The Gunk Foundation Grants for Public Art
http://www.gunk.org/
The Gunk Foundation is interested in supporting projects
that make it out of the museum, gallery and alternative spaces, and
into the spaces of daily life. For example, work that is shown in the
spaces of public transportation, city streets, or work places and is
seen by people "outside" of the art and academic worlds. The Foundation
is looking for non-traditional, thought-provoking public work that is
site specific. PLEASE NOTE: The Grants for Public Art Program has been
temporarily suspended.
The Aaron Siskind Individual Photographers Fellowship Grants
http://www.aaronsiskind.org/grant.html
The Aaron Siskind Foundation is offering a limited number
of fellowship grants of up to $5,000 each for individuals working in
still photography and photography-based media. Applicants must be
citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
The Alexia Foundation for World Peace
http://www.alexiafoundation.org/
The Alexia Foundation for World Peace Annual Photography
Contest offers grants to students and professionals for the production
of a proposed project. The Alexia Foundation seeks to provide the
financial ability for a photographer to produce a substantial picture
story that furthers the foundation's goals of promoting world peace and
cultural understanding.
The Gordon Parks International Photo Competition
http://www.gordonparkscenter.org/photocontest.asp
Fort Scott Community College began the Gordon Parks
Photography Competition to honor Fort Scott's most famous photographer,
Gordon Parks. Each year the Committee awards prizes of $1,000, $500,
and $250 to photographers whose images reflect important themes in the
life and the work of Gordon Parks, such as social injustice, the
suffering of others, and family values.
College Art Association
http://www.collegeart.org/fellowships
The CAA's Professional Development Fellowship for Master
of Fine Arts Candidates was initiated to help M.F.A. students to bridge
the gap between graduate study and professional careers. Fellows are
honored with a one-time grant of $15,000 to help them with various
aspects of their work.
Art Opportunities Monthly
http://www.artopportunitiesmonthly.com
Lists art competitions, fellowships, residencies, etc. A subscription is $20.00 per year.
Artist Help Network
http://www.artisthelpnetwork.com/index.asp
This website is designed to help artists take control of
their careers, and lists grants, funding opportunities, and residencies.
The Center for Documentary Studies
http://cds.aas.duke.edu/grants/index.html
Duke University seeks applications for the annual $20,000
Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, awarded to a collaborative team
consisting of a writer and photographer who are in the formative or
fieldwork stage of a documentary project.
The Fund for Women Artists
http://www.womenarts.org/fund/
This website has a list of aproximately 200 funding sources.
Langlois Foundation
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/
The
Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology annually
awards two grants to individuals making an exceptional contribution to
advancing knowledge at the crossroads of art, science, and technology,
or to individuals whose projects are highly original or innovative.
Projects proposed by scientific researchers, computer scientists, or
engineers must involve a partnership with an artist.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
http://pkf.org/grant.html
The
Pollock-Krasner Foundation's dual criteria for grants are recognizable
artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional,
personal or both. The Foundation's mission is to aid, internationally,
those individuals who have as professional artists over a significant
period of time. The Foundations welcome, throughout the year,
applications from visuals artists who are painters, sculptors, and
artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no
deadlines.
Women's Studio Workshop
http://www.wsworkshop.org/_art_opp/artopp.htm
WSW offers a variety of grants, fellowships, and
residency opportunities for artists working in printmaking,
papermaking, book arts and ceramics.
Puffin Foundation
http://www.puffinfoundation.org
Puffin Foundation Grants are open to emerging artists in
the fields of art, photography, music, theater, dance and literature
whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have
difficulty being aired. Average Puffin Foundation grants range from
$1,000 to $2,500.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
http://www.hsf.net/scholarships.aspx?id=466
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund / McNamara Framily Creative
Arts Project Grant is designed to provide financial resources to
outstanding Latino undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a
creative arts related field: media, film, performing arts,
communications, writing, etc. This grant is only intended to assist
students in beginning and completing an art project. Students may be
potentially eligible for grants up to $20,000.
Individual Artist Grants:Regional Grants
Alabama
Alabama State Arts Council
http://www.arts.alabama.gov/grants/index-grants.html
The Alabama State Arts Council awards Artist Fellowships
of $5,000 for Alabama artists working in crafts, dance, design,
media/photography, music, literature, theater and the visual arts.
Recipients may use funds to set aside time to create art, improve their
skills, or to do what is most advantageous to enhance their artistic
careers. Recipients must be residents of Alabama.
