Deadline: 15-Sep-22
The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County is offering Artist Support Grant to support emerging and established artists who work in visual arts, crafts, performing arts, traditional, or interdisciplinary art forms.
Grant will fund the artistic and professional development of emerging and established artists to enhance the artists’ skills and abilities to create work, improve business operations in their discipline, and/or build their capacity to bring their work to new audiences.
Duration
- Awards may range from $500.00 to $2,000.00.
- Artist Support Grants projects are funded from December 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023.
Eligible Projects
- Completion/Presentation of a New Work — Cost of resources necessary to complete or present a significant new work (e.g., purchasing art supplies or equipment (digital may qualify) or space rental).
- Career Promotion — Projects aimed at advertising artists’ works and/or demonstrating their skill level (e.g., websites, portfolios, audio-visual documentation, and online presentation).
- Training — Costs to attend a class or workshop (in-person or virtual) aimed at either enhancing the artist’s skill level or professional development (e.g., a master class or workshop taught by acknowledged authorities in the applicant artist’s medium).
- Travel — Costs of transportation, lodging, and food for training, professional conferences, or research.
Eligibility Criteria
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Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to spending a significant portion of their time on their work as artists.
- Individuals and Artist Collectives — Both individual artists and small, unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible to apply.
- Residency — Artists should have lived continuously in the counties of Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, and Scotland for at least one year before the application deadline. An applicant must be at least 18 years old and either a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident alien. Proof of residence and status may be required at the time of application. Artists who live in more than one region should apply only where they spend most of the year. All members of a collaborating team must be North Carolina residents, live in the region in which they are applying, and meet the other eligibility requirements. Resumes documenting residence for all team members should be included with the application.
- Multiple Awards — Artists who are sole proprietors of organizations that have already received funding for FY 2021–2022 from the N.C. Arts Council are ineligible to apply. Individuals who received an Artists Support Grant in FY 2021-2022 are ineligible to apply for funding in FY 2022-2023.
- Conflict of Interest — Current board and staff members of the consortium 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. Other questions and special circumstances should be discussed with Arts Council staff.
Ineligible
The following items/projects are ineligible for Artist Support Grant funding:
- Tuition for undergraduate- or graduate-level education.
- Projects that support or oppose a candidate for public office.
- Projects that are exclusive to members of a religious faith group or other exclusive populations.
- Projects that do not have a direct effect on the applicant’s growth as an artist (e.g., the promotion of other artists’ work).
- “Other” or “Miscellaneous” costs that lack budget documentation.
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