Pearlie Roberson Award Call for Proposals

PEARLIE ROBERSON AWARD CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Purpose: To provide financial support for a project, undertaken by a student or professional art therapist, and targeted at exploring or explaining the multicultural aspects and capacities of art therapy.

The project might be a written document (article or book), artwork/exhibit, artwork/ written document/spoken materials/video, script, or other form. Winning project(s) will be exhibited at the Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, and be available to travel to various state and regional meetings. Projects will remain the intellectual property of the artist/grantee.

Grant Application Criteria:
Active membership in the American Art Therapy Association required.
Open to all members, based on merit of project proposal not just financial need.
Completed applications package for awards should be postmarked Dec 15 in 2006 and 2008 prior to the Award Years 2007 and 2009. for review by the Multicultural Committee of the American Art Therapy Association. Applications may be obtained by contacting AATA's toll-free number (888) 290-0878.
Proposal of no more than three (3) pages (typed, double-spaced), outlining the project and basis of need for financial support. Description of project and goals (Details below).
Three (3) letters of recommendation at least one (1) of which is from a current member of AATA.
Proposed grant amounts are not to exceed $1,000, awarded every other year. However, proposal for grants in smaller amounts are welcome. Committee decisions are final, in any given year, on the numbers and dollar-totals of grants awarded in any given year. On request, however, the Committee will provide written feedback and recommendations for rework and resubmission the following year.

Candidates might consider projects that address an "unheard voice" - perhaps a client's voice, an art therapist's voice, even the voice of a particular community or issue. Projects might investigate why the voice is unheard and how it might be made audible.

For example, a proposed project might be a video, film, or a drama script that explores the relationship between art therapy and its effectiveness with a minority population; it might be a website that provides opportunity for broadening options in cultural awareness/ cultural competency; it might be a book or journal article that centers on art therapy with a specific population.

Successful proposals will include thoughtful recommendations for publishing and/or exposure of the work's results, where they might have maximum benefits for the art therapy community and the communities and clients it serves.

Download an application for the
Pearlie Roberson Award(MS Word, 24KB)