Deadline: 18-Oct-21
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County is pleased to announce the Artist Support Grants program to support individual artists during and following the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Artist Support Grant (ASG) program expands the number of regional consortiums from 13 to 18 to ensure more equitable disbursement of funds to artists in rural and urban areas across the state.
The program provides direct support to individual artists for professional and artistic development, either to enhance their skills and abilities to create work, or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring the work to audiences.
This program will provide financial support to committed, gifted individual artists and small, unincorporated groups of collaborating artists residing in Forsyth, Davidson, Davie, Guilford, and Randolph counties and is intended to support a broad range of talented artists in the genres of visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts.
The program is operated in partnership with ArtsGreensboro, Arts Davidson County, Davie County Arts Council, High Point Arts Council and The Randolph Arts Guild. Funding is provided by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Funding Information
- Grants will range in awards from $500 to $2,000.
Eligibility Criteria
The Artist Support Grant is intended to support a broad range of talented artists in the genres of visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts. Eligible candidates may be either emerging or established artists. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to spending a significant portion of their time on their work as artists.
- Individuals and Artist Collectives
- Individual artist and small unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible to apply
- Residency
- Artist must reside in the following counties Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, and Randolph County.
- Artists who have lived in the region (Region 11: Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph) where they are applying continuously for at least one year prior to the consortium’s application deadline.
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old and either a U.S citizen or permanent resident alien.
- Artists who have lived in more than one region should apply only where they spend the majority of the year. Example, 183 Days
- All members of a collaborating team must be North Carolina residents, live in the region where they are applying, and meet the other eligibility requirements. Résumés documenting residence from all team members should be included with the application.
- Multiple Awards
- Artists who are sole properties of organizations that have already received funding for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 from the North Carolina Arts Council are ineligible to apply.
- Conflicts-of-Interest
- Current board and staff members of the participating partner organizations and their family members are not eligible to apply for the award.
- Student Status
- The Artist Support Grant is intended for adult, nonstudent artists. Artists enrolled full-time in undergraduate or associate degree-granting programs may not apply for the grant.
- Artists in certificate programs are generally eligible.
- Artists pursuing graduate degrees in subjects other than their art form may be eligible if they meet the other eligibility criteria.
For more information, visit https://www.intothearts.org/artist-support-grant
