Deadline: 27-Feb-22
The Amplify Arts is seeking applications for its Indigenous American Artist Support Grant which is an unrestricted award, granted by an external panel of culture workers and community members, to an individual, collective, or collaborative duo making outstanding work in any discipline.
Amplify Arts promotes unity, innovation, and progress in the arts to build strong and vibrant communities.
The Grants Program is designed to give artists a platform to experiment, develop new audiences, and create and share work outside the confines of larger institutional systems.
Funding Information
- Up to $5,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Any applicant who claims Native North, Central, or South American ancestry and maintains a residence within the Omaha Metro Area including Washington, Douglas, Cass, Sarpy, and Saunders counties in Nebraska, and Pottawattamie, Mills, and Harrison counties in Iowa are eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be at least 21 years old and not enrolled in a degree-seeking program by January 1, 2022. An undergraduate or graduate degree is not required to apply for this grant. Applicants who have received past support from Amplify in the form of an Artist Support Grant or Public Impact Grant must wait one year after their grant term has ended to reapply. This does not include Micro or Generator Grant recipients or current and past members of the Alternate Currents Working Group, Culture Work Fellows, or those who have participated in other Amplify programs.
- Applications submitted by, or in partnership with, other 501(c)3 non-profit organizations or fiscal sponsors will not be considered.
- For collaborative groups:
- Artist collectives, collaborative groups, and duos are eligible if:
- At least one member of the group meets the eligibility requirements.
- The primary creative output of each member of the group is generated within the group, not as an individual.
- Members of the group are committed to working on a deeply collaborative level to advance the goals of the group, rather than those of the individuals within the group.
- The group is not incorporated into a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
- Collaborative groups should discuss the nature and duration of the collaboration in the artist statement.
- Artist collectives, collaborative groups, and duos are eligible if:
For more information, visit https://amplifyarts.submittable.com/submit/214450/indigenous-american-artist-support-grant
