Welcome to The Essentials, a series of online classes for photographers presented by The Everyday Projects + Black Women Photographers. These online classes will take place once a week from May 5 to June 2 with instructors Kiana Hayeri, Andrea Wise, Nicky Woo, Danielle Villasana, and Yagazie Emezi. Each class is 75 minutes and will include a Q&A.

Danielle Villasana will share tips on preparing grant applications for new or ongoing projects. She’ll cover the do’s and don'ts as well as various funding organizations within the visual media industry. Providing examples such as The Everyday Projects’ “Women on the Go” story she led alongside seven other Everyday women photographers, which was published in National Geographic with support from National Geographic Society, Danielle will also discuss the benefits of applying to grants as a team. While grant-funding is the primary topic, Danielle will briefly introduce other ideas for funding such as Kickstarter, print sales, and approaching NGOs and companies with well-crafted project proposals.

These Webinars are free, but we'd love it if you made a $5 donation to Black Women Photographers to help us continue our mission in supporting Black women and non-binary photographers globally.

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