Artist Support Grants is a program funded by the N.C. Arts Council to provide the opportunity for regional consortia of local arts councils to award project grants to artists in their regions.
Donor Name: Dare Arts
State: North Carolina
County: Selected
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/13/2023
Size of the Grant: $500 to $1,500
Details:
The Artist Support Grant is intended to support a broad range of talented visual, performing, literary, and interdisciplinary artists.
Artist Support Grants will be distributed to eligible applicants in the following counties: Tyrrell, Dare, Washington, Martin, Beaufort, and Hyde.
Artists in all disciplines are eligible to apply for grants to support their professional and artistic development through a partnership of the North Carolina Arts Council and Pocosin Arts, Arts of the Pamlico, Dare Arts, Ocracoke Alive, Pettigrew Regional Libraries and Martin County Arts Council.
Funding Information
Grants will range in awards from $500 to $1,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Emerging and established artists
- Eligible candidates may be either emerging or established artists. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to spending a significant portion of their time on their work as artists.
- Individuals and Artist Collectives
- Both individual artists and small, unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible to apply. All members of a collaborating team must be North Carolina residents, live in the region where they are applying, and meet the other eligibility requirements. Résumés documenting residence from all team members should be included with the application.
- Residency
- Artists should have lived in the region where they are applying continuously for at least one year prior to the consortium’s application deadline. An applicant must be at least 18 years old and either a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident. Proof of residence and status may be required by the consortium. Artists who live in more than one region should apply only where they spend the majority of the year.
Ineligibility
- Multiple awards Artists who are sole proprietors of organizations that have already received funding for 23 -24 from the N.C. Arts Council are ineligible to apply.
- Conflict of interest Current board and staff members of the participating partner organizations and their family members are not eligible to apply for the award.
Evaluation Criteria
- Artistic merit
- Demonstrated talent in an art form and overall excellence of the artist’s work
- Clear commitment to a career as a practicing professional artist
- Project Merit
- Benefit of the proposed project to the artist’s professional growth
- Feasibility of the proposed project
For more information, visit NCAC.
