The Center for Craft is excited to announce a new grant opportunity, the Teaching Artist Cohort.
Donor Name: Center for Craft
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Grant Duration: 8 months
Details:
For over 25 years, the Center for the Craft has supported craft research and artists through their grant programs. As they consider the current challenges, it is evident that many artists who teach are financially under-compensated and need time away from teaching to advance their practice.
The Center for Craft Teaching Artist Cohort will also participate in an 8-month experience where they will be guided through training that encourages and sustains a generative practice as both artists and educators. The Center intends to develop and strengthen a network of craft artists through peer-to-peer learning and connection to enrich the impact on their communities. This program is funded, in part, by the Windgate Foundation and the Maxwell-Hanrahan Foundation.
This program is funded, in part, by the Windgate Foundation and the Maxwell-Hanrahan Foundation.
Grant Goals
- To provide craft artists opportunities and resources that help sustain a generative practice.
- To support craft artists in continuing their teaching practice and create an enriching impact on the communities they engage.
- To develop and strengthen networks of craft artists through peer-to peer learning and connection.
Funding Information
Uniquely positioned to support the sustainable career paths of artists and advance the understanding of craft, this grant will award a dynamic cohort of twenty-one mid-career craft artists a one-time, unrestricted grant of $10,000.
Grant Period
8 months
Eligibility Criteria
Proposals are welcome from mid-career craft artists who teach. For the purpose of this grant, the Center for Craft defines a teaching artist as a practicing craft artist and/or maker who utilizes their skillsets and sensibilities to integrate their work and perspectives into a wide range of settings. Teaching artists effectively guide, educate, and engage varying audiences to foster an enriching experience with the handmade and make connections to materials, form, functionality, and processes.
Proposals must be timely, meaning applicants are in a prime position to benefit from this opportunity. Applicants should demonstrate evidence of a continued practice within the craft field, including a practice as a craft artist and educator. Artists working in tenured or tenure-track positions may not apply. Funding for the Teaching Artist Cohort is geared toward artists and/ or makers whose practice includes community engagement, experience as adjunct faculty, workshop facilitator/instructors, visiting artists, museum education, instructors, and/ or lecturers.
Applicants must be
- 21 years of age or older
- Eligible to receive taxable income in the U.S.
- Residing and working in the U.S. for the last two years and the duration of the Fellowship period
- Have a continued full time studio practice for a minimum of five years and work as a teaching artist for a minimum of three years
Applicants cannot be:
- Tenured faculty at a college or university
- Tenure-track position at a college or university
- Collectives, groups, partnerships
- 2022 Career Advancement Grant recipients
- Disqualified persons, such as substantial contributors to the Center for Craft as well as current employees, consultants, or board members of the Center for Craft, or immediate family members of such a person
For more information, visit Teaching Artist Cohort Grant.
