The South Carolina Arts Commission is seeking applications for its Artists Business Initiative to encourage and enable the creation, expansion, or modification of artist-driven, arts-based business initiatives that will provide career satisfaction and sustainability for South Carolina artists.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/15/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $5,000
Grant Duration: 1 year 6 months
Details:
South Carolina artists (individuals and collaboratives) may use ABI funding to help launch a new arts-based business initiative (or significantly alter an existing initiative) that will operate in an ongoing manner, or to help execute a temporary business initiative (a one-time occurrence or single purchase) that will provide career satisfaction and sustainability.
Funding Information
- Up to $3,500 for a one-time occurrence/single purchase
- Up to $5,000 for an ongoing business initiative
Project Period
July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2025
Use of Funds
ABI funding may be used
- to help launch a new arts-based business initiative (or significantly alter an existing business initiative) that will operate in an ongoing manner
or - to help execute a temporary business initiative (a one-time business occurrence or single purchase), that will provide career satisfaction and sustainability
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant must meet all of the following eligibility requirements:
- Be a professional-caliber working artist or group of artists working in collaboration, in one or more of the following artistic disciplines:
- Dance (choreography or performance)
- Music (composition or performance)
- Opera/musical theatre (production or performance)
- Theatre (performance or playwriting)
- Visual arts (painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, or printmaking)
- Crafts (ceramics, fiber, glass, leather, metal, paper, plastic, or wood)
- Photography
- Design arts (architecture, fashion, graphic, industrial, or interior)
- Media arts (film, animation, including production or screenwriting)
- Literature (poetry or prose)
- Spoken word/slam poetry
- Time-based arts (installation, sound, video art, animation, film, computer generated art, or performance art)
- Public art (ephemeral or permanent)
- Be a legal resident of the U.S. and S.C., with a permanent residence in the state for at least one year prior to the application and throughout the grant period.
- Be 18 years of age or older at the time of application.
- Not be a degree-seeking student during the grant period.
For more information, visit SCAC.
