Deadline: 6-Mar-23
The Idaho Commission on the Arts’ Project Grants for Individuals is now open for applications.
Purpose
- This quarterly grant opportunity supports artist-initiated projects and activities. Examples include attendance at an artist residency, release time to create and exhibit a body of work, staging of performances, readings, or the creation of public art.
Funding Information
- The grant funds up to 75% of projected expenses. Maximum request is $1,100.
What they cannot Fund?
- Establishment of or contributions to an endowment;
- Fundraising projects that do not raise funds for the arts;
- Prizes, scholarships, or free tickets;
- Projects or programs to generate or attract audiences;
- Offsetting of debt, payment of fines, penalties, or legal fees;
- Activities that are primarily promotional or created for mass distribution, such as duplication of CDs, creation of portfolios, private gallery announcements, self-published books, brochures, or websites;
- Student exhibitions, anthologies, publications, or performances, unless those activities document an arts education grant;
- Costs associated with any degree or professional certification, such as tuition, fees, and teaching materials;
- Projects or activities already completed or beginning before the eligible start date or documentation of previously completed projects;
- Documentation of projects except for arts education activities;
- Projects primarily recreational, vocational, or religious;
- Activities restricted to an organization’s membership;
- Costs for consecutive attendance at annual activities that are routinely within an arts organization’s budget including, but not limited to, conferences of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Americans for the Arts, American Folklore Society, or the Western Arts Alliance;
- Pageants, festivals, or celebrations unrelated to arts, ethnic, or cultural activities;
- Journalism;
- Historical or academic documentary film and electronic media arts that do NOT demonstrate significant artistic emphasis, consideration, and distinction;
- Scholarly or academic works in history, languages, archeology, and political science;
- Lobbying expenses or political activities;
- Hospitality expenses such as food and drink, alcohol, flowers, etc. Any such expenses included in a project approved for funding must be paid with applicant funds;
- Capital expenses for an individual; or
- Writing intended for youth.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a practicing artist
- Applicant must be at least 18 years old
- Applicant must be a United States citizen, legal resident, or refugee, and be an Idaho resident for at least one year prior to the application deadline
- Final reports for past Commission grants and awards must be submitted and approved
- Applicant may receive one quarterly grant in a fiscal year
- Fellowship, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship, and Writer in Residence recipients are not eligible for a quarterly grant during their award year or term
- Artists working in collaborations must file one joint application whereby one person will be considered the primary applicant
- Individuals who are currently enrolled in a degree or certificate-granting are not eligible
Evaluation Criteria
- Artist’s work is of excellent quality and a logical extension of previous work or aesthetic interest.
- Ability and plan demonstrates the applicant can realistically accomplish the project or activity
- The application is clear and complete; the budget is realistic and correlates with the narrative
- Opportunity has the potential to enhance applicant’s artistic growth, career, or support continuation of an art form
- A public aspect (exhibition, performance, reading, or demonstration) is present, where appropriate
For more information, visit Idaho Commission on the Arts.
For more information, visit https://arts.idaho.gov/grants/quickproject-individuals/
