Telluride Arts’ Amplify Grant will provide funding that is earmarked specifically to encourage expression and amplify the voices of minority artists living and/or working in the Telluride area. The grant seeks to foster the expansion of aesthetic, social, and political understanding through increased engagement with a multitude of viewpoints and diverse sensibilities.
Donor Name: Telluride Arts District
State: Colorado
Town: Telluride
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $300-$2000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Detail:
Funds support individual artists working in the visual, media, performing and literary arts—and can be used to advance the regular work of individual artists and/or to support new work that aims to disrupt and dismantle both systemic and personal biases.
Telluride Arts can provide additional support by offering galleries and spaces, marketing, and other resources as available.
Funding Information
- Projects must be completed within one calendar year of receiving funds.
- Grant Amount: $300 to $2000
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications must be made in the name of an individual artist or a team of artists. An artist is broadly defined, and includes design, performance, literary, music, film, media and fine arts of all kinds. If the request is for a collaborative project, one artist must act as the lead applicant and take responsibility for fulfillment of the grant requirements.
- Applicant must identify as a minority.
- For collaborative projects, please include work samples and relevant information on all artists involved in the project.
- The applicant must submit a completed application on the form provided by the due date.
- The applicant may be funded one time per year.
- The applicant must have completed final reports and presentations for previously funded projects.
Ineligible Criteria
- Organizations.
- General operating expenses, fundraising, or deficits.
- Projects supported by The Town of Telluride or CCAASE.
- Employees or board members of Telluride Arts, their immediate family or spouses.
Selection Criteria
- Impact on aesthetic, social, and political understanding.
- Artistic excellence, skill, creativity and innovation.
- Quality of the proposed project and use of funds.
- Professional application.
- Evidence of need.
- Thoughtful, realistic planning, presentation, budget and timeline for project.
- Plan to share the project with the people of Telluride.
For more information, visit Amplify Grants.
