For Artists
Grants
VSA Arts – Young Artists With Disabilities for Green Light Awards
WHAT: Program is open to young artists between the ages of 16 and 25 living in the United States who have a physical, cognitive, or mental disability. The program invites entries of both representational and abstract work.
DEADLINE: July 11, 2008
AWARDS: Range from $2,000-20,000
INFO: www.vsarts.org
POSTED: June 13, 2008
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Annual Fellowship
WHAT: Fellowships further the development of scholars and 0artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions.
DEADLINE: September 15, 2008
AWARDS: average $35,000
INFO: www.gf.org
POSTED: June 13, 2008
Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography
WHAT: Grants for editorial photography to provide photojournalists with the time, freedom, and support necessary to produce documentary features.
DEADLINE: May 15, 2008; and November 15, 2008
AWARDS: $20,000
INFO: www.corporate.gettyimages.com
POSTED: April 2, 2008
A Room Of Her Own Foundation – Literary Gift of Freedom Award
WHAT: Foundation is dedicated to helping women artists achieve the privacy and
financial support necessary to pursue their art.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2008
AWARDS: $50,000
INFO: www.aroomofherownfoudnation.org
POSTED: April 2, 2008
Art Ventures Grant: Jacksonville Community Foundation
WHAT: Grants of up to $3,500 are available to support individual artists as they advance their work. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, and have resided in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau or St. Johns counties for at least 12 months at the time of application.
DEADLINE: TBA 2009
AWARDS: Up to $3,500
INFO: www.jaxcf.org
POSTED: July 9, 2008
Puffin Foundation Artist Grant
WHAT: For emerging artists involved in film/video, fine arts, photography, public interest, music, and theater. This grant is to support artists who may have a hard time getting exposure to their work due to their genre/social philosophy.
DEADLINE: TBA 2009
AWARDS: $1,000 – $2,500
INFO: www.puffinfoundation.org/
POSTED: July 9, 2008
National Geographic All Roads Film Project Seed Grants for Indigenous Filmmakers
WHAT: Initiative created to provide an international platform for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture artists to share their cultures through film and photography.
DEADLINE: quarterly
AWARDS: $10,000 each
INFO: www.nationalgeographic.com
POSTED: March 11, 2008
Princess Grace Foundation-USA – Awards in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film
WHAT: The foundation is dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging artists in theater, dance, and film and awards grants to individual artists across the United States.
DEADLINE: Various
AWARDS: scholarships and general operating support to organizations
INFO: www.pgfusa.org
POSTED: March 11, 2008
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs – Artist Enhancement Grants
WHAT: Artist Enhancement Grants are awarded and are used to support specific, career-building opportunities that will advance an artists work and careers.
DEADLINE: Quarterly
AWARDS: $500, $750, or $1,000
INFO: www.florida-arts.org
POSTED: July 9, 2008
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs – Individual Artists Fellowship Program
WHAT: The Individual Artist Fellowship Program recognizes the creation of new artworks by individuals of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability. Fellowship awards support the general artistic and career advancement of the individual artist.
DEADLINE:
June 1, 2008: Literature, Interdisciplinary, Theatre, Dance, Folklife, Music
June 1, 2009: Visual arts, Media Arts
AWARDS: $5,000
INFO: www.florida-arts.org
POSTED: January 30, 2008
National Geographic Society -Young Explorer Grants
WHAT: Grants aim to offer opportunities to young people to pursue research, conservation and exploration-related projects.
DEADLINE: Rolling – pre-application
AWARDS: $2000 to $5000
INFO: www.nationalgeographic.com
POSTED: August 17, 2007; July 9, 2008
Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artists-in-Residence Program
WHAT: Atlantic Center’s residency program has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three-week residencies. Located just four miles from the east coast beaches of central Florida, the pine and palmetto wooded environment contains award-winning studios that include a resource library, painting studio, sculpture studio, music studio, dance studio, black box theater, writer’s studio, and digital computer lab. Each residency session includes three master artists of different disciplines. The master artists each personally select a group of associates – talented, emerging artists – through an application process administered by ACA.
DEADLINE: Rolling deadlines for the various residencies
INFO: www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org
POSTED: November 29, 2006; July 9, 2008
Craft Emergency Relief Fund: Disaster Relief Grant
WHAT: The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) offers Disaster Relief Grants for craft artists who have been seriously injured or whose homes or studios have been severely damaged by a significant, widespread disaster such as destructive floods, earthquakes, storms or terrorist attacks. To be considered for this grant, the applicant is required to complete the Quick Loan application. CERF will determine whether a loan or a grant offer or a combination of the two will be made. Priority for grants will be given to those most severely affected by the disaster.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: up to $1,000
INFO: www.craftemergency.org/programs/relief/offer
POSTED: September 12, 2005; July 9, 2008
Mockingbird Foundations DeLucia Award for Innovation in Music Education
WHAT: Nominations for the Mockingbird Foundations DeLucia Award for Innovation in Music Education, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a passion for music through the use of unconventional genres, instruments, methods, or other aspects of music education that can be duplicated are currently being accepted.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: Variable
INFO: daime[at]mbird.org, www.mockingbirdfoundation.org/funding/guidelines.html
POSTED: June 20, 2005; July 9, 2008
Pollock-Krasner Foundation: Support for Artists in Need
WHAT: The Foundation’s mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as professional artists over a significant period of time. The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: Variable
INFO: www.pkf.org/grant.html
POSTED: June 20, 2005; July 9, 2008
Experimental Television Center
WHAT: The Center provides artists with grants to help with the completion of electronic media and film art works currently in progress.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: Variable
INFO: www.experimentaltvcenter.org
POSTED: November 16, 2004; July 9, 2008
Sundance Documentary Fund
WHAT: The Sundance Documentary Fund is dedicated to supporting international documentary films and videos focused on current and significant issues and movements in contemporary human rights, freedom of expression, social justice, and civil liberties.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: Variable
INFO: www.sundance.org
POSTED: November 16, 2004; July 9, 2008
Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation
WHAT: The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation provides instruments to outstanding student musicians who are in need of financial resources to obtain an appropriate instrument. These instruments become the permanent property of the recipient (provided all requirements are fulfilled). Our policy is to first identify a previously owned instrument in perfect playing condition. If such an instrument is not available, the Foundation will then purchase a new instrument for the recipient.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: $500 – $10,000
INFO: www.mhopus.org/apply.htm
POSTED: November 16, 2004; July 9, 2008