Apply for 2014-2015 Queer/Art/Mentorship program

Now in its forth year, the intergenerational Queer/Art/Mentorship program, founded by filmmaker Ira Sachs and writer/dance producer Lily Binns, seeks applications from New York City-based, early-career queer working artists. The mentors for Q/A/M's 2014-2015 program cycle are:

Jibz Cameron

Chitra Ganesh

Thomas Allen Harris

James Lecesne

Simone Leigh

Jaime Manrique

Caden Manson

Carrie Moyer

Bradford Nordeen

Stacie Passon

Yoruba Richen

Applicants must:

*work within at least one of the following disciplines: literary, film, visual arts, performing arts (including dance and music), and curatorial arts (in any kind of medium; e.g. galleries, books, etc.)

*self-Identify as queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgendered

*be New York City-based

*not be currently enrolled in school or university

*be early-career and professionally focused

*have a project that they’d like to work on with a mentor during the 2014-2015 Mentorship cycle.

Intent to Apply Deadline: June 7, 2014

Application Deadline: July 1, 2014

Applicants selected to participate in the program will be paired with individual Mentors for year-long support (Oct 2014-Sept 2015) with once-a-month meetings between each Mentor and Fellow. Fellows are also required to meet monthly as a group, further developing a community of artistic peers across disciplines.

For more information and application instructions, click here.

Queer/Art/Mentorship in New York City

Filmmaker Ira Sachs announces Queer/Art/Mentorship (QAM), a program dedicated to pairing and supporting mentorship between queer working artists in New York City. Sarah Schulman, Pamela Sneed, John Kelly, Barbara Hammer, Justin Vivian Bond, Hilton Als, Jennie Livingston and Jonathan David Katz are among the many distinguished mentors participating in this unique program.

For information, visit the QAM site here, and also see this Scavenger article.