The North Carolina Arts Council (NCAC) is seeking applications for its Artist Support Grant for Lead Partners that provides direct support to individual artists, funding professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to enhance their skills and abilities to create work or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring their work to new audiences.
Donor Name: North Carolina Arts Council (NCAC)
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000 – $50,000
Details:
The Arts Council has established the North Carolina Arts Council Artist Support Grant (ASG) as a one-year regional grant program to support individual artists during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will fund professional and artistic development for emerging or established artists to create work, improve their business operations, or bring their work to new audiences.
Funding Information
- Grant awards to artists generally range from $500 to $3,000, depending on the amount of money each consortium raises, the number of applicants, the number of artists selected, and the types of projects funded.
- Grant amounts to regional consortia are determined by weighing the history and breadth of artist demand in each region; the amounts range from $5,000 to $50,000. Up to $1,000 may be spent on administrative expenses, including stipends for panelists, and the remaining grant amount will be spent on awards to artists.
Scope and Allowable Expenses
Types of fundable projects include:
- Creation of new work;
- Purchase of equipment;
- Professional development workshops;
- Travel support for expenses associated with a professional opportunity such as participating in an exhibition or a conference;
- Development or upgrading of promotional materials such as brochures, DVDs, CDs, and websites.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for Arts Council funding, organizations:
- Must be a nonprofit organization (or an organization that has applied for non-profit status using a fiscal agent);
- Must have been producing quality arts programs for at least two consecutive years;
- Must have prior-year organizational cash operating expenses of at least $20,000.
For more information, visit Artist Support Grant for Lead Partners.
