The Create Change Fellowship program is designed for artists and cultural producers who want to develop and deepen a collaborative, community-based, and socially-engaged creative practice. The program is grounded in peer-learning around art making, power analysis, and community building.
Program Overview
The 2024 Create Change Fellowship is a six-month incubator that equips participants with the tools to develop, workshop, and generate project ideas incorporating The LP’s values and community-based methodology. Fellows will design community-engaged programs within and around The LP’s storefront in Bed-Stuy. The program offers a $1,000 honorarium and a production budget for programming. Up to 10 Fellows will be selected to participate in the 2024 program. We value applications with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and expertise, while encouraging age diversity, multilingual folks, and practitioners without formal instruction to apply.
Duration: 6 months
Honorarium: $1,000
Number of Fellows: 10
Applications Close: August 19, 2023
Program Format
The 2024 Fellowship program will run from January through June. Each Fellow will receive a honorarium of $1,000 for their participation in the program and group production fund. The program schedule includes the following:
Workshops
There will be at least five workshops based on our learning blocks of making art, building community, and making change.
Coaching Sessions
Individual and group coaching sessions on cultural organizing.
Collaborative Public Program
Opportunity to develop a collaborative public program.
Final Presentation
A culminating final presentation.
Access to LP Program Staff
Access to weekly office-hours with LP program staff.
Supplemental Artists Workshops
Supplemental Artists workshops.
Open Call
Key Dates
Applications Open: July 19
Info Session: July 21 | 12:00pm EDT
Applications Closes: August 19
Residency Interview Panel: September 15
Bed-Stuy Residency Interview Panel: September 19
Award Notification: October 2023
Info Session
Learn more about the Create Change program and the selection process from LP staff and alumni artists by participating in the info session on July 21 at 12:00pm – 1:00pm. The session will be hosted via Google Meet and live closed captioning will be available through the platform. A recording of the session will be available for all to reference on our website.
Selection Process Overview
Application Reviews
LP staff will review all applications and select a shortlist. This shortlist will be reviewed by our Artist and Community Council.
Shortlist Residency Interview Panels
Shortlisted residency applicants will be interviewed by LP Staff and our Artist and Community Council. We will convene via Zoom conference to conduct the interview panels. Residency candidates will be interviewed on September 19.
Shortlist Fellowship Applicants
Fellowship candidates will be asked to submit additional materials as part of the second round process. There is no interview panel for the Fellowship program.
Eligibility
Ideal candidates have some experience with developing collaborative or community-based projects. They are in alignment with LP values and have the experience or capacity to contribute to a collaborative learning environment. We value applications with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and expertise, while encouraging age diversity, multilingual folks, and practitioners without formal arts-education to apply.
Eligible Fellow Candidates:
- 21 and above
- Are not enrolled in a degree-seeking program
- Are committed to working collaboratively with their cohort members
- Are in alignment with The LP’s values and POC-centered principles
- Demonstrate a practice or deep interest in socially and community engaged art
- Are familiar with the cultural history and local issues impacting communities of color
- Lives in one of the five NYC boroughs
