Outreach Sessions
Personal interview sessions will be offered again this year and applicants will be able to schedule brief one-on-one appointments with Rocket Grants staff to ask questions about applications in progress. Sessions have been scheduled throughout the 80-mile application eligibility zone, and you MUST reserve a time slot in order to attend. Sessions that have no reservations within two days of the scheduled date will be canceled.
Also, Charlotte Street will provide free, hands-on technical assistance to artists needing help uploading/submitting digital images, audio and video files. Please note that these sessions are to provide technical assistance submitting PREPARED audio and video documentation; advisement on the choice of work samples to submit or on the editing of documentation will NOT be provided.
Please see the dates and venues below. General information about the Rocket Grants program, funding priorities, application process and so on may be discovered in the application guide and in the online tutorials provided on this site.
Please note that KU Spencer Museum of Art/Charlotte Street Foundation/Rocket Grants staff do not vote on the jury panel, and can not advise you on ways to create a winning application – that will always, ultimately, depend on the quality of your work and ideas and their relevance to this particular opportunity.
One-on-one interview sessions.
LAWRENCE: Saturday March 10, 10 AM – 1 PM, Conference room in the Business Center, Lawrence Public Library
ST. JOSEPH: Saturday March 24, 9 AM – 11.15 AM, Conference room in East Hills Public Library
WARRENSBURG: Saturday March 24, 2 PM – 4.15 PM, Meeting room, Trails regional library, Warrensburg branch
Combined technical assistance and application assistance sessions.
You MUST book a spot at either of these sessions in order to be able to attend. You could attend both in different time slots or on different days. To book a fifteen minute one-on-one interview please email julia (at) charlottestreet (dot) org (please note that this address has been altered to confuse spambots – the usual conventions apply). Please write Technical Assistance or Application Assistance in the subject line and note the time window in which you would be available.
Saturday March 17, 10 AM to 1 PM, Charlotte Street Offices, Kansas City
Wednesday March 28, 5 PM – 8 PM, Charlotte Street Offices, Kansas City
I would like to reserve an appointment with one of the Rocket Grants staff. I understand that these appointments are designed to ask questions about my application. I live in Kansas City, but could meet with someone in the mornings or during weekends in Lawrence. I can also meet in Kansas City during the mornings and weekends as well.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Charles
Thanks Charles. Can you come to the launch session at the H&R Block ArtSpace on February 5, 2 PM? We could chat after that. Outreach appointments won’t really begin until after the two launch presentations, but you could wait until we post some venues and dates on here if you would prefer to do that.
Sounds good. Thank you.
I was not able to attend either informational session. The first one took place, while I was still at a residency, and the second one during a day I’d already schedule a long video shoot. I would very much like to meet with a staff person to discuss my application questions. My schedule is flexible, and I can meet in Lawrence or Kansas City.
Thank you.
Hi Judith! If you look in the about section of the blog you will find that all the material from the launch presentations is now available to watch as a series of six online tutorials. There will also be some individual outreach sessions scheduled soon. Check back in the next couple of days, we should have an initial schedule up for these.
I too, would like to make an appointment to discuss my project one on one.
I’ll watch the blog for a chance to sign up.
However, the following line showed up in the body of the above text,
To make a reservation, please email Hannah Hurle at hannahhurrle@gmail.com.
and when I clicked it said it was a phishing site….
you might warn others… I assume we watch and wait!
Hi Susan,
I changed the link so it is not active, to avoid any odd connections. Please just copy and paste the address into your own email, there is nothing wrong with the address itself. Thank you! And thanks for letting me know there was a problem.