Project Row Houses (PRH) and the Center for Art and Social Engagement (CASE) at The Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts (KGMCA) at the University of Houston are pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2018 CASE-PRH Fellowship. First developed last year, this is a multi-year program that builds on PRH’s history of leadership in social practice and community-engaged art projects.

As the pilot year comes to a close, PRH and CASE are seeking two new Fellows – one local to Houston and one non-local individual – already engaged in this work whose practice would benefit from a mentorship and year-long engagement with Project Row Houses and UH’s Center for Art & Social Engagement. 

The fellowship program brings artists, cultural practitioners, urban planners, educators, and policymakers to engage with the PRH process and the greater Houston community. Through the program, our goals are to educate and empower the next generation of leaders in socially engaged art and activism, disseminate a known successful practice, and seed discourse across the nation. 

Benefits of the program include: 

• a stipend of $15,000,
• $5,000 project/research budget, 
• a community Brain Trust of local artists, community members, and faculty to advise and ground the project in a local discourse, and
• for non-Houston Fellows local housing at Project Row Houses with $1,000 in travel support

In return, the fellows are asked to engage our communities – Third Ward, university, artistic, and myriad other – in a process that involves:

• A public presentation of previous work and Fellowship guiding questions at the beginning of the Fellowship 
• Present a public talk/project at the end of residency 
• Co-organize a Community Conversation with PRH Curator and Programs Director and CASE Director 
• Attend monthly meetings with the program directors

The application consists of a brief narrative, no more than two pages, that addresses the following: 

• What will be the guiding questions for your work in this fellowship? 
• What would this fellowship with UH & PRH allow for that you have not yet investigated/achieved?

In support of the primary questions above, please address these ideas:  

• How does this investigation build upon your history of community engagement?
• How will the fellowship contribute to the development of your creative career?
• What are your leadership strengths, and how will the fellowship either complement or enhance those strengths?
• In what ways can the university community support/enhance your creative investigation?
• In what ways can PRH support your ongoing practice in the field?
• For non-resident applicants, please include an ideal timeline for your Fellowship keeping in mind the practicalities of your existing commitments and the Fellowship stipend and travel budget. Would you move to Houston for the entire year, stay for multiple months at a time, or conduct consistent week-long visits? We will take your commitments and the needs of our communities into consideration.

Additionally, applicants will submit a resume/curriculum vitae and samples of previous work for use in contextualizing your work to our stakeholders. The application can be completed online. Please submit all materials by November 21, 2017. Notification of fellowship recipients will occur by December 13.