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Porter Distinguished Visiting Artists & Lecturers

Fellows and Associate Fellows of Porter College are invited each spring quarter to apply for funds for visiting artists and lecturers for the following academic year. At the discretion of the Porter Executive Committee, precedence may or may not be given to Fellows and Associate Fellows in that order.

Deadline:

Applications are due in the Porter College Office or must be received via email by Provost Assistant Susan Beach at porterprovost@ucsc.edu by noon on Thursday, April 24, 2008.

Application Form:

Application may be downloaded here. As detailed in the form, your proposal must include a simple statement of support from any co-sponsors, the nominee's vitae and/or bio, a description (list) of the candidate's activities while at UCSC, and a complete line-item budget.

Criteria:

• Priority will be given to those activities that enhance Porter academic and/or intellectual endeavors and which are likely to serve a cross-section of Porter beyond a particular course or a particular major. In this way, Porter Visting Artists and Lecturers funds serve a purpose distinct from departmental course support funds. While presenters supported by Porter A & L funds are often invited to present to non-Porter classes, the presentations must be open and likely to be of interest to a constituency broader than the course participants. Alternatively, a presenter likely to be of general interest may be invited to give one specialized talk to upper division or graduate course and a second talk to a general audience.

• Nominations of individuals who would contribute to the college theme ("Arts in a Multicultural Society") are especially encouraged. Nominations for candidates who might contribute to a two-unit course a faculty member would mount in the college would be appropriate as would artists whose work might be featured in Porter's Courses, or teach a college course.

• Proposals should show clear evidence of forethought and planning. For example:

• Proposed venues should accommodate the projected size of the audience
• Groups and individuals (other than the participant) likely to share an interest in the presenter should be contacted and their responses included in the application.
• Proposal must include statement of participation by any faculty co-sponsors (whether Porter Fellows or not).

• Budgets must be broken down to include line items for any essential honoraria, lodging, technical support and any anticipated publicity (beyond Porter College flyers). Amount for each line item should be clearly reasonable and (if questionable) clearly explained.

• In applying for funds, the applicant states their willingness to make all arrangements for the Porter Visiting Artist/Lecturer. These arrangements may include:

• Contacting the presenter with contracts for honoraria.
• Gathering publicity materials and creating an emailed and/or printed flyer.
• Arranging for the presenter's lodging and parking, if necessary.
• Arranging for the presenter's transportation to and from campus as needed.

A more complete list of sponsor responsibilities is given at this website under Academics>Porter Fellows>Event Sponsor Information (site under construction).

• All proposals for Porter Visiting Artist and Lecturer Funding will first be considered in light of the criteria given above. In a second screening, however, all proposals for Artist and Lecturer Funding and for Production Funding will be weighed against one another and funded according to the priorities of the Porter Executive Committee.

Questions:

Please contact Provost Assistant Susan Beach at porterprovost@ucsc.edu.

Fellows and Associate Fellows of Porter College are invited each spring term to apply for Porter College Production funding for the following academic year. At the discretion of the Porter Executive Committee, precedence may or may not be given to Fellows and Associate Fellows in that order.

Deadline:

Applications are due in the Porter College Office or must be received via email Provost Assistant Susan Beach at porterprovost@ucsc.edu by noon on Thursday, April 24, 2008.

Application:

Application form may be downloaded here.

Criteria:

• Priority will be given to those activities that enhance Porter academis and/or intellectual endeavors and which are likely to serve a cross-section of Porter beyond a particular course or a particular major. Preference will be given to productions that take place in whole or in part at the College or in conjunction with Porter College courses. Qualifying projects must entail significant involvement of Porter faculty and students. Preference will be given to projects that are interdisciplinary in nature.


• Proposals should show clear evidence of forethought and planning. Proposal must include statement of participation by any and all faculty co-sponsors (whether Porter Fellows or not).


• Budgets must be broken down to specific expenditures. Amount for each line item should be reasonable and (if questionable) clearly explained.


• In applying for funds, the applicant states their willingness to undertake responsibility and oversight for all aspects of the proposed production. A list of sponsor responsibilities is given at this website under Academic>Porter Fellows>Event Sponsor Information (site under construction).


• All proposals for Porter Production Funding will first be considered in light of the criteria given above. In a a second screening, however, all proposals for Artist and Lecturer Funding and for Production Funding will be weighed against one another and funded according to the priorities of the Porter Executive Committee.

Questions:

Please contact Provost Assistant Susan Beach at porterprovost@ucsc.edu.

Hitchcock Poetry Fund

Porter College is soliciting applications for funding for poetry-related projects to be undertaken during the upcoming academic year. Grants will be provided from an anticipated gift of $20,000 for the year from Porter Emeritus George Hitchcock. This gift comes in association with an endowment provided by Professor Hitchcock in enduring support of poetry at Porter College. (Please see "Background of the Hitchcock Poetry Fund" below.)

Funds may be requested in any amount. However, requests are expected to exceed available funding by a factor of three or more and many proposals will very likely receive no funding at all. Last year the Advisory Committee distributed funding over a number of smaller projects rather than two or three large endeavors. Funding decisions will be made according to the criteria below and according to the priorities and judgement of the Poetry Advisory Committee, the Porter Executive Committee, and the Porter Provost.

Deadline:

Eligibility:

Criteria:

Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the quality of the work, the numbers of UCSC students and faculty involved and/or affected, and relevance to Porter College students and faculty. (While students and faculty not associated with Porter are specifically included in this call, each project must, in SOME aspect, involve Porter College students and/or faculty and the degree of Porter involvement will be a factor in the selection process.)

To Be Considered:

Background of the Hitchcock Poetry Fund:

The Porter Provost, in consultation with the Porter Executive Committee, will make final decisions on the uses of these funds. Initial decisions, however, will be made by an advisory committee set up by Mr. Hitchcock. This advisory group includes Doug McClellan (Emeritus in the Art), David Swanger (Professor of Education, Literature), Tilly Shaw (Emeritus in Literature), Marjorie Simon (poet).

Application for Hitchcock Poetry Funds