Puppet Showplace Theater – Call for Proposals from Black Artists

October 31, 2024

  • Exhibitions
  • Anywhere

Website Puppet Showplace Theater

Puppet Showplace Theater is offering five $1,000 grants to emerging and early-career Black artists to support the research and development of original puppetry work — plus mentorship and professional development. Past Creative Residency fellows have included puppeteers, visual artists, theater artists, authors, illustrators, and more.

Over a 6-month period beginning January 14, 2025, artists will meet online monthly with their cohort and project mentor, attend skill-building seminars, have individual work sessions with the project mentor, and receive additional support and creative feedback from the community curator and Puppet Showplace’s artistic team. The Residency team will facilitate community-building among members of the cohort to create a supportive environment, where works-in-progress are shared.

Now in its 5th year, this program is entirely virtual and applicants from all over the U.S. are encouraged to apply. At least one grant award will be designated for an artist living or working in New England, and at least one grant award will be designated for the development of a live family-audience puppet show.

Applications are due November 6th; the program will take place January – June 2025. For more information and application details visit www.puppetshowplace.org/creative-residency-for-black-puppeteers

If you have questions or would like to discuss a proposal in advance of applying, please reach out to the Residency Coordinator, Ash Winkfield (CRBP 2023) at [email protected].

For more information and application details visit www.puppetshowplace.org/creative-residency-for-black-puppeteers

To apply for this job please visit puppetshowplace-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com.