The Individual Artist Support (IAS) program assists Illinois artists to realize a career goal, take advantage of a professional opportunity, or to produce and present an artistic project.
Donor Name: Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA)
State: Illinois
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $500– $4,000
Details:
The Individual Artist Support Artist Project Track (IAS/AP) supports individual artists in the production and presentation of an artistic project. The Individual Artist Support Professional Development Track (IAS/PD) supports the development of skills, tools, and resources to advance an individual artist’s career. Support for the production and presentation of an artistic project is available through the IAS Artist Project Track.
The IAS program encompasses two different tracks. Each track has specific limitations and requirements. Review each track’s guidelines thoroughly to determine which best suits your goals. Artists may apply to only one track each fiscal year.
- Artist Project Track (IAS/AP)
- supports individual artists in the production and presentation of an artistic project. Applicants may request a maximum of 75% of the total cash expenses of the project up to $4,000. The minimum request is $500. Applicants must secure a cash match to cover the remaining costs.
- Professional Development Track (IAC/PD)
- supports professional development opportunities related to an individual artist’s career. Applicants can request grant amounts between $500 and $1,500 with no cash match required. Applicants must secure funds to cover any remaining costs exceeding $1,500. Support for the development of skills, tools, and resources to advance an individual artist’s career are available through the IAS Professional Development Track.
Program Priorities
The IACA is committed to advancing equity and access in the arts, through programming and grant opportunities for all Illinoisans, and programming that makes special efforts to reach statewide underserved audiences including but not limited to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) and rural communities, persons with physical and intellectual disabilities, persons with limited access to the arts, older individuals, and persons with low income.
Examples of activities IAS/AP will support:
- Marketing and distribution of a manuscript
- Exhibitions and exhibition catalogues
- Post-production and screenings of film or video
- Music or Audio studio recordings
- Performances
Examples of activities IAS/PD will support (in-person or virtual where applicable):
- Artist residency, writers’ retreats, or workshops
- Professional teaching artist development residencies, retreats, or workshops
- Attendance at conferences or symposia
- Production of a demo reel
- Documentation of artwork
- Duplication of manuscripts or media (film, video, audio, etc.)
- Website development for individual artist
- Marketing, e.g., artist brochures, actors’ headshots
Artistic Disciplines
Artists will select one Discipline Category to apply in.
- Crafts
- Includes Clay, Fiber, Glass, Leather, Metal, Paper, Plastic, Wood
- Dance
- Design Arts
- Includes Architecture, Fashion, Graphic, Industrial, Interior, Landscape Architecture
- Ethnic & Folk Arts
- Includes those artistic practices which have a community or family base; express that community’s aesthetic, heritage, or tradition; and have endured through generations. These art forms reflect the culture of the regional language, tribal, or nationality group from which they spring. Preference will be given to those artists whose work reflects their own heritage.
- Interdisciplinary
- Incorporates at least one discipline outside the visual arts.
- Literature
- Includes Creative Non-fiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Scriptworks. Creative non-fiction is distinguished from analytical, journalistic, technical, and scholarly/academic writing by its strong narrative literary quality as found in personal essays and memoirs.
- Media Arts
- Includes Film, Video, Audio, Digital and Computer-based Art.
- Music
- New Performance Forms
- Includes work from Performance Artists, Solo Theatre Artists, Movement-based Artists, and
- Performance Poets.
- Photography
- Theatre
- Visual Arts
- Includes Experimental, Graphics, Mixed Media, Painting, and Sculpture. Experimental includes Conceptual, Installations, New Materials. Graphics includes Works on Paper, Drawing, Printmaking, and Artists Books.
Grant Amounts
Applicants may request a maximum of 75% of the total cost of the project up to $4,000. The minimum request is $500
Eligibility Requirements
All applicants must:
- Be citizens of the United States or holders of permanent resident alien status
- Be legal residents of the state of Illinois for the twelve months prior to the application deadline and throughout the grant period.
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- Apply utilizing a Salesforce account registered to the applicant.
- Submit all requested application materials by the deadline.
For more information, visit Individual Artist Support Grant.
