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BLACK ACADEMY OUTLINES OF FUNDING PROPOSALS----------page two

[underscore]Biennial Conference of Black Artists and Scholars[/underscore]

Every other year the Academy wishes to call together a national conference of black artists and scholars, which would assess the kinds and quality of attention blacks should encourage in particular crafts and in particular scholarly disciplines.

The conference would be divided into eight working sections covering the following: plastic arts, film and photography, theatre, music, dance, literature, history and biography, and the behavioral and social sciences.  The proposed theme of the first national conference, planned for 1972, is "An Assessment of the State of Black Arts and Letters," which would be interpreted by each discipline.  The Academy seeks funds to cover the cost of a meeting place, and travel and accommodations for at least eighty persons.  The budget also includes monies for recording and transcription, printing and postage, and the publishing of the proceedings.

[underscore]Manual for the Guidance of Black Writers[/underscore]

The Academy seeks funds to prepare and publish a manual which will furnish information to black writers on the various stages of getting his work published.  Members of the Academy have formed a committee to write the book and a working outline has been prepared.  The budget for this project includes three work conferences, typing assistance, copyediting and design, typesetting and other printing costs, as well as advertising and order fulfillment.

[underscore]Black Filmmakers Competition and Festival[/underscore]

The Academy would conduct an annual competition for black filmmakers from which the best films would be selected for showing in two-day festivals in ten (10) major cities.  The working plan is for the competition to take place in New York City or Los Angeles.  The festivals would be shown in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Jackson, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.  The Academy would select a board of judges from its membership.  The films would be shown in selected institutions with preference given to those located in the black community.  Admission fees would be minimal.  Funds to cover expenses for the use of theatre facilities and reprinting films would be necessary, as well as funds for advertising and publicity, consultants, clerical assistance, telephone, postage, and printing.