The Likhachev Foundation (St. Petersburg, Russia) together with the Committee on External Relations of St. Petersburg and the Fund of the First Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin (Moscow, Russia) announces competition for two-week cultural fellowships in St. Petersburg, Russia, from August 23 until September 5, 2010 for American professionals in the field of arts and culture who are working on projects related to Russian culture.  Airfare and accommodation in St. Petersburg will be covered by the organizers.

The Likhachev Foundation will accept applications from professionals in the field of culture and history or arts from the USA who are currently working on creative projects related to Russian culture or history.  Commend of the Russian language is very helpful but not required.  Students are not eligible.

The creative project could be a museum exhibition, a theater performance, a film, photo exhibition, preparation of fiction or research books, etc. related to Russian culture or history.  The creative project should be conceived in the USA for a broad American audience.  Residence in Russia should serve as an important stage in the realization in the applicant’s cultural project.

The Likhachev Foundation will prepare individual programs for the fellows according to their project’s specifics.  These programs will include meetings with Russian colleagues, possibilities to work at St. Petersburg museums, libraries, archives, and other organizations.

Then two-week fellowships will be organized from August 23 through September 5, 2010 in St. Petersburg.

Deadline for submitted applications is April 12, 2010.  Applicants will be notified of the review panel decision by May 5, 2010.

Application should include:

1. CV (including information on Russian language skills, previous creative projects related to Russia and previous visits to Russia.)

2. A 3 page description of the creative project.  It should contain, in particular, a paragraph on how a residency in St. Petersburg will benefit the applicant’s creative project and which cultural organizations in St. Petersburg the applicant would like to work with.

**Please e-mail your application in Russian (preferably) or English to the competition coordinator, Ms. Elena vitenberg, at vitenberg@lfond.spb.ru with the subject line “application for the fellowship.”**