Warhol Foundation Funding Opportunity; Arts Research Monitor: Libraries and Literacy

The Institute for Education and the Arts is posting two funding opportunities.

ARTS
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts announces funds to curatorial projects and programs at museums, artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions to originate innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other organizational activities directly related to these areas. The Foundation also supports efforts to strengthen areas that directly affect the context in which artists work, such as freedom of artistic expression and equitable access to resources.
Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. Deadline for applications is September 1, 2006. For further information: http://www.warholfoundation.org .

LIBRARIES AND LITERACY
Submitted by Hill Strategies Research Inc.
This month in the Arts Research Monitor: a focus on libraries, literacy and incomes, including a report on the importance of school libraries and teacher-librarians for student achievement as well as two Statistics Canadareports that link literacy to earnings. Other Statistics Canadareports provide information about the differences in literacy results based on geographic, demographic and technological factors. For more information, visit http://www.ArtsResearchMonitor.com .