Applications are being accepted for the 2024 Lana Jordan Developing Artists Grants.
Donor Name: Salina Arts & Humanities
State: Kansas
County: Saline County (KS)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $500 and $3,000
Grant Duration: 10 months
Details:
The Horizons Grants Program is funded by a group of private individuals and businesses that provide grant dollars for the development of the cultural life in the community. All Horizons grant programs are administered by Arts & Humanities staff and funded through the Salina Arts & Humanities Foundation. This 501(c)3 board operates separately from the Commission and gives final approval to staff recommended grant requests. They also determine the annual budget for Horizons based on annual contributions and fund balances.
The Horizons Program’s Lana Jordan Developing Artist Grants category was established by Salina Arts & Humanities in 1987.
Expected Program Outcomes:
- Foster the creation of new work
- Promote artistic growth
- Strengthen the ability of artists to build partnerships
- Implement a public component to engage the community.
Funding Information
- Funding amounts typically range between $500 and $3,000 – in a highly competitive process. Funds are awarded for a period not to exceed one year. In exceptional cases, a higher level of funding may be awarded.
- Developing artists may submit up to two applications in a funding cycle; however, the total request of all applications may not exceed $3,000.
Grant Duration
Projects will take place between February 1 to November 30.
Eligible Activities
To make appropriate use of limited funds, Salina Arts & Humanities Department has developed the following guidelines for the Lana Jordan Developing Artist Grants category of the Horizons Grants Program.
Grants are typically awarded for the following activities:
- Presentation – Funds may be requested to complete or produce a significant new work of art. Eligible requests may include: the cost of purchasing necessary supplies and materials; or the cost of renting a facility for a public presentation of the work.
- Study & Training – Training funds should advance the applicant’s artistic skills. Funding requests may include, for example, covering the fee to attend a master class conducted by an acknowledged authority in the artist’s discipline, attending a workshop that will assist the applicant in some aspect of presenting their work in a more effective and professional manner, or identifying and working with a mentor on a specific project.
- Artistic Promotion – Funds may be requested for developing and distributing a professional quality publication, demonstration audiotape, videotape, or a portfolio of work samples.
- Equipment – Funds may be requested to purchase equipment related to the applicant’s art form (example: kiln, darkroom equipment, computers, musical instruments, etc.).
- Travel – As judged appropriate in the context of the application, is allowed.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any skilled visual, performing, digital, literary, and interdisciplinary artist who has demonstrated dedication to their art form but has not yet firmly established their career as a full-time, practicing artist. Applicants must be 18 years or older and a resident of Saline County for at least one year before the application due date.
- If an artist is awarded a Developing Artist grant, they must skip a year before reapplying for any Horizons grant. Therefore, funding is on an every other year basis for funded artists.
- Eligible candidates are not required to earn a living exclusively through the practice of their art form. However, applicants must demonstrate a commitment to do so when and if it becomes feasible. Artists with established skills and credentials in one art form but are expanding into a new area are eligible to apply for funding.
- Beyond these general guidelines, the decision of exactly who qualifies as a Developing Artist is
ultimately determined by the Salina Arts & Humanities Department according to guidelines and criteria.
For more information, visit Salina Arts & Humanities.