Arizona
Arizona Commission on the Arts
http://www.azarts.gov/artists/grants.htm#
The Arizona Commission on the Arts "Artist Projects" is a
programs to support individual artists in all disciplines for
project-related costs that allow the artist(s)increased time to
research and develop ideas or new works.
California
San Francisco Arts Commission
http://www.sfartscommission.org/programs/cultural_equity_grants.htm
The San Francisco Arts Commision awards "Individual
Artist Commission" Grants of up to $10,000 to individual artists
working and living in San Francisco to stimulate the creation and
presentation of works of art through out the city.
Arts Council Silicon Valley
http://www.artscouncil.org/grants/grants/forindividual/artist.asp
Up to six fellowships will be given annually to artists living in the Silicon Valley in rotating artistic categories.
LEF Foundation
http://www.lef-foundation.org/page.php/id/110
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and
New England. Thje LEF California office funds in specific areas of
architecture, the environment, and social justice. Grants are made to
projects which includean artistic and cultural overlay, and are
primarily focused on three geographic areas: California, Hawaii and New
Mexico.
Colorado
Colorado Council on the Arts
http://www.coloarts.state.co.us./grants/apply/artists/index.htm
Colorado Council on the Arts Artist Fellowships
acknowledge artistic integrity and quality among Colorado's artists and
promote public awareness of their work. Artist Fellowship Awards are
$2,000 to $18,000.
Connecticut
LEF Foundation
http://www.lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and
New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding
priorities. The New England region is to fund the work of independent
film and video artists.
Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
http://www.cultureandtourism.org/cct/site/default.asp
Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Artist
Fellowship program is designed to encourage the continuing artistic
development of Connecticut's finest creative artists who are seriously
committed to their art form and who have a demonstrated history of
professional activity in the state. Twenty to thirty-five awards are
made each year in the amounts of $5,000 and $2,500. Visual artists are
eligible for this program during odd numbered years.
Delaware
Delaware Division of the Arts
http://www.artsdel.org/grants/artistgrants.shtml
The Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist
Fellowships are awarded to applicants residing in Delaware for at least
one year and at least 18 years of age.
District of Columbia
The District of Columbia Comission on Arts and Humanities
http://dcarts.dc.gov/dcarts/site/default.asp
The Arts Commission offers funding for the arts in the
District of Columbia. The Artist Fellowship Program offers grants to
individuals in a broad range of artistic endeavors. Individual
fellowships support individual artists who make significant
contributions to the arts and who promote the arts in the District of
Columbia through artistic excellence. Fellowship artist disciplines
rotate on a biannual basis. In 2011, fellowships will be awarded in
Media, Visual Arts, and Crafts.
Florida
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
http://www.florida-arts.org/grants/fellowship/index.htm
Division of Cultural Affairs for the state of Florida awards grants to individual artists.
Idaho
Idaho Commission on the Arts
http://www.arts.idaho.gov/grants/overview.aspx
Idaho Commission on the Arts offers grants to individuals.
Illinois
Illinois Arts Council
http://www.state.il.us/agency/iac/guidelines/guidelines.htm
The Illinois Arts Council awards grants to individuals for up to $7000
Indiana
Indiana Arts Commission
http://www.in.gov/arts/2382.htm
Indiana Arts Commission Grants support individual Indiana
artists, in all disciplines, for specific project-related costs.
Eligible projects are purposely left flexible to respond to the
artists' ideas, dreams, and needs, however, the goal of this program is
to aid the artists' career development.
Iowa
Iowa Arts Council
http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/funding/artist-project-grant/index.shtml
Iowa Arts Council provides Major Grants(up to $10,000)
and Mini Grants (up to $1,500) to individual artists working in all
disciplines, to develop significant and specific projects that will be
presented to or shared with the public during or after the grant
period. Applicants may request up to $15,000 which must be matched
dollar-for-dollar.
Kentucky
Kentucky Arts Council
http://www.artscouncil.ky.gov/iartist/individualartistdeadlines.htm
Kentucky Arts Council offers Individual Artist
Professional Development Grants, Folk and Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Grants, and The Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship
Awards
Arts Kentucky
http://www.artsky.org/
Arts Kentucky is a statewide membership organization for
individual artists, performers, craftspeople, community and arts
groups. Providing professional development opportunities, access to
resources, consulting services and inclusion in a powerful arts network
for people who are working to improve their communities through the
arts.
Louisiana
Louisiana Division of the Arts
http://www.crt.state.la.us/arts/grantoutline.shtmlt
Louisiana Division of the Arts awards fellowships to individual artists.
