New fellowship gives $25,000 grants to Puerto Rican writers
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FILE - Lin-Manuel Miranda arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 9, 2020. A new fellowship co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will provide $25,000 for emerging and established Puerto Rican writers. On Wednesday, the Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundations Arts Fund announced the establishment of the Letras Boricuas Fellowship for 30 Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and elsewhere who write poetry, fiction creative nonfiction or childrens literature. The Flamboyan Arts Fund is a partnership between Flamboyan Foundation, Lin-Manuel Miranda, his family, and the Broadway musical Hamilton to preserve, amplify, and sustain the arts in Puerto Rico. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) (2020 Invision)
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New fellowship gives $25,000 grants to Puerto Rican writers
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NEW YORK (AP) – A new fellowship co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will provide $25,000 for emerging and established Puerto Rican writers.
On Wednesday, the Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund announced the establishment of the Letras Boricuas Fellowship for 30 Puerto Ricans, age 21 and up, in Puerto Rico and elsewhere who write poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction or children’s literature. The first 15 winners will be announced in November, and all are tentatively scheduled to meet in San Juan in 2023.
Among those welcoming the news: “Hamilton” playwright and son of Puerto Ricans, Lin-Manuel Miranda. In a statement, he called the fellowship “an important means of supporting Puerto Rican artists in their journey to tell more stories. This collaboration to amplify the work and voices of these creators, both in Puerto Rico and across the U.S. dia
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ARTS / MUSIC
By Global Times Published: May 09, 2021 05:38 PM
Actors rehearse for the musical
Beijing Story. Photo: Courtesy of Ye Zi
A new original musical about a group of urban women will be staged at Beijing s Poly Theater from June 19 to 22.
Supported by China Literature and Art Foundation and Beijing Culture and Arts Fund,
Beijing Story aims to show how Beijing locals deal with life and career troubles as well as chase their dreams.
According to the show s director Guo Zhen, these middle-aged women, just like those living among us today, seek to discover themselves after dedicating so many years to their families.