Outreach Sessions
2013: There will be a series of information sessions around the Kansas City regional community to launch the fourth round of funding for the Rocket Grants program.
The new, two-level awards system will be covered, as well as general information about eligibility and funding priorities. At several of the sessions previous or current grant recipients will talk about their Rocket Grants project and experience. The sessions are free.
Thursday January 17, 2013, 6.30 – 7.30 PM, at the Gem Cultural and Educational Center, Kansas City, http://www.gemrocksart.org/: 2033, Vine Street, Kansas City, 64108. Visual, performing and literary artists please RSVP to Pat Jordan 816.645.1052, map: http://goo.gl/maps/rgsFj
Friday January 25, 2013, 5.30 PM, at NOTO Community Arts Center, Topeka, https://www.facebook.com/NOTO.Arts.Center: 922 N. Kansas Avenue, Topeka, KS 66608, Questions: 785.230.4979, map: http://tinyurl.com/ahh3hc7. 2012 award recipients Andrea Steudel and Karl Fundenberger will talk about their Topeka-based project “Cyclotrope Cinema”. Facebook event page for RSVP
Saturday February 9, 2013, 2.30 PM at the Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/, 1301 Mississippi Street, Lawrence KS, map: http://tinyurl.com/6zjlq8u. 2011 award recipient Judith Levy, and 2012 award recipient Dave Loewenstein, will talk about their projects “NV in KC” and “Give-Take-Give”
Saturday February 9, 2013, 6 PM at PLUG Projects, Kansas City http://www.plugprojects.com, 1613 Genesee Street, Kansas City, MO 64102, 646 535 PLUG, map: http://tinyurl.com/ac6xvtr. 2010 award recipients Lee Piechocki, Jeffrey Isom and Aaron Storck will be celebrating the release of their Rocket Grants funded publication, and hosts PLUG Projects were 2011 award winners. Facebook event page for RSVP.
Sunday February 16, 2013, 1 PM, at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph http://www.albrecht-kemper.org/: 2818 Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, MO 64506, 816-233-7003 map: http://binged.it/13mwZzp. 2012 award winners Json Myers and Megan Gallant will talk about their St. Joseph-based project “Spark Farm Park (with Sculpture)”.
Saturday March 9, 2013, 3 PM, at the Ivanhoe Community Center, Kansas City http://www.incthrives.org/ 3700, Woodland, Kansas City, MO 64109, 816 921 6611, map: http://goo.gl/maps/5fWpA. 2012 award winner Don Wilkison (aka Minister Of Information) will talk about his project “We Are Here To Plant A Tree”. Facebook events page for RSVP
If you have specific queries about your application in progress, after you have looked through all the information sources available to you, you can also set a phone appointment with the Rocket Grants program coordinator. Please email julia@charlottestreet.org to request one. (This link is not active to prevent phishing, so please copy and paste it into your email address line).
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.
Hello! I’d like to reserve a time for the March 24 session…but I’m noticing that all these comments are from 2011 and I’m wondering if this information is current. I don’t see an email address to contact on this page…any help? Thanks!