The MacColl Johnson 2022 Fellowships will be awarded to emerging and mid-career visual artists in Rhode Island.
Donor Name: Artist Communities Alliance
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/19/2022
Grant Size: $25,000
Details:
The Rhode Island Foundation is employing Artist Communities Alliance, an independent international association, to manage applications and the jury process for The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships.
Funding Information
- Three MacColl Johnson Fellowship Awardees: $25,000 each.
- Three MacColl Johnson Fellowship Finalists: Artist residency + $3,000 each.
- Three MacColl Johnson Fellowship Semi-Finalists: $2,500 each.
Eligibility Criteria
- State Residency: Applicants must be Rhode Island residents 12 months prior to the application deadline, at the time of submitting the application, and during the period of the fellowship. If recommended for a Fellowship, applicants will be required to provide two (2) documents as proof of residency.
- Disciplines / Media: Applications are accepted for original visual art. Eligible visual arts genres include, but are not limited to:
- Book arts
- Ceramics/clay art/pottery
- Drawing
- Film/video/animation
- Glass arts
- Installation
- Jewelry
- Metalworking
- Painting
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- Textile/fiber arts
- Woodworking
- Interdisciplinary arts
- Career Stage: Though the Fellowships are not awarded by career stage categories, applicants must demonstrate that they are within the range of an emerging to mid-career stage in their artistic profession, regardless of age. To assist applicants in determining if they are within this range, The Foundation defines the eligible career stages as follows:
- Emerging Artists are considered to be in the early years of their professional careers, which may include having recently undertaken a career change to a significant artistic practice.
- An emerging artist:
- demonstrates at least 3 years of professional practice and currently is creating independent work;
- demonstrates promising artistic development and may have attracted some early critical notice, but does not yet have an extensive record of recognition;
- has produced an elemental yet substantive body of work and has an accruing record of publication, public readings, and other presentations of work.
- Mid-Career Artists are those who have created an independent body of work over a number of years and have received some regional or national recognition.
- A mid-career artist:
- demonstrates at least 7 years of a sustained professional practice and is currently producing work;
- has produced an accruing body of work that demonstrates artistic exploration and development;
- has received some regional and/or national recognition, but is not substantially established in the field, or has had substantial professional recognition at an earlier career stage.
For more information, visit Artist Communities Alliance.
