The Mississippi Arts Commission’s Artist Fellowship program is focused on honoring Mississippi artists who demonstrate the ability to create exemplary work in their chosen field.
Donor Name: Mississippi Arts Commission
State: Mississippi
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
The Artist Fellowship program is highly competitive – only a small number of the total applicants each year receive an award. An artist may submit one Fellowship application per year. Those who are not awarded a fellowship may re-apply the following year. Applicants can receive written feedback from the review panel on their application.
Artist Fellowship Categories
- Literary Arts
- Media Art
- Performing Arts
- Visual and Design Arts
- Visual arts
- Folk Arts
Funding Information
The agency awards fellowships of up to $5,000 in several categories each year.
Eligibility Criteria
You may apply for an Artist Fellowship if you are a professional artist producing work of high artistic quality.
- Individuals are considered to be at the professional level if they:
- earn at least part of their annual income in their artistic disciplines,
- consider their artistic endeavors as a career,
- maintain a high level of artistic quality, and
- make a significant time investment in their artistic disciplines through practice, performance and production;
- In addition the applicant must be:
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- more than 18 years of age;
- not a full-time student; and
- a permanent, legal resident of Mississippi at the time of application and throughout the grant period.
- Applicants may be required to show proof of residence (such as driver’s license, proof of domicile, homestead, utility bills).
For more information, visit Artist Fellowship Program.
