Frequently Asked Questions

Do you accept unsolicited submissions?

 At this time, the Foundation only accepts nominations from our Board of Artistic Advisors. 

 What do you mean, "idea play"?

We encourage our funded works to grapple with concepts and ideas that move the world, and approach them from a new perspective. This could include, but is not limited to: science, history, philosophy, gender, race, politics, sexual orientation, technology, religion, money, global warming, or medicine.

Each individual award is presented to to either a single artist or a team of artists collaborating on one project (i.e. librettist/lyricist/composer team). If the artist/team chooses to use their grant to fund work with other artists or institutions, that is up to them.