The purpose of this rule amendment is to amend Rule 1T-1.038, F.A.C., to include updated scoring criteria, review and award criteria for the Individual Artist Fellowship Program.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Division of Cultural Affairs

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
1T-1.038: Individual Artist Fellowship Program

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule amendment is to amend Rule 1T-1.038, F.A.C., to include updated scoring criteria, review and award criteria for the Individual Artist Fellowship Program.

SUMMARY: This rule outlines the application process and award criteria for the Individual Artist Fellowship Program.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the agency.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 265.286(11) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 265.286(5)(d) FS.

A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: May 25, 2012, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: R.A. Gray Building, Room 307, Tallahassee, FL

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Laura Blischke, [phone] or [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Morgan Lewis, [phone] or [e-mail]

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

1T-1.038 Individual Artist Fellowship Program.

(1) The Individual Artist Fellowship Program fosters the development of individual artists through a selection procedure that identifies individual artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability.

(2) To be eligible for a fellowship an applicant must:

(a) Be a legal resident of Florida as defined by Section 196.015 or 222.17, F.S., and agree to maintain Florida residency for the duration of the fellowship period;

(b) Be at least 18 years of age;

(c) Not be enrolled in any undergraduate or graduate degree-seeking program during the fellowship period;

(d) Not have received a fellowship award during the five-year period preceding the new award period; and

(e) Not be currently serving have served as a grant review panelist if he/she has an application before the same discipline panel.

(3) Eligible applicants must submit a completed Fellowship Application (Form CA2E012, Form CA2E158 for the Folk Arts category), effective 10/09 and respectively, incorporated by reference, and available at www.Florida-arts.org with all required samples of work in the discipline appropriate formats described in the program guidelines, on or before the announced deadline. Samples of work must be original and authentic representations of the applicant’s work. Applications are accepted in each discipline on a rotating cycle. The disciplines of visual arts and media arts will apply together in odd years while the disciplines of literature, folk arts, music, interdisciplinary, dance, and theatre apply in even years. If additional funding becomes available and all disciplines can be accommodated in one application cycle, the two discipline groups will be combined.

(4) Review panel scoring for the disciplines of dance, interdisciplinary, media arts, and folk arts discipline must range from one (1) to fifty ten (5010) and be scored according to the following criteria: Artistic Excellence (up to 20 points), Tradition and Authenticity (up to 15 points) and Community Impact and Engagement (up to 15 points). based on the following criteria: the quality and consistency in the body of work, professional achievements, reputation, peer support and respect. Folk art applicants are also evaluated on the “traditionality” of the art form. These applications are evaluated in two (2) phases. During the first phase, applications are rated from 1-10 by each panel member and averaged. Only applications ranked eight (8) or higher are eligible for the second phase of review. For the second phase, panelists determine which applications will be funded based on available funding, professional judgement, and previously described evaluation criteria.

(5) Work submitted by applicants in the visual arts, music, literature, media arts, dance, interdisciplinary and theatre categories are initially evaluated through a blind review process, or without revealing the applicant’s identity. During the first phase of the review, panelists will not know the applicant’s identity and will assign each application a score between 1 and 40 for the criteria of Artistic Excellence based on the work samples submitted. Applications scoring a total of 32 points or higher will then move on to the second phase of the review and their identity will be released to the panel. During this phase panelists will review the applications based on the Professional Achievement of the applicant which may total up to 10 points. Applications scoring a total of 40 points or higher will be eligible for a fellowship award subject to budgetary considerations and panel recommendation. These applications are also evaluated in two (2) phases. During the first phase, applications are rated from one (1) to ten (10), based on the quality and consistency in the body of work, and the panel’s score for each application is averaged. Only applications ranked eight (8) or higher are eligible for the second phase of review. For the second phase, panelists evaluate eligible applicants and award funds based on professional achievements, reputation, peer support and respect, and available funding, and award funds accordingly.

(6) Panelists will award fellowships in the amount of $2,500 or $5,000 in order of score, starting with the highest score until funds are depleted. The panel may choose to award fellowships in the amount of $2,500 or $5,000.

(7)(6) Funds are administered through a Grant Agreement (Form CA2E076, effective 10/09, incorporated by reference, and available at www.Florida-arts.org); and are awarded on a non-matching basis.

(8)(7) Grant Report. Grant recipients are required to complete a Grant Report (Form CA2E003, effective 10/09, incorporated by reference, and available at www.Florida-arts.org); which details expenditures and activities during the grant period. The grant period is January 1 through June 30 December 31. The grant report is due 30 days after the end of the grant period.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 265.286(11) FS. Law Implemented 265.286(5)(d) FS. History–New 10-27-09, Amended__________.