Some Of Us Are Still Starving

I received some mail from the state council on the arts today. If you've been following this blog for more than a year, you may remember back last August when I was notified by the same people that they were canceling the individual artists fellowships that they had just taken applications for a few weeks earlier. That letter said that they would retain all applications in case the money was found to continue the program. Today's letter, announced that they found a few extra dollars in Trenton and would reinstate the program, using the year old applications, grants to be distributed in early 2011. It's not going to help me, however. They are only reviewing applications from the categories of choreography, music composition, and painting. Several other categories, including my category of Works on Paper, will remain on the back burner until further notice.