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Mondrian Fund - 13.02.23

General application requirements

• must be dutch national or strongly embedded in the NL art scene
• artist CV - exhibitions, screenings, group shows, residencies, collaborations - will prove elligibility
• artist statement - define practice
• it takes 12 months to reset an application
• the money is seen as income - so subject to income tax
• Post-grad - Rijks, Jan van Eyck - can't recieve mondriaan while there

Artist-Start

• apply within 1-4 years after graduating - or two years after graduating from MFA with a differen BA
• lump sum 22,000euro
• plan for how to develop practice - residencies, material costs, production, research, travel
• its to stiumlate new graduates
• mentorship program
• you can only recieve once

Artist Basic

• for professionals with a practice of 4 years or longer
• 44,000 for two years
• provides income stability

Project focused grants

• for specific projects - need to have detailed budget breakdown

Residency Grant

• recognised residnecies from Mondrian - you can find on website
• only after graduating you can apply

Getting the right pay as an artist

• https://kunstenaarshonorarium.nl/en/
• applies to all institutions who get their money through state art funds

NL Film Fonds - 20.03.23

• Nienke Doekes - n.doekes@filmfonds.nl
• important to work with a production company recognised by flmfonds NL

research & experiment

• two phases: 1. development 2. realization
• mostly short films / artist films
• new and innovative filmmaking experiments
• typically shown in galleries or museums
• eligible to apply as individual artist (recieve up to 50,000, with production experience) OR with a production company (recieve up to 100,000)
• filmfonds.nl/toegwezen (find existing production companies who have worked with NL Film Fonds)

de verbeelding

• collab with mondriaan fond
• for first big feature film for visual artists
• only production company can apply
• 50% of money must be spend in NL
• deverbeelding.site - features fund winning artist films

korte film / short film

• fictions and docs
• 5-60min films
• director either film grad or active in film

caleidescoop

• passion projects for makers - signature of maker
• hybrid film - doc/fiction
• 5 films financed per year

Grant Writing - Salvador Miranda - 04.04.23

Eligibility

• MC de Visser & Volkskracht - offer student grants
• Always just call up to make sure that the idea fits the grant - pitch the project on the phone and see what the feedback is - talk to grant recipients too -
• even if it's a rolling deadline find out what the cut off dates are - e.g. on Mar 15th they'll deal with all the grants at once

Gathering Requirements

• Mondriaan - Artist Start -
• General requirements - Written Requirements (Artist Bio, CV, Project Description + Letters (Residencies, Production Companies, Tutors - this makes a big difference and can really help)
• Really examine the grant requirements/criteria

Evaluation Criteria

• Artistic Quality - is the project original? does it contribute to contemporary discourse? is it meaningful and impactful?
• Capability - do you have what it takes? Does it make sense for your previous experience?
• Feasability - is the budget appropriate? Who's the crew? Have you thought about all your collaborators?
• Progress Indicator - e.g. once you secure a producer for a film (thats a progress indicator); perhaps you have a pilot of a scene filmed
• Check the assessment criteria and really consider whether you're answering every question

Structure

WRITING TIPS

• start with the concrete reality (or the conclusion) not the beginning. Don't be deductive. Be clear and explainatory
• You dont know the jurors - dont use art speak - consider your audience - be personal and clear - dont be intelligent - use simple sentences and be as clear as possible
• Clarity - limit jargon and art speak, consider yours is one of many. How would you pitch it to your parents?
• Write for your audience - be enthusiastic, persuasiveness, significance
• Your interests dont equal your interests / your knowledge is not there knowledge
• the grant is not a lecture on your idiosyncratic interests
• you can fill in the criteria using

INTRO - THE ELEVATOR PITCH

• what how why? along with dates and budgetary needs
• whats the project? What do you want to achieve. Give step by step goals: e.g. 1) refining the scope of the project 2) develop a participatory and ethical film practice 3) create a photo diary and find locations for deeper investigation 4) presenting as an exhibition or publication
• describe what you're doing during the grant period
• describe the outcomes / goals
• everyone has interdisciplinary projects now - so you have to be very simple, precise, and detailed.
• dont describe yourself at first - describe the project

CONTEXTS

• describe who you are, which ideas you're working with
• your personal motivation and broader context

PROJECT DESCRIPTION (the what)

• Give more detail about the project - dont be vague
• is it single channel? Multi-channel
• if you dont know what youre doing - just make it up - give some options e.g. it could be a documentary or it could be a film that looks like this... +
• Give the juror some mental images we can work with

OUTCOMES (the why?)

• what are the expected results
• the big significance

METHODOLOGY (how?)

• this section should respons directly to outcome -how will you achieve those results
• timeline ... in march, april, may

IMPACT ON CAREER / MERIT

• how is this building on your work
• what is it adding to your portfolio
• maybe its for a show so you need funding for a show
• maybe you move from video art to working with a crew and production company
• maybe now its a very personal film - youre making yourself really vulnerable
• are there new challenges or artistic risks? maybe you're filming abroad, or you need a translator.
• It needs to feel like its a big step for the artist
• Will you learn anything from this?

COMMUNICATION & PRESENTATION

• Publications, talks, open studios, talks,
• who is your audience? art audience, which community? are you trying to make work for a more general audience? VPRO?
• even if you dont know the exhibition venue - give some ideas and options that make sense
• marketing - how will you promote the work, encourage and engage your audience - trailers, posters, interviews, etc.

BUDGET

• make sure your budget balances
• Diversify your income sources e.g. Piet Zwart Institue may let you use editing equipment so that could be the equivalent for 5000euro
• make sure you breakdown your costs e.g. Personal fee 5000 so thats 1000 for 5 months. Explain how you came up with the numbers

PORTFOLIO

• if you dont choose all your work - be specific
• good to show documentation if its installed work

WRITING EXERCISE