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The ASMP Foundation: Providing Educational Leadership and Resources for ASMP Members and the Entire Creative Community
Our Mission: The ASMP Foundation exists to support the education of ASMP members and the creative community to which they belong. Our goal is to encourage the professional and artistic growth of photographers.
Resources for Educators:
The ASMP Foundation has responded to the need for improved business education of aspiring photographers by publishing Professional Photographic Practices, a business curriculum for photography educators. This invaluable resource is available free to educators. (Learn more)
Applying for Grants:
The Directors of ASMP and the ASMP Foundation Board are currently reviewing the Foundation's grant program and its goals. In light of this review, grant applications will not be accepted until further notice.
Winter ‘08 Grant Recipients
Aperture Foundation, New York, NY — $1,500 in support of Confounding Expectations and Aperture Evenings, two components of a series of lectures and discussions presented at Aperture’s New York gallery, Parsons The New School for Design, and various cultural venues on the west coast. The series offers students, artists, professionals and the public an opportunity to engage in dialog with people who have influenced their thinking about photography.
Center, Santa Fe, NM — Review LA, a portfolio review event, provides access to influential members of the photographic community who can offer guidance for bringing work to a larger audience. The Foundation’s $1,500 grant is to help support the public component of the event, Portfolio Viewing, which is a night of photographers sharing work with picture professionals, the LA community and each other.
New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA — $1,500 for Toying With Creativity, a weekend workshop, hosted jointly by ASMP and NOPA, that explores image-making with a twist. At the workshop, each student gets a Holga camera and information about toy-camera techniques. The film shot on Saturday will be processed overnight, so that the successes and failures can be discussed on Sunday. The hoped-for result is an opening of new creative paths for all the participants.
PhotoAlliance, San Francisco, CA —$1,500 for the annual Our World nationally juried portfolio review event. This two-day event brings together top photography editors, publishers, curators, gallerists and educators, representing small, mid-sized and major venues around the U.S., to meet with engaged photographers to review their portfolios and encourage their careers.
Santa Fe Council for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM — $1,500 to help expand Spirit of Self, a successful youth program now in Santa Fe, to other areas of the state, including Albuquerque, Taos and Las Cruces. In a cross-cultural environment, the teens are given cameras, film and a darkroom facility and are mentored by a professional photographer for one year. During the year, the teens document their lives and give their own unique perspective of the world. In this safe forum for self-expression, they learn to cross cultural barriers and see similarities rather than differences.
How you can help:
The ASMP Foundation encourages and gratefully receives donations from individuals, corporations and other organizations. By giving to the ASMP Foundation or by naming it in your will, you can help improve the art, craft and profession of photography in real and enduring ways. The ASMP Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, so your donation is fully tax deductible.
Contributions can be made directly to:
The ASMP Foundation
150 North Second Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
To learn more about this opportunity to support photography, please contact Foundation Executive Director Eugene Mopsik, Foundation Board President Ben Colman or Foundation Secretary Lynne Damianos.
The Foundation's information return (IRS Form 990) is available for the 2003-04 (PDF, 816 kb) and the 2004-05 (PDF, 1.6 Mb) fiscal years.