Artist/Advocate Application

Now taking artist and advocate sponsorship applications for our Waitlist.

Artists from all locations in the US can apply and we will hold you on a waitlist for future opportunities.

Step 1: Use this convenient online form to submit an application to reproduce our program. If you have any problems with this form, save your answers into a word or PDF document and email to Corinna@PoetryforPersonalPower dot com. We love to answer questions about the artist sponsorship application instead of hearing that someone wanted to apply but didn’t.

Step 2: Fill out the artist intake survey form we will email you in response to this application. We will also schedule a phone interview with the regional coordinator or program manager.

Step 3: We will mail you an artist sponsorship kit with all the supplies you need plus possibly a T-shirt or sweater.

Step 4: You are ready! Start booking events. Mail us back evaluations and submit event report forms online. Payment made within a week of receiving the report and evaluations.

Sponsorship application

Section 1: Contact Information

• Given Name *
• Poetry or Stage Name (if applicable)
• Your artist or advocate business name (s)
• Email *
• Phone *
• Twitter Handle (if applicable)
• Your Artist or advocate Website (if applicable)

 

Section 2: Sponsorship Information

• Are you a good fit for our program?
  Are you willing to do more documentation and paperwork?Are you OK getting reminders on paperwork via email, text, phone, and Facebook?Will you learn more about mental health human rights injustices?Are you tolerant of diversities in race, gender, language, religious differences, and disability?Do you attend 2 or in person community events per week?
• Which 2 or more in person community events do you attend?
  This is our most important qualification screening. People need to be active in 2 or more communities before qualifying to work with us. Type the program types, ie, "my church, the local 4-H club, the social justice warriors circle, and the Outspoken Slam team."
• Free Response *
  Write 3-4 sentences about why you are a good candidate for aritst or advocate sponsorship through our program.

 

Section 3: Sponsorship Planning information

• Do you get these Program Concepts?
  We promote art as health care: artists can do suicide prevention, substance use prevention, resilience building, tobacco reduction, and other pieces of health care.We are a network of highly diverse people working toward better health care: fighting health disparities, addressing social determinants, dealing with root causesPeer support: We plug people back into the community with peer support. Peer support is the best kind of mental health care and saves a ton of money.Artists can do peer support the best because they have a lot of community contacts and they work from strengthsEntrepreneurship: We teach artists to make a living doing art. We nurture early stage entrepreneurs and work them towards local business development resources.
• For HealthCare messaging events
  Can you add these items into your healthcare messaging events?Give a handout related to the health care messageDescribe the message in the handoutGive each audience a way to actively participate in the concept sharedMake sure half of the audience is new to the messageCollect evaluations if neededMake sure half of the audience is new to the messagePost pics publicly, make a separate album link for the pics
• Can you submit this data after each event?
  A crowd shot to show how big your event wasA picture of the Poetry for Personal sign at the event showing our sponsorship (can be homemade)A link to an online photo album of 10 or more other event picturesType in email addresses collectedA link to videos from the event (optional but bonus points)
• Peer Support Ingredients
  If you want to do peer support work, can you do these pieces of the job? These ideas help build our long term revenue plan.Give your mentees coaching and reminders to increase their arts participationHelp coach or provide transportation tipsWork on building your own freelance Peer Specialist businessCreate a networked / linked team feel with other Poetry for Personal Power artistsSupport overall health and wellnessInteract with people by email, text, FB, and other remote techniquesSupport advocacy efforts
• Free Response *
  Type 3-4 sentences about how your sponsorship plans. How are you going to add our program components and documentation into your existing events to boost your artist income?

 

Section 4: Next Steps

• Instructions Step 1: Application, Step 2: Intake Survey, Step 3: Intake Interview, Step 4: Review Training Kit
• Your T-shirt size?
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• When do you want to do your intake interview? *List three specific days and times when we can call you at the above phone number. (Ie, Jan 30 at 4 pm, Feb 2 at 9 pm, Feb 3 at 10 am. )
• Best address to mail you program materials
  Street AddressApt, Suite, Bldg. (optional)CityState / Province / RegionPostal / Zip CodeAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBruneiBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaColombiComorosCongo (Brazzaville)CongoCosta RicaCote d\'IvoireCroatiaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEast Timor (Timor Timur)EcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFijiFinlandFranceGabonGambia, TheGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, NorthKorea, SouthKuwaitKyrgyzstanLaosLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepaNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRussiaRwandaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint VincentSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwanTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTogoTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited States of AmericaUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVatican CityVenezuelaVietnamYemenZambiaZimbabweCountry
• Recruiter Who encouraged you to apply for this project?
• Questions/ Comments Put anything else you want to ask or say here.

 

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