Maine
Maine Arts Commission
http://www.mainearts.com/artists/fellowships/index.shtml
The Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowships
are awarded annually, one in each catagory: Visual Arts, Performing
arts, and Literary Arts.
LEF Foundation
http://www.lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and
New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding
priorities. Please refer to the specific guidelines for the region from
which you are applying.
Maryland
Maryland State Arts Council
http://www.msac.org/grants_detail.cfm?sec=grants&id=61&pid=47
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards are
grants awarded to Maryland artists through an anonymous, competitive
prices to encourage and sustain their pursuit of artistic excellence. A
limited number of awards of $1,000, $3,000 and $6,000 are offered each
year. Different categories of the Visual Arts are awarded in alternate
years.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowships
http://www.massculturalcouncil.org/programs/artistfellows.html
The Artist Grants Program provides direct assistance to
Massachusetts artists, to recognize exceptional work and to support the
further developments of their talents. Fellowship grants of $5,000 are
offered in discipline categories which rotate according to fiscal year.
LEF Foundation
http://www.lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and
New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding
priorities. Please refer to the specific guidelines for the region from
which you are applying.
Michigan
Art Serve Michigan
http://www.artservemichigan.org/education/index
Art Serve Michigan is not giving out grants at this time, but has a list of other grant opportunities on this webpage.
Minnesota
Five Wings Art Council
http://www.fwac.org/products.htm
The Five Wings Art Council is one of eleven designated
Regional Arts Councils in Minnesota who provide grants and services to
nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists on a regional
basis. The Individual Artist Grants (up to $1,000) are designed to help
strengthen an artist's career by taking advantage of arts related,
short term opportunities.
Jerome Foundation
http://www.jeromefdn.org
The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the
creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists, and
contributes to the professional advancement of those artists. Open to
residents of Minnesota and New York City. Individual grants are
available in the visual arts, theater, literature, etc..
Minnesota State Arts Board
http://www.arts.state.mn.us/grants/artist_initiative.htm
The Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grants
are a pilot programs that supports and assists artists at various
stages of their careers. Grants will be awarded for career building and
for the creative development of artists. Some artists may choose to
request funds to create new work, but it isn't a requirement of the
program.Grants range from $2,000-$6,000.
Mississippi
Mississippi Arts Commission
http://www.arts.state.ms.us/grants/artist-fellowship.php
The Mississippi Arts Commission Artist Fellowship program
is focused on honoring mississippi artists who demonstrate the abilty
to create exemplary work in their chosen field The agency awards
fellowships up to $5,000 in several catagories each year.
Montana
Montana Arts Council
http://art.mt.gov/artists/artists_innovation.asp
Montana Arts Council offers an Artist's Innovations Award
to honor the innovative ideas, practices and the contributions of
Montana artists
Nebraska
Nebraska Arts Council
http://www.nebraskaartscouncil.org/grants/?page=information
Nebraska Arts Council offers Artist Fellowships which provide monetary awards to Nebraska artists in various disciplines.
Nevada
Nevada Arts Council
http://nevadaculture.org/nac/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1043&itemid=367
Nevada Arts Council (NAC) awards Fellowships ($5,000) and
"Jackpot" Grants to individual artists in literary, performing and
visual arts.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
http://www.nh.gov/nharts/grants/artists/index.html/A>
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts' Artist Services
Programs offer the following grants to individuals: Individual Artist
Fellowships, Artist Entrepreneurial Grants, Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Grants, and Percent for Art Purchases/Commissions Grants
which fund purchases or commissions of art and craft work for state
buildings.
LEF Foundation
http://www.lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and
New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding
priorities. Please refer to the specific guidelines for the region from
which you are applying.
New York
Jerome Foundation
http://www.jeromefdn.org
The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the
creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists, and
contributes to the professional advancement of those artists. Open to
residents of Minnesota and New York City. Individual grants are
available in Media Arts, and for travel or study.
Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
http://www.larac.org
Individual Artist Grants are available to individual
artists residing in Warren or Washington County. One grant of $2500 is
available for artists who reside in Washington County, and a grant of
$2500 and another for $1000 are available to artists who reside in
Warren County. These proposals must be for the creation of new art that
will impact the community creatively or involve the community in the
creative process.
