ShoutOut Saugerties, with Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, announces three awards:

1. $2,500 to go toward work created by an individual working in Visual or Decorative Arts, Music, Literary Arts, Film, Photography, Video, Dance, or Performance Art

2. Two (2) project-based grants of $750 for artistic projects that creatively enrich the quality of community life; aesthetically, environmentally, or both. It may be a collaboration among two or three applicants.

The awards honor Susana Meyer’s work with artists throughout her career, her love of the natural world, and her contributions to the creative life of Saugerties. 

Criteria:

• Full or part time resident, or completion of significant artistic work in Saugerties Town or Village (submit evidence by photos and/or testimony)

• Commitment and ability to complete project (please explain)

• 18 or over

Submission requirements: 

1. CV or biography 

2. Description of project

3. Sample of Existing Work, e.g., photos, video, writing samples

Proposals due June 3 to: info@shoutoutsaugerties.org

or by mail to 21 2nd Street, Saugerties, 12477

Direct questions to info@shoutoutsaugerties.org

Susana Meyer (1948-2018) had a distinguished career as an artistic administrator, programmer, artist manager, casting director, and producer in the performing arts, especially opera, in New York City and at Bard College. In Saugerties, Susana was a member of the steering group for the Arm-of-the-Sea Tide Water Center. For the first two years of ShoutOut, she brought management experience, photography skills, and wholehearted enthusiasm to artists and to the organization. 

Portrait: Susana Meyer by Josepha Gutelius

To support a full creative life for all peoples, ShoutOut Saugerties commits to championing policies and practices of cultural equity that empower a just, inclusive community. The organization does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or military status in any of its activities or operations.