The Youth Speaks is inviting applicants for its Individual Artist Fellowship to recognize, uplift, and celebrate the excellence of California artists and culture bearers practicing any art form with unrestricted grants.
Donor Name: Youth Speaks
State: California
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 09/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000 to $50,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
This program will support artists and culture bearers at key moments in their careers, elevating their capacity for continued contribution to the field and state. Fellowship grants support individual artistic practice through unrestricted funding.
This program is intended to support a broad spectrum of artists working in all disciplines, from diverse geographies and communities of all sizes across Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
Excellence, for purposes of this grant, is defined as an artist’s:
- Unique artistic vision
- Ongoing commitment to creative practice
- Engagement with and impact on the larger cultural ecosystem
The grant program identifies three career tiers at which artists may benefit from this support:
- Emerging Artist Fellows – $5,000:
- Emerging artists are those in the beginning stages of making their work public and engaging the larger community in their practice. Individuals at this career stage may have had a few public showings of their work, but do not yet have ongoing resources or support.
- Established Artist Fellows – $10,000
- Artists in the Established tier regularly make their work public and engage the larger community in their practice. Individuals in this tier can give multiple examples of artistic and/or cultural works that have made significant social impact.
- Legacy Artist Fellows – $50,000
- Artists in the Legacy tier can point to a significant body of work, produced over a substantial period of time, that has engaged their communities and that has made significant social impact. Artists in this tier may be able to point to Emerging and Established Artists that they have mentored or otherwise positively influenced.
Fellowship Period
November 1, 2023 – October 31, 2024
Eligibility Requirements
California-based artists and culture bearers, 18 years of age and older, working in any artistic discipline, whose residential address is in the area designated as Region IV, are eligible to apply. Artists residing in or primarily working in other areas of California are eligible to apply for the Individual Artist Fellowship Program in their region.
For more information, visit Youth Speaks.
