Fellowship Program
Black Earth Institute
Connecting earth, spirit and society through the arts
Overview
Every two years, a group of current Fellows and Board Members selects from among applicants a group of up to ten new Fellows. In odd-numbered years, both new and outgoing Fellows gather for the annual meeting in Wisconsin; in even-numbered years, current Fellows gather with former Fellows who are invited to and able to attend the annual meeting. Annual meetings provide an opportunity for Fellows to present their work to a supportive yet critical audience. The network established among Fellows helps to support the work of all and to extend awareness of art that combines spirituality, environmental consciousness, and a progressive and inclusive political stance.
Benefits
Fellows receive a travel grant to attend the annual Fellows meeting in Wisconsin; their Fellowship status is publicized through professional journals; their work is published in a biennial journal; they have web-based access to support materials that they can use in developing their own work.
In the first year of the Fellowship program, Fellows have worked together to generate collaborative projects, have hosted each other at promotional readings, and have offered editorial support on each other's work. Black Earth Institute does not specifically program the work that Fellows do during their two-year Fellowship period, but we expect that tangible professional benefits as well as intangible spiritual ones will result.
Black Earth Institute will develop various additional organizational support mechanisms for Fellows and will announce them online as they become available.
Duties of the Fellows
Attend annual meeting and present relevant work there.
Participate in setting Institute's agenda.
Participate in executing Institute's goals.
Identify self as a Fellow for the duration of the appointment.
Cooperate with other Fellows in promoting the ideas of the Institute.
Promote the work of other Fellows that relates to Institute?s ideas.
Nominate additional Fellows whose work is related to the Institute s ideas.
Seek avenues of promotion and dissemination of Institute?s ideas.
Participate in ongoing discussion between annual meetings through electronic
listserv.
Provide outreach to artists and writers of similar approach and ideas.