Workshops

1. Craft Alliance
   
2. Dancers Wanted - St Louis Cultural Flamenco Dance Company
   
3. KC Volunteer Lawyer & Accountants for the Arts Workshops
   
4. Kimmel Harding Nelson Center
   
5. MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION NONPROFIT TOOLKIT
   
6. National Endowment for the Arts
   
7. Soorya Performing Arts
   
8. South Arts Literary Art Grants
   

• Craft Alliance
  The St. Louis Craft Alliance provides inspiration and education in fine contemporary craft to the entire community through exhibitions, sales and instruction. For more information on classes, registration or sales please visit their website at www.craftalliance.org or call 314-725-1177. Located at 6640 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, MO.
  
  
• Dancers Wanted - St Louis Cultural Flamenco Dance Company
  Dancers Wanted Free training and performance opportunities are available for dancers interested in learn in flamenco and Spanish dancing. The St Louis Cultural Flamenco Dance Company is seeking advanced beginner to intermediate level dancers. Dancers must be willing to commit to training and performances in all forms of Spanish dance, regional, classical and flamenco. Individuals should possess a passion for the dance. Candidates will receive dance instruction from the artistic director and company dancers and participate in workshops conducted by guest artists from Spain and across the nation. Performance opportunities will be available with professional dancers and musicians to future enhance the artistic experience. On going classes are also available to all levels, children to adults. For details contact: Marisel Salascruz (314) 781-1537 email: mariselsalascruz@charter.net
  
  
• KC Volunteer Lawyer & Accountants for the Arts Workshops
  Thursday, March 21, 2013
  The Gallery/Artists Relationship - Consignment - With the Kansas City Artists Coalition
  
  6 - 8 p.m.
  
  201 Wyandotte, Kansas City, MO 64105
  
  Did you know that many states have a law specifically for Art Consignment? Whether you are an artist or are showing an artist's work on consignment, know what your legal rights and obligations are. Avoid common pitfalls and be prepared to understand and negotiate your next consignment agreement.
  To register, click here: http://kcvlaa.givezooks.com/events/the-gallery-artist-relationship-march-21-2013
  
  
• Kimmel Harding Nelson Center
  The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE offers 2- to 8-week residencies year-round for writers, visual artists, and music composers. Housing, studio space, $100/week stipend are provided.
  Approximately 50 residencies are awarded per year. Two deadlines each year: postmarked March 1 for the following July through December 15; postmarked September 1 for the following January through June 15.
  $35 application fee.
  See website for complete information, guidelines and the online application portal:
  
  Pat Friedli, Assistant Director
  Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
  801 3rd Corso, Nebraska City, NE 68410
  402-874-9600
  Website: www.khncenterforthearts.org
  or email:pfriedli@khncenterforthearts.org
  
  
  
• MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION NONPROFIT TOOLKIT
  MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION NONPROFIT TOOLKIT
  www.mcknight.org/resources/toolkit.aspx
  The Nonprofit Management Toolkit on the McKnight Foundation website offers fundraising resources, tips for honing your nonprofit's message for the media and the public, and advice about effectively evaluating programs and services. The fundraising resources section provides links to information compiled by the Foundation Center, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Charity Channel, Idealist.org, the Minnesota Council on Foundations, and other organizations.
  
  
  
• National Endowment for the Arts
  National Endowment for the Arts
  The hot news here is that the grant guidelines for FY2014 have now been posted. These include the major Art Works grants ($10,000 to $100,000) and the Challenge America Fast-Track grants that extend the reach of the arts to underserved people ($10,000). To help you navigate this year’s changes in the guidelines, 14 different webinars, one for each artistic discipline, will be held from January 29 to February 12. The webinars will be archived for easy reference. Details are on the “Apply for a Grant” section of the NEA’s website. Deadlines for Art Works applications: March 7 and August 8. Deadline for Fast-Track applications: May 23.
  Click here for more info: http://arts.gov/grants/apply/index.html
  
  
• Soorya Performing Arts
  Classes and Performances Available
  
  Soorya is a not-for-profit organization foundation for Dance, founded in 2003, in order to fulfill needs of all people interested in Indian culture. The goal of Soorya is to disseminate all aspects of Indian culture especially its traditional art forms of Dance and Music. Based in Saint Louis, Missouri, Soorya offers year-round classes in the dance disciplines of Bharathanatyam and Kathak. Soorya also offers training in Carnatic Music. The curriculum is designed using traditional teaching approaches that are continuously scrutinized and modified to suit the needs and experiences of students in the United States. The dance training program has clearly defined achievement levels. To become a full-fledged dancer it is important to undergo training in three levels. At the basic level steps and jathis are taught along with instruction in dance theory. The intermediate level includes practical instruction and training to learn dance performance numbers along with advanced theory. In the final stage: the student achieves expertise in abhinaya (facial expression), nattuvangam (dance conducting) and is offered opportunities for choreography. The summer program gives intensive training in both practical and theoretical aspects for students who wish to pursue dance to a more serious level.Students of Soorya Dance perform regularly in various community events and senior students accompany Gurus Prasanna Kasthuri and Seema Murthy, the founder-directors of Soorya Dance in the presentation of their programs nationwide. In addition to imparting training in dance, music, dance theory and yoga, Soorya Foundation for Dance also organizes performances and workshops by both local and visiting artists.
  
  Please visit their website for examples and more information: www.sooryadance.com or to enroll in classes or book a performance, email Prasanna Kasthuri at prasanna@sooryadance.com
  
  
• South Arts Literary Art Grants
  SOUTH ARTS LITERARY ART GRANTS
  www.southarts.org/site/c.guIYLaMRJxE/b.7586099/k.9279/Literary_Arts.htm
  Deadline: May 1, 2013. This grant program offers organizations the opportunity to receive financial support to engage writers (fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry) who reside outside of the presenter’s state. Support is awarded to literary projects that contain both a public reading and an educational component such as a writing workshop. The project can include single or multiple writers involved in an event (for example, writers series, festivals, or single engagements).