Preliminary applications are now open for NYTW's Fellowship program, which has been re-imagined as: The 2050 Fellowships.
Here's the official announcement from our friends on E. 4th Street:
What is a 2050 Fellow?
The U.S.
Census Bureau expects that in the year 2050, only 46% of the population
of the United States will be White, if fertility and mortality rates
continue as predicted. There will be 439 million Americans (there are
312 million of us now), and for the first time, European-Americans will
not be the majority or dominant ethnic group. Not only will we be a
significantly more crowded nation, but our complexion will have
dramatically changed.
While these facts forecast a significant
racial and demographic shift in the make-up of our nation, they also
serve as a catalyst for broader questions about what lies ahead for our
world. They provoke thoughts about other transformations that will take
place in the American landscape over the next 38 years-technologically,
environmentally, democratically, and artistically.
In response to
these questions and provocations, NYTW is redefining its Fellowship
program. Since 1995, NYTW has offered Emerging Artists of Color
Fellowships, which grew out of NYTW-s fundamental belief that a
diversity of thought, experience and culture is crucial to theatrical
innovation. While we remain committed to that conviction, we are now
shifting the way we identify an artist who is eligible for our
Fellowships toward a more inclusive and wider range of artists of varied
backgrounds and aesthetics.
As an institution, NYTW is
constantly interacting with and being informed by the diverse body of
artists we serve. We seek to listen and respond to untold stories and
underrepresented voices, and our roster of artists has always embodied a
multitude of communities. In addition, as both a laboratory for
theatrical exploration and a producer of plays, NYTW supports projects
that are aesthetically, thematically, and methodologically varied. We
seek Fellows who reflect, celebrate, and practice this diversity, and
who are dedicated and motivated candidates wishing to develop their
talents and craft by participating in a dynamic, artist-centered
creative community.
In addition, NYTW has chosen to name its new
fellowship program the 2050 Fellows so that in our support of emerging
artists, we hold these questions, provocations, and speculations about
our future society at our core. NYTW seeks to support emerging artists
who, with their unique voices, give us perspective on the world in which
we live; and who challenge us all to embrace the creation of this new
world.
for application download and more info, visit the NYTW site.