New York Foundation for the Arts
http://www.nyfa.org/home.html
New York Foundation for the Arts Artists' Fellowships
awards grants of $7,000 in sixteen separate disciplines to individual
originating artists in New York State. Through Artists & Audiences
Exchange, each fellowship recipient performs a public service activity
in collaboration with a non-profit organization located in New York
State. The Foundation also offers Career Advancement
Mini-Grants($100-$600).
North Dakota
North Dakota Council on the Arts
http://www.state.nd.us/arts/grants/fellowship_howtoapply.htm
North Dakota Council on the Arts awards Individual
Artists Fellowships in the amount of $2,500. In 2003, artists working
in the visual arts/crafts and media arts will be eligible for grants.
Ohio
Ohio Arts Council
http://www.oac.state.oh.us/grantsprogs/grants.asp
The Ohio Arts Council offers several programs for individual artists.
Oregon
Oregon Arts Commission
http://www.oregonartscommission.org/grants/?r=16&acc=0
Oregon Arts Commission, due to the current state budget
crisis, has temporarily suspended awarding the Individual Artist
Fellowship Grant. This program may be resumed after the January 2003
election, pending approval by the voters of the State Income Tax
Surcharge.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
http://www.artsnet.org/pca/
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts offers funding
opportunities and services for Pennsylvania artists. Opportunities
include individual fellowships up to $10,000 and an annual catalogue of
Fellowship Recipients.
Leeway Foundation
http://www.leeway.org/
The Leeway Foundation was established to promote the
welfare of women and benefit the arts. Awards to individual women
artists are offered in a selected visual or literary discipline each
year. Specific grants are available for emerging and established women
artists. There is also a Window of Opportunity Grant which help artists
take advantage of unique, time-limited opportunities that could
significantly benefit their work or increase its recognition.
Pew Fellowships in the Arts
http://www.pewarts.org/index.html
Pew Fellowships in the Arts awards grants of $50,000 to
artists working in a wide variety of performing, visual, and literary
disciplines which rotate on a four-year cycle. The primary function of
the fellowships is to free artists from other activities-literally to
"buy time"-so they can focus on creative development for an extended
period. Up to twelve fellowships are awarded annually to artists living
and working in the five-county Philadelphia area.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
http://www.arts.ri.gov/grants/index.php
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts makes direct
grants to Rhode Island artists. Grants to individuals include
Fellowships and Folk Arts apprenticeships. Proposals for funding for
individual artists are also considered.
LEF Foundation
http://www.lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and
New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding
priorities. Please refer to the specific guidelines for the region from
which you are applying. For projects in development outside these two
regions, please contact the main office in California. LEF Foundation,
1095 Lodi LN., Saint Helena, CA 94574.
South Carolina
South Carolina Arts Commission
http://www.southcarolinaarts.com/grants/index.shtml
South Carolina Arts Commission Fellowships recognize and
award the artistic achievements of South Carolina's exceptional
individual artists. Six fellowships are awarded each year on a rotation
by arts discipline. Fellowship awards are made through a highly
competitive process and are based on only one criterion: artistic
excellence.
South Dakota
South Dakota Arts Council
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants.htm
South Dakota Arts Council awards several different kinds
of grants to individual artists. These are: Artist Grants, Artist
Collaboration Grants, and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants.
Tennessee
Tennessee Arts Commission
http://www.arts.state.tn.us/
The Tennessee Arts Commission offers Individual Artist Fellowships and Professional Artist Support grants.
Texas
Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County
http://www.cachh.org/
The Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County
offers fellowships that are cash awards of $2,500 and $5,000 for
artists who have resided in Houston for at least two full years prior
to the application deadline.
Utah
Utah Arts Council
http://www.arts.utah.gov/ias/iasgrants.html
Individual Artist Grants (for Utah residents only) for up
to $1,200 are available two times annually with deadlines on the 1st
day of June and October. For a hard copy, please contact Tay Haines,
thaines@arts.state.ut.us, (801) 236-7549.
Vermont
Vermont Arts Council
http://www.vermontartscouncil.org/grants/newsdeadlines/tabid/70/default.aspx
The Vermont Arts Council awards Creation Project grants
($1,000-$5,000) and Artist Development grants($250-$750) to individual
artist
LEF Foundation
http://www.lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and
New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding
priorities. Please refer to the specific guidelines for the region from
which you are applying. For projects in development outside these two
regions, please contact the main office in California. LEF Foundation,
1095 Lodi LN., Saint Helena, CA 94574.
Virginia
Virginia Commission on the Arts
http://www.arts.state.va.us/grants/index.html
Through the Virginia Commission on the Arts a limited
number of fellowships with awards of $5,000 are available to
professional creative artists living in Virginia. Specific arts
disciplines will be eligible for support each year on a rotating basis,
depending on the amount of state and federal funding available to the
Commission.
