[ELECTRON] Fwd: Vera List Center for Art and Politics Fellowships: Call for Applications - "thingness"

[Simon Yuill]

Vera List Center for Art and Politics Fellowships: Call for Applications
Application Deadline: April 11, 2011

Vera List Center for Art and Politics
The New School
66 West 12th Street, # 918
New York, NY 10011

http://www.veralistcenter.org/fellowship

The Vera List Center for Art and Politics invites applications for the
2011-2013 Vera List Center Fellowships. Two fellowships will be awarded,
each spanning ten months and tied to the Vera List Center's focus theme
for 2011-2013.

The Vera List Center Fellowships honor individuals whose work advances the
discourse on art and politics. The fellowships provide the opportunity to
further develop such work drawing from the resources of The New School, to
expand on it in collaboration with students and classes, and to bring it
to the public through the Vera List Center's interdisciplinary public
programs.

The center's initiatives evolve around focus themes of particular urgency
and broad resonance. In the face of virtual realities, social media and
disembodied existences, the center in 2011-2013 will examine the nature of
our material world under the heading of "thingness." It will focus on the
material conditions of our lives, and call for a comprehensive
understanding of the relationship between objects and people, that may
provoke more responsible, ethical and ecologically sound politics. Over
the course of four semesters, thingness will be dissected and thematic
program clusters will be formed around topics such as forensics, ecology,
speculative materialism, and biology. The Vera List Center Fellows
contribute to the intellectual foundation of the center, and through their
fellowship projects advance the understanding of the focus theme.

The fellowship is part-time, non-residential, and carries a 10,000 USD
stipend. Fellows have access to the libraries of The New School and New
York University as well as to a wide range of activities throughout the
university. Meetings and informal gatherings with New School faculty and
other constituencies are organized throughout the year.

Eligibility
Journalists, historians, visual and performing artists, critics, curators,
and cultural practitioners working in any field where they engage art and
politics. The New School is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
institution and encourages applications from minority candidates as well
as from individuals without institutional affiliation.

Considerations
• Artistic and/or scholarly excellence of fellowship proposal project.
• Significance of project to the candidate's long-term practice.
• Does the proposal relate to the focus theme in explicit and creative ways?
• Does the fellowship project reflect or benefit from the proximity to The
New School?

Timeline
• April 11, 2011 – Initial application due, followed by reviews by members
of the VLC staff, the VLC Advisory Committee, past fellows and New School
faculty.
• Mid-April to early May – Finalists are invited to expand on their
proposals.
• Late May – Announcement of fellowship appointments.
• Fellowship terms: ten months between fall of 2011 and spring of 2013.


Vera List Center for Art and Politics
Founded in 1992 and named in honor of the late philanthropist Vera List,
the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School examines the
role of the arts in society and their relationship to the socio-political
climate in which they are created. Positioned where scholarship develops
into resource and policy, the center organizes public programs that
respond to pressing social and political issues of our time as articulated
by the academic community and visual and performing artists. The center
complements the university's educational mission and brings together
scholars and students, the people of New York, and national and
international audiences to explore new modes and possibilities for civic
engagement.

For general information on VLC programs:
http://www.veralistcenter.org

For details on fellowship, application form and procedure:
http://www.veralistcenter.org/fellowship

To inquire about focus theme and fellowship:
Contact kuonic at newschool.edu