The Arizona Commission on the Arts is seeking applications for its Artist Opportunity Grants to support Arizona artists as they take advantage of specific, unique opportunities that have the potential to significantly impact their professional growth.
Donor Name: Arizona Commission on the Arts
State: Arizona
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/22/2023
Size of the Grant: $500 and $1,500
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
As this grant is available to artists working in all disciplines and at any stage in their career, a wide array of opportunities could be considered eligible. Proposed opportunities may be self-generated or by invitation and must have potential for significant impact in one or more of these three categories:
- Introduce Your Work to New Audiences
- An opportunity to present your work in a significant way that will expose your work to new audiences or raise your artistic profile.
- Develop New Skills
- An opportunity to develop new artistic skills though participation in activities such as conferences, artist residencies, workshops, fellowships, master classes, or apprenticeships.
- Develop Your Artistic Entrepreneurship
- An opportunity to engage in entrepreneurial activities directly related to the advancement of your work. Such activities may include production of marketing materials, website development, payment of professional fees (lawyers, accountants, etc.), and any practice-related capital expenses (like equipment purchases, materials, services, rental fees for equipment or facility, etc.)
Funding Information
Artists may request between $500 and $1,500 in funding. The number of grants awarded is dependent upon the amount of funds available. No match is required.
Funding Period
July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024
Eligible Expenses
Grant funds may be used for any of the following (this list is not comprehensive):
- Equipment purchases, materials, or services needed to fulfill/engage in the opportunity
- Rental fees, including equipment, instruments, facility (including short-term space and studio rentals), etc., which support the artistic opportunity Preparation, freight, and/or shipping costs
- Costs associated with documentation of the opportunity
- Travel necessary to engage in the opportunity
- Registration fees
- Professional fees which support the artistic opportunity
- Grant funds cannot be used for any projects, or days of a project, that take place before the start date of the cycle in which they are submitted, and/or after the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2024). If your full project timeline starts before or ends after the funding period, you are still eligible to apply and should articulate the full timeline in your application, but should only request and use grant funds for project activities taking place within the funding period.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be individuals and may submit only one application per cycle. Organizations are not eligible to apply. At the time an application is submitted and the grant is awarded an applicant must be:
- 18 years of age or older and
- a resident of Arizona.
Full-time faculty at a college or university are not eligible to apply. Adjunct faculty are eligible to apply. An individual may receive only one Opportunity Grant in any category each fiscal year.
Funding Restrictions
This program does not fund the following:
- Support for opportunities, activities, or projects which would otherwise be eligible for another Arts Commission grant, such as the Research & Development Grant or Festival Grant;
- Teaching artist residencies;
- Opportunities that take place outside of the funding period;
- Ongoing studio or space rental;
- Equipment not related to the opportunity;
- Costs related to activities for which the applicant is employed or contracted;
- Opportunities related to academic research or formal study toward an academic or professional degree, such as capstone projects;
- Fundraising projects, food and beverages for any purpose;
- Grant administration, overhead, or processing fees taken by an umbrella/parent organization.
- Costs for nonrefundable travel expenses which are cancelled or postponed beyond the funding period end date.
- Organizations or individuals debarred or suspended from receiving Federal funds (2 CFR 180 Subpart C)
For more information, visit Artist Opportunity Grant.