Washington
Artist Trust
http://www.artisttrust.org
Artist Trust is a not-for-profit organization dedicated
exclusively to supporting Washington State artists working in all
creative disciplines. Grants awarded to individual artists are Grants
for Artist Projects which awards up to $1,500 to artists to begin,
further or complete specific works of art, and Fellowships, which are
unrestricted awards of $6,500 to recognize artistic merit and continued
dedication to art-making.
West Virginia
West Virginia Commission on the Arts
http://www.wvculture.org/arts/index.html
West Virginia Commission on the Arts annually awards
fellowships in various categories of the visual, literary, and
performing arts based on the originality, creativity, and
accomplishment of previous work, as well as the level of commitment and
potential for further growth. Fellowship awards are for $3500. The
Commission also awards Professional Development grants to individual
artists.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Arts Board
http://arts.state.wi.us/static/
Wisconsin Arts Board's Artist Fellowship Awards recognize
the significant contributions of professional artists in Wisconsin.
Fellowships of $8,000 are available, in odd-numbered years, to
individual artists working in the Visual Arts and Media Arts.
Wyoming
Wyoming Arts Council
http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/WACGrants2006.htm
The Wyoming Arts Council awards The Individual Artist
Fellowship. This is a competative program and applicants are judged on
the merit of their work. The awards are given to recognize outstanding
work that is already compeleted.
Individual Artist Grants:International
Fulbright Program
http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?section=Fulbright1
The U.S. Fulbright Student Program is designed to give
recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master's and doctorial candidates, and
young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development
and international experience.
Asia
Asian Cultural Council
http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/programs.html
The Asian Cultural Council supports cultural exchange
between Asia and the United states in the performing and visual arts,
primarily by providing individual fellowship grants to artists,
scholars, and students. Some of the grants listed on this site are for
Americans who wish to study in China, Japan, or Taiwan.
Japan Foundation
http://www.jfny.org/jfny/arts.html
The Japan Foundation Artist Fellowships provide artists the opportunity to pursue creative projects in Japan for 2 to 6 months.
Canada
CanadianArtsNet
http://www.canadianartsnet.com/resources/funding
This website contains a page of links to arts funding
sources for Canadian artists. National funding sources are listed as
well as funding sources in each of the provinces.
England
Arts Council England
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/individuals
Arts Council England's Grants for the arts are for
individuals, arts organizations, national touring and other people who
use the arts in their work. They are for activities that benefit the
people in England or that help artists and arts organizations from
England to carry out their work.
France
The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarships at the Foundation des Etats-Unis
http://nfrance.com/~am17204/framset.html
The Foundation des Etats-Unis annually awards up to four
Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarships to American visual artists and
musicians. The grant is designated for study at the graduate level and
allows young, talented musicians and artists to continue their studies
in Paris. The stipend covers room and board for one academic year
(October-June) at the Foundation.
Scandinavia
The American-Scandanavian Foundation
http://www.amscan.org/index.html
The American-Scandinavian Foundation promotes
international understanding through educational and cultural exchange
between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and
Sweden. Each year, the ASF wards more than $500,000 in fellowships and
grants to individual students, scholars, professionals and artists for
projects abroad.
The Nordic Artists' Centre
http://www.nkdale.no/howtoapply.html
The Nordic Artists' Centre gives artist from around the
world an opportunity to live and work in in a community of artists with
full accomodation provided. The residency award also includes a monthly
stipend and a travel allowance.
Previous Information (C) of http://www.cranbrookart.edu/library/research/grants.htm
Following Information (C) of http://www.artistsfoundation.org/art_pages/resources/resources_arts_grant.htm
Grant Writing Tips for Individual Artists
Tips on grant writing for individual artists (all disciplines)
The first step to grant writing is to have a well written artist statement
(1/2 page version, 1 page version, and a 2 page version). This will help
you to focus on the writing of your grant narrative (this will also help
you with press release writing!). Be careful not to over use "art
speak" terms/language and write for an audience who has never interacted
with /seen your work. In other words, keep it simple, clear, and straight
forward. The committee reviewing your proposal needs to understand the
proposal the first time they read it.
