August 2009 Archives

Eligibility

Any emerging or veteran photographer who has completed a body of work on a human rights or social justice issue may apply for Moving Walls. Work in progress may be submitted as long as a substantial portion of the work has been completed. We will accept any genre of photography that is documentary in nature and is not staged or manipulated. In addition, priority will be given to work that addresses issues and geographic regions of concern to OSI.

Areas of Interest

Listed below are some topics that are focus areas for OSI and about which we are interested in receiving submissions.  Please note that photographers are welcome to submit their work for Moving Walls even if their subject area is not included on this list.  All work submitted will be considered for exhibition. In addition to the focus areas listed below, please review our website (www.soros.org) for a complete listing of OSI priorities and programs.

• Statelessness
• Migration-related issues
• International LGBTQI issues
• Muslim communities in Europe
• Burma
• Women in post-conflict countries
• Pre-trial detention (international)
• Public health issues including access to essential medicines, palliative care, and access to health care for marginalized groups including drug users, sex workers, LGBTI, people with mental disabilities, Roma
• Climate change
• Economic downturn in the United States, including the foreclosure crisis
• Images that reframe mainstream media representations of African American men and boys
• Transgender individuals in the United States

Deadline

Friday, October 23, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).

Additional Information

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation affiliated with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), announces the launch of the SDCF Guest Artist Initiative Program, a new grant program for American colleges and universities to encourage the hiring of professional stage directors and choreographers as guest artists and to provide up to $5000 in matching funds for the guest artist's fee.

Schools interested in applying for this program may apply online beginning May 15, 2009.  An SDCF panel comprised of professional directors and choreographers, arts administrators, and college educators will select which production will be awarded the matching grant.  SDCF will then furnish the chosen school with funds of up to $5000 to match the fee budgeted for the guest artist. SDCF will also provide assistance by soliciting applications from professional stage directors and choreographers who wish to be considered for the project. Only SDC members, in good standing, will be considered for guest artist positions. All applications will be forwarded to the school and the school will make the ultimate decision.

In addition to this grant of up to $5000, a second grant of $1000 will be awarded to the runner-up applicant school.

Executive Director Laura Penn remarks, "One of the most important things that SDCF can do in this environment is to create valuable opportunities for professional directors and choreographers to practice their craft."

The application deadline is October 15, 2009.  The selected school will be announced by December 1, 2009 at which point information will be made available to interested directors and choreographers. The selected production must be mounted by May 31, 2011.