Deadline: 15-Oct-20
The Juneau Community Foundation is seeking applications for Arts Vibrancy Endowment Individual Artist Awards.
The Arts Vibrancy Endowment was established and funded by community members who believe that the health of arts is dependent on growing artists and providing an opportunity for them to share their art with the community.
Awards from this Endowment will be made directly to the applicant. All art forms and idioms including, but not limited to, visual arts, dance, music, fabric arts, photography, theater, and literary arts are eligible for grant funding from the Arts Vibrancy Endowment.
Artists may apply for an award for a specific, short-term project that has clear benefits to the artist and the development of their work. Artists at any career stage may apply for Project Awards. Awards must be used for a specific activity or opportunity that will be accomplished within one year of the award date.
Award Amount
- The maximum award amount is $2,500.
- Total funds available for the 2020 Individual Artists Awards grant round are $10,000.
Who can apply?
- Initially, only individuals living in Juneau will be eligible. There will be separate applications for individual artists/artistic groups, and nonprofit arts organizations. Awards are to enable an artist(s) to achieve a specific objective (e.g., performance, show, display, etc.) or bring an artist to Juneau to teach a class or skill.
- Artists may apply for an Individual Artist Award if they meet the following eligibility requirement:
- You must be a full-time Juneau resident, living in the City and Borough of Juneau for the past two years at the time of your application and remain a resident for the duration of the grant period.
- You must be at least 18 years or older at the time of application.
- You must currently be producing work.
- Past Individual Artist Award recipients who have received their award at least two years ago and who have completed all reporting.
Artists are not eligible to apply if they are:
- A student enrolled in any degree seeking program related to the arts at any educational level.
- A current or former board member, committee member, staff member, or consultant for the Juneau Community Foundation, current advisory member or any members of a current advisor’s immediate family.
- Individuals whose work or project is primarily of a research, scholarly, or commercial nature.
- Artists who have received this award in the two prior years.
Review and Selection Criteria
- Selection criteria for awards include:
- The quality of artistic work within the context of the individual’s experience, training, and career stage.
- The artist’s creative accomplishments and the promise of future artistic excellence.
- The quality and thoroughness in completing the application.
- The likely impact an award at this time will have on an applicant’s future artistic and career growth.
- Completed Application Requirements:
- Application coversheet;
- Description of activities, including timeline that fits within a one-year period, and plan with specific outcomes;
- Project Budget including all the expenses and funding for the proposed use of your award and, where applicable, any other expenses, and funding, including secured sources of funding;
- Artist resume – Artist statement describing things such as: why do you do what you do; what your art means to you; what it communicates; what inspires or drives you to make art.
- Work samples – Applicants should submit recent work samples that demonstrate their level of artistic accomplishment. These should be submitted as digital photos and/or videos (up to 10 minutes total); up to 15 pages of written materials or the first chapter for book length creations.
For more information, visit https://www.juneaucf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-AVE-Artist-Application.pdf