MacColl Johnson Fellowships in the US

Deadline: 19-Aug-22

Applications for the Artist Communities Alliance’s (ACA) Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund are now open.

The MacColl Johnson 2022 Fellowships will be awarded to emerging and mid-career visual artists in Rhode Island.

The Rhode Island Foundation is employing Artist Communities Alliance, an independent international association, to manage applications and the jury process for The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships.

Funding Information

Three MacColl Johnson Fellowship Awardees: $25,000 each.
Three MacColl Johnson Fellowship Finalists: Artist residency + $3,000 each.
Three MacColl Johnson Fellowship Semi-Finalists: $2,500 each.

Eligibility Criteria

State Residency: Applicants must be Rhode Island residents 12 months prior to the application deadline, at the time of submitting the application, and during the period of the fellowship. If recommended for a Fellowship, applicants will be required to provide two documents as proof of residency.
Disciplines / Media: Applications are accepted for original visual art. Eligible visual arts genres include, but are not limited to:
- Book arts
- Ceramics/clay art/pottery
- Drawing
- Film/video/animation
- Glass arts
- Installation
- Jewelry
- Metalworking
- Painting
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- Textile/fiber arts
- Woodworking
- Interdisciplinary arts
Career Stage: Though the Fellowships are not awarded by career stage categories, applicants must demonstrate that they are within the range of an emerging to mid-career stage in their artistic profession, regardless of age. To assist applicants in determining if they are within this range, The Foundation defines the eligible career stages as follows:
- Emerging Artists are considered to be in the early years of their professional careers, which may include having recently undertaken a career change to a significant artistic practice.
  - An emerging artist:
    - demonstrates at least 3 years of professional practice and currently is creating independent work;
    - demonstrates promising artistic development and may have attracted some early critical notice, but does not yet have an extensive record of recognition;
    - has produced an elemental yet substantive body of work and has an accruing record of publication, public readings, and other presentations of work.
- Mid-Career Artists are those who have created an independent body of work over a number of years and have received some regional or national recognition.
  - A mid-career artist:
    - demonstrates at least 7 years of a sustained professional practice and is currently producing work;
    - has produced an accruing body of work that demonstrates artistic exploration and development;
    - has received some regional and/or national recognition, but is not substantially established in the field, or has had substantial professional recognition at an earlier career stage.