When it comes to excellence in the arts - few can compare to the incomparable Liza!
Watch the documentary here:
A Foundation dedicated to supporting the arts and artists since 1955.
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Applications Available for Masterwork's 2025-2026 Community Arts Grants
4 Community Arts Grants Available!
Applicants must submit their entries to masterworkarts@gmail.com by midnight Friday, June 6 to be considered for the 2025-2026 grant season.
The Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation is pleased to offer a number of community grants to organizations or individuals striving for excellence in the arts.
For the 2025-2026 community grant season, we’ll be giving out four grants. One grant will be given at the $1,000 level. Three additional grants will be issued at the $500 level. The Masterwork Board encourages individual aspiring artists and arts organizations located in the tri-state area of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut to apply.
Here are more specifics on our grant criteria:
- We’re looking for the best proposals for arts projects that encompasses fine and performing arts - including music, dance, the visual arts, and nonprofit theatrical productions that engage the community.
- Volunteer involvement is an important factor. Please explain how volunteers will be engaged for your submission.
- Individual aspiring artists and arts organizations in New Jersey and New York are encouraged to apply.
- Works that illustrate a commitment to excellence in the arts -- either through theme or by design will receive greater consideration.
- Note that this award is not intended to cover operating expenses or support for a fundraising initiative.
- 2024-2025 Community Grant Awardees should not apply.
- Applicants will need to email masterworkarts@gmail.com for an official form and then submit the completed form to masterworkarts@gmail.com by midnight Friday, June 6, 2025.
- Applicants should identify how The Masterwork Music and Art Foundation will be recognized in relation to the work.
Awardees agree to be featured in Masterwork Arts promotional materials and promote Masterwork Arts offerings.
Awardees will be notified the week of June 30, 2025.
How to apply:
Email masterworkarts@gmail.com for your application. Fill it out and email it back to masterworkarts@gmail.com before midnight Friday, June 6, 2025.
For questions about the above contact masterworkarts@gmail.com
About Masterwork Arts
The Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation has been supporting excellence in the arts for over 60 years. One hundred percent of your donation funds art and artists through community grants, an emerging artist award, and a premier award for a new work. Find out more at www.masterworkarts.org.
The Stephen Petronio Dance Company's Final Season
The Stephen Petronio Dance Company, a Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation Community Arts Grant Awardee, announced their final season.
After 40 years, numerous awards and an impressive catalogue of work, the Stephen Petronio Dance Company is presenting their final season at Jacob's Pillow from July 23-27. Here's a glimpse of what the final season will showcase:
To get tickets to what's sure to be an unforgettable show, visit the Jacob's Pillow web site.
Included here is a timeline of the Company's events and activities:
Spring - Summer 2025 - New York Intensive - legacy research and rehearsal, free classes and open rehearsals.
Spring 2025 - Final season of Petronio Education Program in Greene County, NY Public School System led by Marcus McGregor.
July 23-27, 2025 - Final performances at Jacob's PillowDance Festival
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 - Creation of the Petronio Digital Archive
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 - Establish Reserve Fund for Blookdlines (futuer) Award. The fund is restricted for early career dancemakers working in experimental movement
Beloved and admired across the dance community and beyond, Stephen Petronio is a giant of Modern Dance.
From Wikipedia:
Petronio has been commissioned to create new works for numerous companies, including National Dance Company Wales, Ballet de Lorraine, William Forsythe's Ballett Frankfurt (1987), the Tulsa Opera (1990), the Deutsche Opera Berlin (1992), the Lyon Opera Ballet (1994), the Maggio Danza Florence (1996), and the Ricochet Dance Company of London (1998)
Stephen Petronio received a 1999 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. Petronio received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988, fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1985 and 2004, the first of the American Choreographer Awards in 1987, and a New York Dance & Performance Award (Bessie) in 1986. He has been awarded choreography fellowships from the NEA from 1985 to 1988, and company grants from the NEA, like the Advancement Program Grant in 1994. He also received the New York State Council on the Arts consecutively since 1988. In 2007 Petronio was inducted into the Nutley, New Jersey Hall of Fame.
We wish Stephen and his company all the best and encourage all to celebrate his work by purchasing a ticket to their run at Jacob's Pillow or by making a tax-deductible donation.
The Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation has been supporting excellence in the arts for over 60 years. One hundred percent of your donation funds art and artists through community grants, an emerging artist award, and a premier award for a new work. Find out more at www.masterworkarts.org.
#Dance #StephenPetronio #MasterworkArts
It's a Busy Spring for Camille A. Brown and Dancers!
We're thrilled to share that Masterwork's Premier Awardee continues to make headlines after the exuberant run of I AM at The Joyce in February.
Here are some highlights from her very busy schedule:
- Camille will be featured on PBS this Spring
Camille is featured in the PBS American Masters series In the Making. Here’s more on the segment:
Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps
Directed by Shellée Haynesworth and Michelle Parkerson
Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps follows the rising choreographer, director, and educator as she elevates the possible with bold explorations of everyday movement and African Diasporic dance. The film foregrounds her visionary talent—affirming urban youth, Black female identity, and community power—from her Queens, New York, neighborhood to the Broadway stage, television and movie screens, and schools around the world.
For more on the series, See: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/season-3-in-the-making/35096/
- Camille A. Brown and Dancers will kick off the McCarter Theatre Center's dance program with I AM!
McCarter Theatre Center Announces 2025-2026 Season
- Camille was profiled in Broadway media twice
Camille A. Brown Shares the Advice that Changed Everything
Black History Month Spotlight: Gypsy and Hell’s Kitchen Choreographer Camille A. Brown
- The Camille A. Brown and Dancers Company releases applications for free arts program
Camille A. Brown and Dancers is offering a free arts program for high school and college aged students: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdn7kwbYs9cgHVsK6k6s74RMTg5WvLBTEy3at-YLg0GI_6BhA/viewform
The Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation has been supporting excellence in the arts for over 60 years. One hundred percent of your donation funds art and artists through community grants, an emerging artist award, and a premier award for a new work. Find out more at www.masterworkarts.org.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
When it comes to excellence in the arts - few can compare to the incomparable Liza! Woven throughout this new documentary from American Mast...
-
Included below is an excerpt from an interview with the Masterwork Arts Vocal Competition Award winner, Stephanie E. Leotsakos: Step... -
A professional musician specializing in oboe, oboe d’amore and English Horn on playing with the Masterwork Orchestra and the Marine Corps ...