Youth Speaks has been selected to administer the California Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship Program, which will regrant $740,000 among 35 California-based individual artists and culture bearers at the intersection of culture, ancestral and Indigenous practices, and multi-racial movement work.
Donor Name: California Arts Council
State: California
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Individual Artist Fellowship provides unrestricted funding and state-wide recognition to California artists at key moments in their careers, elevating their capacity for continued contributions to the field and state.
This program will support artists’ and culture bearers’ individual artistic practices at key moments in their careers, elevating their capacity for continued contribution to the field and state 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 Region IV of the state of California.
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
Funding Information
The grant program identifies three career tiers at which artists may benefit from this support:
- Emerging Artist Fellows – $5,000
- Established Artist Fellows – $10,000
- Legacy Artist Fellows – $50,000
Fellowship Period
November 1, 2023 – October 31, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
- Region IV includes the following 35 Counties: 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.
For more information, visit California Arts Council.
