The Verge Fellowship provides a $2,000 stipend to 5-10 artists across multiple disciplines, who represent Cleveland's diversity in the arts. Like the Cleveland Arts Prize awards, the Verge Fellowship rewards practicing artists in the Literary Arts, Visual Arts, Dance & Theatre, Music, and Design. Verge Fellowship Applications will be accepted each calendar year from May 1 to July 1. http://apply.clevelandartsprize.org Verge Fellowship Application Guidelines Only one application per person will be accepted. 1. You must be at least 21 years of age. 2. You must reside in the Cleveland area. The City of Cleveland and any suburb that is adjacent by the border. 3. You must be creating work in one or more of the following disciplines: Visual Arts, Music, Literature, Dance and Theatre, and Design 4. This is a video application: Please view 2018 Winners: https://vimeo.com/thinkmediastudios/review/295380216/580535f586 5. Application form must be completed in full. 6. No late applications will be accepted. 7. Submitted videos must not exceed 3 minutes. Preferred time: 2m. Applications that exceed 3 minutes will be disqualified. VERGE FELLOWSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED EARLY AUGUST.. For more information, visit http://clevelandartsprize.org/apply.html -- Lisa Wong 216-264-6750 Lisa Wong <lisaywongusa@gmail.com> President OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates, Greater Cleveland Chapter http://ocagc.org/ Co-Founder Cleveland Asian Festival