In this intensive crash course participants will learn: where to search for grants, how to choose a grant to apply for, how to write a compelling proposal, create a budget, and select images that will make your proposal stand out. Bernard will tackle these must-know grant topics with interactive exercises and humor. Participants will actually begin the grant writing process and get real time feedback.

Learning Objectives:

• To familiarize participants with how to search for, identify, organize and write grant proposals
• Participants will understand how to search for and begin grant writing

10/26 (one day workshop) 9-5 pm, Saturday

Tuition: $125 + $10 studio fee

CEUs: n/a

522 Congress St. Room 508

Who is this class for?

Artists in crafts people of all levels

Faculty:

Kim Bernard creates sculpture that is recycled, kinetic, interactive, public and involves the community. She creates installations upcycled out of trash and is currently focusing on transforming plastic waste into sculpture using her portable recycling machines. She shows her work nationally and has been invited to participate in many exhibits, some of which include the Portland Museum of Art, Currier Museum of Art, Fuller Craft Museum, Harvard University, Art Complex Museum and UNH Museum of Art. Her work has been reviewed in the Boston Globe, Art News and Art New England. Bernard is the recipient of the Artist Advancement Grant, Kindling Fund Grant, NEFA grant, 6 Maine Arts Commission Grants as well as funding from the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation. She was an artist-in-residence in the Physics Department at Harvard University and at the University of New England. She received her BFA from Parsons in 1987 and her MFA from Mass Art in 2010. Bernard teaches at the Maine College of Art, Colby College and regionally as a visiting artist.

Kim's teaching style is accessible, organized, interactive, and engaging.

Supplies: Notebook and a pen