The Heinz Endowments Creative Development Awards offer support to an annual cohort of regional professional artists, with the goal of advancing their careers through direct financial assistance, partnership opportunities, and increased visibility.
Donor Name: The Heinz Endowments
State: Pennsylvania
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Awards
Deadline: 05/01/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $35,000
Details:
The Heinz Endowments Creative Development Awards grant making program shines a light on their region’s professional artists, with a particular focus on those whose artistic achievements show great promise.
This grants program is guided by the Endowments’ recognition that the region’s professional artists are central to its quality of life; are key definers, interpreters and critics of all aspects of their region; and represent the bedrock of their cultural institutions’ work. The annual program will help advance awardees’ careers through increased visibility, partnership opportunities, and financial assistance.
The Creative Development Awards program aims to:
- Support the creative development of professional artists in the region
- Create career advancement and recognition opportunities
- Incentivize creative partnerships among artists and local cultural organizations
- Increase the visibility of independent working artists in the region’s cultural life.
Types of Award
Two types of awards are included in the Creative Development Awards:
- Creative Development Grants: Professional artists in any discipline/media and at any career stage may apply directly for grants up to $20,000 to further artistic and career goals.
- Residencies at Arts Organizations: Arts organizations may apply for grants up to $35,000 to host a residency with local, national or international artists or arts administrators. Artists working in all media are welcome. It is expected that three residencies will be awarded.
Eligibility Criteria
- Creative Development Grants
- Eligible applicants must be:
- A professional artist with a significant body of original works of art
- 21 years of age or older
- A resident of the 13 county Pittsburgh region
- Not eligible for support:
- Full-time students
- Previous recipients of an Investing in Professional Artists (IPA) award
- Previous recipients of a Creative Development Award
- Eligible applicants must be:
- Residencies at Arts Organizations
- Eligible applicants must be:
- A 501(c)(3) arts organization in the 13 county Pittsburgh region
- Not eligible for support:
- Recipients of a Creative Development Award from the previous grant year (a 2022 award, including those announced in early 2023)
- Fiscally-sponsored programs, collectives, for-profit/LLC, and other informal arts organizations.
- Eligible applicants must be:
For more information, visit The Heinz Endowments.
