The Artist Growth and Development grant program is designed to support practicing individual artists or collaborating artists residing in North Dakota.
Donor Name: North Dakota Council on the Arts
State: North Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Two grants of $5,000 are awarded annually to artists for the creation of new artwork in the form of a year-long project or series that will enhance or expand their artistic skills.
Each proposal must include one (1) community component (such as a public performance, exhibition, reading, open workshop, or demonstration). NDCA encourages more community events if possible. Community events provide visibility for the artist’s work and promote meaningful engagement with audiences in North Dakota’s diverse communities.
This Program Funds
- Practicing artists who see the arts as an ongoing vocation, rather than as a hobby, pastime, or occasional pursuit
- Artists who have a record of generating and publicly presenting and exhibiting or who have published work in the disciplines for FY26 (Literature or Music) and will continue to do so
- Artists whose primary goal is to generate new works in the form of a project or series during the contract period of the grant.
Funding Information
Maximum Award Request: $5,000.
Grants Period
July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Artist Applicants Must:
- Be pursuing original artwork on an ongoing basis within an artistic discipline
- Be the originator of the work, not an interpreter of the work of others
- Be a United States citizen or have attained permanent resident status
- Be 18 years of age or older on the application’s due date
- Be a North Dakota resident as of January 1, 2025, and continue to reside in North Dakota throughout the contract period of the grant
- Not be enrolled as a full-time or part-time student in any high school, college, or university at the time of application.
For more information, visit NDCA.
