Maintaining our Sandra Ogg Rude Memorial Grant:
If you would like to help sustain the SORMG Fund, you may donate on the Donate to Complex Weavers webpage. Complex Weavers appreciate your help in this!
Annually, Complex Weavers offers a merit-based grant to a CW member, or members, in memory of longtime CW member Sandra Ogg Rude. This grant is offered for technical and aesthetic innovation related to learning and sharing advanced weaving techniques.
Advanced weaving for purposes of this grant includes weaving that pushes beyond the current knowledge of a technique or structure, or explores an experimental use of materials, to elevate the design, form or function of traditional woven cloth.
This grant is funded by the Michael and Sandra Ogg Rude Memorial Fund, which was donated to Complex Weavers in 2020 by Mike Rude.
“The Michael and Sandra Ogg Rude Memorial Fund was established as a legacy in memory of Sandra’s commitment, dedication, and joy in explorations and practice of advanced weaving techniques. Sandra loved to weave and to design complex weavings. She was a very technical weaver, and it was very important to her to further the understanding and use of complex weaving designs. She asked that this fund be established to help encourage the development, study, and sharing of these techniques.”
If you would like to help sustain the fund through donations, you will find more information here.
Eligibility
The SORMF grant is open to Complex Weavers members and non-members worldwide. Students in post-secondary textile programs are also encouraged to apply. If non-members are awarded a grant, they will receive a one-year complimentary CW membership.
Applications for teaching projects and for learning projects will be accepted every year, with each evaluated on its individual merits. Resubmission of a proposal not previously selected is acceptable, provided the proposal meets the current criteria at the time of the new submission.
Limits and Details
Sandra Ogg Rude Memorial Grants may be awarded annually up to a total amount of $2,000. At the reviewers’ discretion, that amount may be awarded to one recipient or shared by two recipients but will not exceed $2,000 per year.
Recipients of a Sandra Ogg Rude Memorial Grant may not be awarded a second grant until three years after the original grant was awarded.
In a year when no applications are submitted, or no grants are awarded, the grant money will remain in the fund. No money from the fund shall be used for any purposes other than awarding grants in memory of Sandra Ogg Rude.
Any topic related to advanced weaving may be considered. Financial need is not a consideration.
Costs covered by Grants
Requests for grant funds may include instructional fees; travel costs; materials; space or equipment rental; technology licensing or subscription fees; production costs; etc. Purchases of non-consumable supplies or equipment will not be considered.
Award Review & Selection
The grant applications will be reviewed by a three-person panel not affiliated with the Complex Weavers Board of Directors. Panel members may not submit a grant request during the year they serve.
Grant reviewers will rate applications on the following criteria:
- How well the project speaks to the person’s continued development as an artist, weaver and/or teacher,
- How well the project meets the definition of advanced weaving techniques,
- Likelihood an applicant will complete the project and fulfill grant requirements,
- Feasibility of the project’s proposed cost breakdown, supported with true-cost estimates,
- The potential to add to the knowledge base of other CW members.
To Apply
The applicant may download the grant application by clicking the button below and must submit the completed application document to grants@complex-weavers.org.
Images
No images are required when applying for the grant. However, images that support and/or explain the advanced weaving techniques being studied or taught will help the jurors in the evaluation process. There are no special image formatting requirements. Images may be included in your application document or attached to the submission email. Please provide captions or file names that reference the points you are illustrating.
Project Completion and Reporting
It is expected that the applicant’s class, workshop, or other learning or teaching opportunity will take place during the year following receipt of the grant. Extensions may be considered for some projects if necessary.
Within six months of completion of the proposed project, the awardee will be responsible for reporting back to CW membership their project results in an article for the CW Journal. The report should include a summary of theories or techniques learned or taught, and how this project increased the applicant’s individual understanding of advanced weaving and/or that of students.
Alternative presentation methods may be considered if they can be accessed by all CW members at no additional cost.
Questions? Email grants@complex-weavers.org