Wallis Annenberg | Helix Fellowship Application

Applicant Details

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Education and Work

1. Primary Field, Discipline, or Practice *

2. Education and Training *

3. Institutional Affiliation (if applicable)

4. C.V. or Résumé (optional)

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5. Academic Transcripts (optional)

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6. Describe your current projects, including creative, academic, and/or community endeavors *

(limit your response to 150 words)

7. Work Samples

Provide links for up to 12 images, 30 minutes of video/audio clips, or 20 typed pages appropriate to your practice that best represent your work. These can include visual, film/video, music, performance, prose/poetry, translation, journalism, or academic writing. Samples may also be compiled as a single file or document and emailed as an attachment to helix@yiddishkayt.org.

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8. List any courses or community learning you have undertaken in cultural studies (history, culture, religion, literature, music, philosophy, etc.) If you have any experience in Jewish cultural studies in particular you should share this information here, but do not limit your answers to studies in just one culture. *

Personal Narrative

10. Compose a biography of yourself in the third person (start with your name) that tells a bit about who you are, what you do, and what you aspire to do or to become. If your application is successful, this description may be used on our website. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

11. Explain why you are interested in participating in the Helix Fellowship. Tell us what unique qualities you bring to this program. Include any of the following: your skills, interests, and leadership experience, or anything else that makes you a good fit for this program. Take some time to consider how your participation in the Fellowship could make a difference in your profession and community. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

12. In your own voice, tell us a little more about why you are interested in participating in the Fellowship. Record and upload a 1-minute video to YouTube or Vimeo and provide the URL link below. Please note that production value is not a priority here, we are interested in learning about you. *

(ensure that your video does not exceed 1 minute)

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13. What has been the most profound educational or artistic experience of your life thus far? Describe this experience, whether it was a class or course, travel adventure, painting, poem, movement or music piece, political campaign, or something else. Be sure to consider the many factors that made this experience so instructive or illuminating and the ways you were changed by it. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

14. If you could learn from anyone (currently alive), who would it be and why? (optional)

(limit your response to 150 words)

15. The Helix Fellowship emphasizes mindful communication and empathetic community-building. We promote non-hierarchical group learning, active listening, and speaking with kindness. What experience do you have with group learning and/or mindful approaches to arts and culture? Consider how you handle group settings and be honest about what challenges they might present for you. Do not limit your answers to experience with conflict resolution only — we are interested in getting a full picture of how you learn, live, and create in community. If there are particular ways you learn or communicate most effectively, include these in your response. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

16. Helix Fellows are expected to become cultural activists and emissaries during and after the program. Tell us how and where you will share your experiences, and what kinds of creative projects you hope the Helix Fellowship will shape and inform in the future. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

17. We emphasize creative collaboration between Helix Fellows. Foregrounding the link between scholarship and culture, the Fellowship explores art through history and history through art. Describe how you imagine collaborating with the other artists and scholars in your cohort. If you have prior experience collaborating across different disciplines and fields, include examples. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

Additional Information

18. How did you hear about the Helix Fellowship? Share the name of the Helix alum that told you about the program, which promotional email or newsletter you received, or the social media space where you found application information. *

Recommendations

19. Have two letters of recommendation signed and emailed directly to helix@yiddishkayt.org or mailed to our office at 3780 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 301, Los Angeles, CA, 90010.

Recommender #1 *

Recommender #2 *

Financial Aid

20. The Helix Fellowship is a subsidized program. To learn more about Fellowship finances, refer to this page. Tell us if you are interested in financial aid to offset programmatic costs. *

I understand that I am required to cover certain expenses. Please send me information about financial aid when it becomes available.

I can cover all my program expenses. I will not need financial aid.

Responses do not affect selection for the program and are gathered for programatic planning purposes only.

21. Helix Fellows often offset their program costs by seeking funds from their institution, community groups, applying for grants, or crowdfunding. Outline any fundraising work you have done for yourself or an organization in the past.

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