Cultural Exchange Fund (Travel Award)

The Cultural Exchange Fund (CEF) is a travel grant program supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that assists U.S.-based APAP members in building partnerships and collaborations outside of the U.S. and to experience the work of artists from around the world in its cultural context. APAP recognizes that promoting global exchanges of artists, their work and crosscultural programs is essential to fully engage audiences and communities in the breadth and diversity of performing arts experiences. These exchanges provide an opportunity for presenting professionals to expand and deepen their knowledge of artists, traditions, and cultures from around the world.

Eligibility

• APAP awards U.S.-based presenting organizations, agents, managers, producers, individual artists, and groups of presenting professionals traveling outside of the U.S. to see the work of artists and companies or to develop and advance projects with foreign artists and their collaborators.
• APAP strongly encourages but does not limit travel to the following: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. APAP also highly encourages Group Applications and provides the Lead Partner Organization (i.e. the APAP member submitting the application on behalf of the group) with extra funds to offset the additional time and investment required to organize the trip.
• All applicants must be active members of APAP at the time of submission, and membership must extend at least one month beyond proposed travel dates.
• Artist Applications: to meet member eligibility requirements, the artist must be an independent artist member in good standing or hold an Associate membership through their active APAP-member agent/manager/agency.
• Group Applications: to meet member eligibility requirements, the Lead Partner Organization submitting the application must be an APAP member (other Travel Partner Organizations do not need to be APAP members).

Benefits

• The Cultural Exchange Fund operates on a three-year cycle. Grants of up to $2,000 can be awarded to individuals and up to $10,000 for groups.

Application Process

Please review the guidelines and application previews carefully before applying.

• Individual application preview
• Artist application preview
• Group application preview and travel partner authorization form

Note: Past awardees are required to update their previously completed Digital Diary before applying for a new CEF grant. Instructions on how to update Digital Diaries can be found here.

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