Deadline: 15-Nov-21
The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) is seeking applications for its Individual Artist Fellowships to recognize and reward the artistic achievements of South Carolina’s exceptional individual artists.
Fellowship awards are made through a highly competitive process and are based on artistic merit, achievements and commitment to discipline. The Fellowship awards bring recognition that may open doors to other resources and employment opportunities.
Funding Information
- Amount: $8,500 per Fellowship
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a practicing individual artist (duos, collaborative works, and other ensembles are not eligible), working in one or more of the disciplines eligible for the application year.Up to five Fellowships are awarded each year (maximum of one in each discipline), with artistic disciplines rotating from year to year.
- The applicant must also be
- A legal resident of the U.S. and S.C. with a permanent residence in the state for two years prior to the application date and throughout the Fellowship period; and
- 18 years of age or older at the time of application.
- The applicant must not be a degree-seeking student during the award period.
- Most practicing individual artists residing in S.C.
Restrictions
- There is a limit of three SCAC Fellowships in an artist’s career.
- There is a period of ineligibility of 10 years after the first Fellowship is awarded. Artists who received Fellowships prior to FY13 are eligible to apply for the FY23 Fellowships.
- Fellows may not receive any other SCAC grant awards during their Fellowship year.
- An artist may apply in more than one category but is only eligible to receive one Fellowship. If applying in more than one category, a different body of work must be submitted for each category.
For more information, visit https://www.southcarolinaarts.com/grant/fel/