Deadline: 1-Jul-21
Applications are invited for Artist Opportunity Grant to support unique professional and artistic development and presentation opportunities for artists.
These competitive grants, not to exceed $750, support professional and artistic development and presentation opportunities for artists.
Artist Opportunity Grants are awarded on a competitive basis Examples include: materials to complete work for a specific show or program; the cost to rent a facility for a performance; study with a master for a specified period of time. Evaluation criteria include: anticipated impact on the artist’s work or career; financial feasibility and need; marketing plans; and uniqueness of the opportunity.
Grant Categories
- Professional and Artistic Development
- Artists may apply for funding for unique, short-term opportunities that will significantly advance their work or careers, such as: study with a significant master available for a limited time, or participation in a residency or exchange program. An individual or collaboration may request up to 80 percent of the cost of the opportunity with requests not to exceed $750. Travel costs are not covered but should be included in the budget.
- Presentation Opportunities
- Artists may apply for funding for unique, short-term opportunities that will significantly advance their work or careers such as: materials to complete work committed to an exhibition, performance, or publication; contracting of professional services; or rental of equipment, instruments, or work space for a specific performance, exhibition, or publication opportunity. An individual or collaboration may request up to 80 percent of the cost of the opportunity with requests not to exceed $750.
Eligibility
To be eligible for an Individual Artist Opportunity Grant, applicants must be:
- Eighteen (18) years of age or older
- Delaware residents for at least one year at the time of application
- Not enrolled in a degree-granting program
- Not a current Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship recipient.
For more information, visit https://arts.delaware.gov/grants-for-artists/