Deadline: 03-Sep-21
Application are invited for Artist Support Grant to provide direct support to individual artists during and following the COVID–19 pandemic.
The initiative will fund professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to enhance their skills and abilities to create work or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring their work to new audiences.
The Artist Support Grant is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Durham Arts Council, Orange County Arts Commission, Alamance Arts and Person County Arts Council.
Artists working in visual, craft, performing, traditional, literary and interdisciplinary art forms are encouraged to apply. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to spending a significant portion of their time on their work as artists.
Funding Information
- Maximum grant award is $1,500.
Eligible Funding
Eligible Projects and Costs Up to 50 percent of the grant amount may be used for artist fees.
- 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’ work 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 as allowed or possible while adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Eligibility Criteria
- Artists must live in Durham, Orange, Alamance or Person Counties to apply.
- Artists representing visual, craft, performing, literary, traditional, and interdisciplinary art forms are encouraged to apply.
- Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to spending a significant portion of their time on their work as artists.
- The Artist Support Grants will support projects from January 2022 – June 2022.
What criteria are applications judged on?
- Overall excellence of the applicant’s artwork as demonstrated by work samples
- Feasibility of the proposed project
- Contribution of the proposed project to the advancement of the applicant’s professional artistic development and practice.
For more information, visit https://durhamarts.org/artist-support/