Apply for funding to enhance your artistic skills and practice, advance your business management, or expand the audience or market for your work. Artist Catalyst Grants provide support to Iowa artists, filmmakers, musicians and creative writers to elevate the creative field in Iowa.
Donor Name: Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State: Iowa
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 11/01/2022
Grant Size: $2,500
Grant Duration: 7 months
Details:
Funding for the program is made possible by the Iowa Legislature and by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request funding for eligible expenses that are incurred and expended within the eligible funding period.
- Minimum Grant Request: $500
- Maximum Grant Request: $2,500
- Funding Period: December 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023
Eligible Projects
Grant funds may be used for expenses that advance an artist’s professional capacity, enhance their artistic practice, or expand the audience or market for their work. Applicants must demonstrate how the grant funded activity will enable them to achieve a particular goal that advances their artistic career or practice.
Types of eligible activities include:
- Acquiring business services (e.g. contract preparation, business incorporation, accounting systems)
- Adapting performances or artistic services to new platforms (e.g. live streaming, virtual classes)
- Attending professional development opportunities (e.g. conferences, workshops)
- Documenting work (e.g. professional photography, video, audio recording)
- Expanding capacity for creative work (e.g. space/equipment rental, material purchases)
- Learning new or advanced techniques in an art form (e.g. classes, apprenticeships)
- Securing presentation opportunities (e.g. exhibitions, publications, festivals)
- Upgrading marketing and promotion material (e.g. branding, website design, e-commerce)
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants must meet all of the following requirements. Individuals who do not meet these requirements are not eligible to apply.
- Professional individual artist, including visual/performing artist, filmmaker, musician, or creative writer
- Current, full-time Iowa resident with permanent address in Iowa
- Legal Iowa resident as defined by Iowa Code 422.4 and Iowa Administrative Code 701.38.17 (422)
- 21 years of age or older
- An application must support a project that is initiated, produced, and/or managed by the individual artist, not another entity or organization
- Applicants who represent an artist collective, artist team, or band must apply as an individual on behalf of the group and clearly state their individual role in the project proposal as the individual will be legally obligated to the terms of the grant agreement.
For more information, visit Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs.
