The South Arts is accepting applications for its 2025 Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grants.
Donor Name: South Arts
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/07/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
South Arts recognizes that more than an invitation to participate in a significant milestone opportunity is required. Even with stipends or payments, overall expenses can make such an opportunity inaccessible. South Arts offers Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grants to ensure that artists from the region can take advantage of significant opportunities.
The Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant supports a milestone opportunity in an artist’s career that will likely lead to substantial career advancement.
Funding Information
Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grants will pay up to 2/3 of the total cost of the opportunity, with a minimum award of $500 and a maximum award of $2,000. The individual artist must cover the remaining expenses. South Arts requires a 2:1 match, meaning that (as an example) if the total opportunity cost is $3,000, the applicant may request $2,000 and provide the remaining $1,000 from other sources.
Grant Period
July 1, 2024– December 31, 2024.
Eligible Opportunities
Examples of opportunities that match the intent of this program include, but are not limited to, curated invitations to participate in:
- SOLO or GROUP EXHIBITIONS at recognized national or international galleries or museums.
- SELL, PRESENT, OR PERFORM original work at a significant in-person forum, such as a major festival of renown, a juried showcase, or similar.
- SCREENINGS and panels associated with Media Arts projects.
- ARTIST RESIDENCIES for research or to create a body of work and build national and/or international networks.
- TRAVEL that is associated with a significant career-building activity.
Examples of opportunities that do NOT match the intent of this program:
- Opportunities that support and advance the career of groups of artists such as musical bands, dance groups, or theatre companies. This program is for individual artists only.
- Cataloging, publication, documentation, promotion, or archiving of a body of work.
- Undertaking advanced study, an apprenticeship with an influential artist, or other master classes.
- Activities that support participation in a college or university degree program.
- General performance showcases at booking conferences.
- General professional development activities like attendance at professional conferences or workshops.
Eligible Applicants
To be considered for this grant, the applicant must:
- Be an individual artist working in one of the following artistic disciplines: visual arts, craft, traditional arts/folklife, photography, performing arts, literary arts, media arts, interdisciplinary arts, or multimedia arts.
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- Cannot be enrolled as a student in a degree-seeking program.
- Be a United States citizen, lawfully admitted to the US for permanent residence, or have permission from the Department of Homeland Security to work permanently in the US.
- Be a resident of the South Arts Region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee
- Expect to maintain residency in the region during the award period. Applicants must submit a copy of their official state ID/driver’s license as proof of residency later in the process as verification of eligibility.
- Submit a complete and accurate application.
For more information, visit South Arts.
