The Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist grant aims to support and build meaningful relationships among the outstanding creative artists in Pinellas County and their audiences.
Donor Name: Creative Pinellas
State: Florida
County: Pinellas County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000
Grant Duration: 9 months
Details:
It provides a solid foundation to nurture the creative community and elevate Pinellas County as an art and cultural destination that draws tourists worldwide.
With this focus in mind, Creative Pinellas provides up to ten grants for artists who are emerging in their artistic practice. Grantees will be assigned an artist mentor to help them develop new artwork for the Emerging Artist Exhibition (EAE) in the Spring of 2024.
Grantees are encouraged to decide how to use the award for their benefit and growth as artists.
Grants of $2,000 each are open to artists doing work in the areas of:
- Choreography (of all kinds)
- Interdisciplinary (a combination of more than one type of genre of art, often, technology/digital arts are involved)
- Literature (including poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Does not include journalism, self-help, children’s books, and books with a structured commercial purpose)
- Media arts (including film, photography, computer/digital arts, audio, and interactive media)
- Music Composition
- Theater Creation (including playwriting, directing, musical direction, stage design, stage lighting, etc.)
- Visual Arts (including 2D and 3D visual arts of all kinds)
Funding Period
October 23, 2023 – July 22, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
Creative Pinellas considers the following things when determining eligibility for this grant. To be eligible for the Emerging Artist Grant Program, an applicant shall:
- Has gained recognition for their work, artistic skill, and promise by their peers, audiences, and/or by people who think and write about art.
- May be somewhat known in the community where they live and work and could benefit by being more widely known outside of Pinellas County/Tampa Bay region.
- Is actively working on improving their skills and Impact as an artist.
- Is on an upward trajectory of participation in solo exhibitions, publications, or full performances or productions of their work. (For example, the artist’s work may have been exhibited at local galleries, performed at local venues, or published in small literary magazines but may not have built a regional or national reputation or similar milestone.)
- Has worked in their type of art for long enough to have a body of work that can be presented and evaluated by the grant panel.
For more information, visit Creative Pinellas.
