Monday, April 14, 2008

The Leeway Foundation: The Transformation Award

Deadline: May 5, 2008 (RECEIVE)

The Transformation Award
The Leeway Foundation
Philadelphia, PA


The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women and trans artists living in the Delaware Valley region who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.

The Award is unrestricted (it is not project-based) and open to women and trans people working in any art form, traditional or non-traditional.

We encourage you to apply if you are a woman or trans artist who:

  • Creates art for social change that impacts a larger group, audience, or community.

  • Has been creating art for social change for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to this work.

  • Has financial need and limited or no access to other financial resources.

  • Has lived for the past two or more years in the Delaware Valley region: Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County.
**The Transformation Award application is a two-stage process.

2008 LTA Application
2008 LTA Guidelines

You can mail or hand-deliver your application to:

Leeway Foundation
The Philadelphia Building
1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832
Philadelphia, PA 19109
tel 215 545 4078
fax 215 545 4021
website: leeway.org