Deadline: 30-Sep-21
The Watauga Arts Council is seeking applications for its Artist Support Grants to provide support to a broad range of visual, performing, literary, and inter-disciplinary artists that will have a significant impact on the advancement of their careers.
The Artist Support Grant was created 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.
This grant serves Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes, and Watauga counties. Watauga County will be the lead agency this year.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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 region where they are applying for at least one year before the consortium’s application deadline. An applicant must be at least 18 years old and either a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident alien. The consortium may require proof of residence and status. 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. Re´sume´s 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 FY2021-2022 from the N.C. Arts Council are ineligible to apply.
- 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.
For more information, visit https://www.watauga-arts.org/grants.html/#/