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La Macina di San Cresci offer residencies from 7 to 90 days in the sprawling country side of Tuscany, Italy. Grants are available to 10 artists to help cover frees and up to half of the program costs. The program runs all year so there is no deadline for applications. For more information about this opportunity, visit http://www.chianticom.com/index.php.

Lens Culture announces their 2009 photography competition. Both armature and professional photographers may submit single images and portfolios to this international competition. The deadline for submissions is September 15 and the winners will be announced on October 15. For more information about this opportunity, visit http://www.lensculture.com/contest.html.

The Pew Fellowship in the Arts provide financial support for up to two years to artists working on substantial projects in either media arts, works on paper or fiction and creative non-fiction writing. Applicants must be residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania. Students are not eligible for this fellowship. Up to twelve fellowships of $60,000 are awarded each year. For more information about this opportunity, visit, http://www.pewarts.org/apply.html.

The Border Crosser Grant provides funding to artists working on projects focused on Central, Eastern and Southern Europe or China. The grant provides 2,000 to 10,000 euros. For more information about this opportunity, visit http://www.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/html/1100.asp.

The Work Center provides seven-month winter fellowships to twenty artists each year. Residencies run from October 1 through May 1. Fellows are provided living accommodations and a monthly stipend of $650.  Application Deadline is December 1, 2009. For more information about this opportunity, visit http://www.fawc.org/.