Attention Oakland Artists: Tired of the same 25 people applying for and receiving grants? Then NOW is your chance to apply!

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Applications for the City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program are available as of November 17, 2003, for the following categories:

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Applications for the City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program are available as of November 17, 2003, for the following categories:

* Project Support for Organizations and Individual Artists * * Art in the Schools supporting artist residencies in the schools * * Organizational for Organizations with a funding history with the Assistance Cultural Funding Program of 2 of the past 4 years (OaklandNews takes no responsibility for the deplorable syntax of this memo, but suggests that someone ought to be shot.)

* All applicants must be Oakland-based, and all activities proposed for Project Support and Art in the Schools Support must be presented in Oakland

* Funds support activities occurring between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005

* The Cultural Funding Program relies on a competitive panel process to determine award recipients and funding allocations

* DEADLINES: January 16, 2004 - Project Support and Art in the Schools January 23, 2004 - Organizational Assistance
APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PICK-UP AT: CITY HALL - 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza (14th Street between Broadway and Clay):

- Oaklander's Assistance Center - 1st Floor - Cultural Arts and Marketing Department - 9th Floor (238-7561)

OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES: - Main Library and all Branch Libraries: - Asian - Brookfield - C. Chavez - Dimond - Eastmont - Elmhurst - Golden Gate - Lakeview - MLK - Melrose - Montclair - Piedmont - -Rockridge - Temescal - W. Oakland

Alice Arts Center - 1428 Alice Street, Oakland Pro Arts Gallery - 461-9th Street Studio One Arts Center - 365-45th Street

Also available ON-LINE at: WWW.OAKLANDCULTURALARTS.ORG

City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program Cultural Arts and Marketing Department