Presents

Grant Writing Tips for the artist from the artist

Writing grants can be a challenging endeavour.

It takes:• patience to constantly reassess one's achievements,

goals, and progress• an understanding of who your grant is for• a keen ability to explain yourself in direct and

attractive terms

This session will help you navigate standard grant topic questions.

The Beginningwho I am…

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I am a composer, an educator, a performer, and an entrepreneur. I direct many programs in the city: I am the Associate Director of Making Score, I teach with the New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composer Program, and I am the director of VisionIntoArt Presents, Inc.

Then…1998VisionIntoArt began as a school project in 1998, with performances held in dance studios. VIA won an interdisciplinary grant from Juilliard which funded our first public performance at Lincoln Center Institute. The following year VIA went on to perform at key note performances at the Council on Foundation, North Carolina School for the Arts and Dickinson College.