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Artist Support Grants

This is our second year partnering with the fine folks at the NC Arts Council, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Raleigh Arts and other local arts councils to bring the Artist Support Grant to Chatham County artists.  This Artist Support Grant is open to artists living in Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake counties. We encourage diverse and nontraditional artists to apply for the grant. 

Funding opportunities for individual artists are rare—particularly in the performing arts—so this is pretty special.

Eligibility

The Artist Support Grant is intended to support a broad range of talented artists in the genres of visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts. Eligible candidates may be either emerging or established artists. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to spending a significant portion of their time on their work as artists.  Both individual artists and small, unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible to apply.

Artist, if you’ve mastered the basic techniques of your art form, and you’re undertaking a project that will further your professional artistic career, or you’ve been a working artist for a long time, and you’re undertaking a project that will move you to a new stage in your professional artistic career. This grant is open to you. Please check out the guidelines and application. 

To be eligible for an Artist Support Grant, you must have lived in one of the five partner counties at least a year, must be 18 years of age, and cannot be a student enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in your art form.

If you have questions, drop us a line at Jenni@chathamartscouncil.org.

Grant Info Session (Recommended!)

Application workshops provide information about the grant process and tips on strengthening your application.

Although not required, it is strongly recommended that applicants review the application workshop. The information session recording is found here: https://youtu.be/9FqNMiJkj8E.

We are also able to provide support with a review of both of your proposal and support materials with appropriate staff at designated regional arts partner. United Arts and regional partners are available to help applicants submit complete and competitive proposals.

 

Application and Deadline

The 2022 grant application deadline is Wednesday, September 1, 2021 (before midnight) and grants range up to $1,500. Criteria for making the awards include:

  • 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 

You can find the application here.

Funding Decision

Award announcements will be made early December 2021.

Best of luck, Chatham artists!


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