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2011 Fellowship Programme, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, USA

The Vera List Center invites applications for 2011-2013 fellowships. Two fellowships will be awarded, each spanning ten months and tied to the Vera List Center’s focus theme for 2011-2013.
The center’s programs evolve around focus themes of particular urgency and broad resonance. In the face of virtual realities, social media and disembodied existences, the center in 2011-2013 will examine the nature of our material world under the heading of “thingness.” It will focus on the material conditions of our lives, and call for a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between objects and people that may provoke more responsible, ethical and ecologically sound politics. The Vera List Center Fellows contribute to the intellectual foundation of the center, and through their fellowship projects advance the exploration of the focus theme.

Journalists, historians, visual and performing artists, critics, curators, and cultural practitioners working in any field where they engage art and politics. The New School is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution and encourages applications from minority candidates as well as from individuals without institutional affiliation.
Application Material.A SASE, application form (download pdf), letter of application, resume, support material (CDs, texts, etc.), names and addresses (email and regular mail) of two references, and a 300-to-500 word fellowship project proposal that is either an element of a larger and ongoing project, or contained within the applicant’s anticipated stay at The New School Considerations.

Scholarship Application Deadline:April 11, 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application