Awards grants to Philadelphia area student media makers who want to produce a digital video or audio project. Undergraduate Student Award & Makers affiliated with a media-making training institution - awards up to $1,000. Graduate Student Award - awards up to $1,500 The Philadelphia Student Mediamaker Fund, a program of Scribe Video Center, is made possible with support from the Independence Public Media Foundation.

Each resident will span three months and will include time for independent research, open access & public hours at The Water Shed, and community-facing programs. Artists may apply individually or as part of a collaborative team.

Creative Philadelphia supports artists and cultural organizations in Philadelphia by providing and promoting artist opportunities and resources year-round. Artists can search for funding and work while arts and cultural organizations can also benefit from searching this list for opportunities.

Designed to encourage and support visual storytellers whose photographic work renews the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s dedicated compassion. Special consideration will be given to work that promotes social change, that embraces new technologies and image distribution, and that seeks to integrate the tradition of photography and social change with contemporary practice.