Artist Support Grants
For working artist who seek to advance their careers through professional
development, studio improvements, new projects, promotion, and more.
2024/2025
Grant Application
DUE
August 7, 2024
Advance Your Career!
Examples of fundable projects:
Creation of a new work
Purchase of equipment
Professional development workshops
Travel support for expenses associated with a professional opportunity, such as participating in an exhibition or a conference
Development or upgrading of promotional materials such as brochures, DVDs, CDs, and websites.
REVIEW THIS ENTIRE PAGE AND THE FORMS BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO APPLY!
Applicant Information
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Be ready to apply!
This year, we hosted three training workshops along with the pre-recorded info to the right.
We suggest getting high-quality images of your work to present as samples. Please reach out to your local arts council for support. This video will help you prepare your grant for the next cycle. Download PPT > -
Artists who receive a grant must wait one year before reapplying.
2024/25 Artist Application Deadline August 7, 2023 at 11:00 PM EST.
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Applicants will be notified of the panelists’ of the final decision in October or early November. You can apply for something that happens from July 2024 -June 2025.
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TBD - The grant award reception and location will be announced once the awards have been confirmed.
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Blank W-9 for grant recipients. Required to submit with your contract.
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A final report is required by all recipients by June 30th, 2024. If the project is not complete by June 30th, then submit by December 30th at the latest. Failure to submit a final report could result in disqualification for future grants.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL ARTS COUNCIL FOR APPLICATION SUPPORT. FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND TRAINING SESSIONS.
ADDITIONAL INFO
Grant allotments:
Grant awards to artists generally range from $500 to $2500, depending on the amount of money each consortium raises, the number of applicants, the number of artists selected, and the types of projects funded.
If you submit requests seeking more than $2500, make it clear how you intend to pay for the project beyond what the grant covers. We need to know that the project is viable and able to be completed.
Grant requests are sometimes partially funded depending on the requests.
Who Qualifies?
The artist support grant is intended to support working artists. We do not recommend applying if you are a beginner or hobby artist unless you want to transition into the career and have a strong body of work to support that endeavor. Professors may only apply if it supports their career as an artist, not to support work for their university or classes they teach.
Make Reasonable Requests!
A jury of peers familiar with your medium will review applications. If selecting supplies or equipment, be prepared to justify why you need the items you seek. Some artists make the mistake of listing equipment that is advanced far beyond their level of expertise or need, which can be a turn-off for panelists.
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE
YOU BEGIN!
What do you need? Proposed use of funds.
Explain what this project/proposal will enable you to do what you cannot do now.
Summarize how this project/proposal will advance your career or development as an artist.
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Artist Support Grant
2022/2023 Winners
Our 2022/2023 Award Season has concluded. We received over 40 applications and $70,000 in requests.
We awarded $15,500 to eighteen individual artists of a variety of mediums and projects.
Applications were reviewed and awarded by impartial artist peers from all four counties. Panelists selected for this review represented all of the mediums of the requests in the applications.