The second step is to have good documentation/support materials of your
work. Slides/photographs/video documentation need to be done well (hire
a professional - it is worth the investment). Also save articles and reviews
of your work (this info can also help in the writing of your artist statement/grant
proposal). Project your slides to make sure they project well. Check the
viewing order of the visual support materials you are submitting carefully
(slides/photos etc..). Make sure the viewing order makes visual sense
to viewers. For example, if you are submitting a diptych- submit a slide
of the entire diptych first, followed by the details of the piece
(this goes for 3-D/ installation as well).
The question of sending a CD with JPEGs comes up more often. Not all
places have the technology necessary to view CDs. Call before you send
a CD to see if they have they accept them for review. Also remember that
technology does fail, so i it might be wise to send slides or a print
out and a CD. The same holds true for DVDs- call and make sure they can
access the technology. Most places can listen to sound/music CDs.
Always have two copies of the grant guidelines/form on hand (or make
copies). Use one of the forms as your working document (i.e. write notes/questions
directly on this copy). Follow the directions/guidelines CLOSELY. Start
the grant well ahead of the deadline and have one to two people proof
read your proposal!! Do not send extra materials that aren't asked for.
Do not make lots of calls to the organization about the grant- be organized
with all your questions. They should be asked in one or two phone calls.
For the budget, factor in your labor time as well the cost of your materials
(make a lists of things you'll need and their price- that way when you
look for inkind donations you will have a better idea of what you need).
We also recommend that instead of researching grants by yourself, that
you should organize a group of artists to do the research together. It
will take you much less time to research grants with more people looking
and you can proof read each other's grant proposals!
TYPES of Grants
Individual artist grants/ Private
& Public Fellowships (specifically awarded to artists to make
their work and are usually unrestricted in how artists use the funds)-
Public moneys: Mass.
Cultural Council (MCC), New England
Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), and
some Local
Cultural Councils (LCC). Private foundations/firms:
see Associated Grant Makers (AGM)
and/or the Boston Public Library main branch Humanities/social sciences
department/ Kirstein Business Branch & BOOKS TO BUY - Doing Business
In Boston & AGM's publication.
Professional development/enhancement grants
- can cover the costs of classes, residencies, travel, conferences etc..
(the MCC has such a program & see sources mentioned in #1)
Event and Residency grants - could
be also be under professional development (again MCC has a program that
is somewhat geared to this, see sources mentioned in #1 & BOOKS
TO BUY section - Alliance
of Artists Communities's
2000 residency directory)
Project based grants - Artists usually
need a sponsoring/umbrella organization to apply for these moneys (i.e.
nonprofit with 501-3c number). These grants can cover these types of
projects: Public art projects* that are either community based (i.e.
the local community is working on the project with the artist(s)) or
a project in which the artist(s) are working independently/alone; film/video
projects; theater projects; projects* in which the artists are working
with a population/specific community (youth, seniors etc.). (see sources
mentioned in #1 & *UrbanArts
Institute (617-879-7973)
Inkind Support/ Volunteers/ Sponsorship
- identify businesses that can give you moneys/sponsorship; inkind donations
(materials, printing, computer programs, services); & Volunteers/Personal
etc.. The best place to do this is the Kirstein Business Branch of the
Boston Public Library- 20 City Hall Ave. (617-523-0860. This branch
has all kinds of information on local, state and national businesses
(annual reports of companies, directories of who makes what, and also
job information). If you can work with a nonprofit on soliciting inkind
Donations/Sponsorships it might entice the company more. A donation
to a non profit is considered a tax deductible contribution.
BOOKS TO BUY (if you can't afford buy these books yourself, buy
them with a friend or find them at the library)
Associate Grant Makers Guide to Funders in Mass - need
to buy it from AGM (617-426-2606)- around $50-60 (in the Boston Public
Library Humanities/social science dept. & in other libraries).
Doing Business in Boston - author: Levine Published by Boston
Business Journal- (617-330-1000) - around $55 - a copy is in the Kirstein
Business Branch of the Boston Public Library (617-523-0860) and more than
likely also in the BPL main branch (this book will be useful for locating
inkind support, jobs, materials, what businesses might buy art, etc).
Artists' Communities 2000-Directory of Residencies (&
what residencies give grants to go, etc.) in US and abroad. About $25-
order directly from Alliance of Artists Communities (401-351-4320).
Places that will help you find money (remember, the librarians are
there to help you, so ask if you need help!!)
Associated Grant Makers of Mass (AGM) (617-426-2606)
Kirstein Business Branch of the Boston Public Library (617-523-0860) (research
companies/inkind support & jobs)
Boston Public Library- Humanities/social science section (main library).