In partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts, the Arts Council for Wyoming County is administering a statewide Fellowship program for rural and traditional artists.
Donor Name: Arts Council for Wyoming County
State: New York
County: Wyoming County (NY)
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 02/19/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The council encourages artists to apply for project funding through an initiative specifically designed for rural artists to collaborate with their communities. The Fellowship takes a place-based approach with the goal of inspiring and building lasting connections to rural people and places and to acknowledge and support artists living and working within rural communities. This project is meant to celebrate the creativity and innovative nature of the artist and the connection between arts and land in rural communities.
This Fellowship must culminate in a showing of a new work through a hybrid live/virtual presentation and/ or a traveling component to other rural communities. A cohort of 10 Fellows will be selected. The Fellowship provides a $10,000 award to support their existing work and to create a new work in response to their rural community. An additional $1,000 is included for actual travel expenses of the Fellow within NYS. The travel stipend may only cover travel related to project development, presentation of their work and cohort exchanges.
Who is eligible?
- Artists living and/or working in a rural community. For the purposes of this initiative, a rural community is defined as having populations of less than 30,000 and not part of an urban or suburban cluster.
- Artists working across disciplines are eligible. This can include individual artists, makers, and culture bearers who are committed to advancing the role of art, culture and creativity in rural development and community building.
- The project must demonstrate a deep commitment and place-based engagement with the artist’s rural community.
- Artists must propose an actionable idea that responds to, is inspired by, and/or engages with the land through their artistic practice. Artists may choose to work with a farm, a park or arboretum, a significant parcel of land, or another rural-based entity that is meaningful to the artist and their community.
For more information, visit ACWC.
