Rejected (again!)

 August 20, 2024                                     

Dear Florencio Lennox Campello,

 

The District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) appreciates your FY 2025 Art Bank Program grant application. This year, we had a record number of submissions. Unfortunately, your artwork(s) was not selected to advance to the second round of review. [M(1] We sincerely appreciate the time, talent, and energy that goes into a grant application. CAH staff and advisory panelists were impressed with the caliber and range of work submitted.

 

Please know that CAH makes every effort to gain valuable feedback from the advisory panelists and shares that information with applicants upon request. Many applicants have found these comments and insights from panelists helpful in furthering their endeavors, as well as in developing future applications to CAH. You may request a debriefing within 60 days from the date of this letter by filling out this form to express your interest. If you have further questions, please contact Curator Michelle May-Curry.

 

CAH appreciates your valuable contribution to the arts and humanities community and encourages you to apply to future grant programs. You may wish to consider participating in our grant workshops to obtain information about specific grant programs and best practices for applying to CAH’s grants. Once grants are open, a list of workshops may be found on CAH’s website at www.dcarts.dc.gov.

 

Sincerely,

 

Michelle May-Curry, Ph.D.

Curator