Project Grants for Individuals provide funding to support ideas and projects organized by or for artists in Mississippi.
Donor Name: Mississippi Arts Commission
State: Mississippi
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $2,000
Details:
These grants are given to individuals to support innovation, to propel artist’s careers and to encourage collaboration between artists and communities.
Mississippi artists may find themselves thinking about their work in ways that go beyond simply creating art or honing their craft. These artists may find themselves with ideas they want to see come to fruition in different ways and are looking for potential funding sources to help make them a reality. MAC supports these efforts through its Individual Project Grant program, which funds a wide range of arts projects organized by individual artists.
Funding Information
Individual Project Grants award up to $2,000 to individuals to support their project ideas. No cash match is required, however additional outside sources of funded are allowable to supplement the success of the Individual Project.
Types of Activities MAC’s Fund
MAC funds activities that promote public understanding and support of the arts and artistic excellence, including
- Performances, readings, exhibitions and related publications
- Workshops and artist residencies
- Arts research, planning, development, fieldwork and cultural documentation
- Information dissemination
- Services to artists and arts organizations
- Artistic and managerial professional development
- Projects that promote arts education
- Projects that increase access to the arts
- Commissioning of artwork
- Adding to museum collections
- Projects that increase resources for the arts
- General operating expenses of arts organizations
- Indirect costs
Eligibility Criteria
You may apply for an Individual Project Grant if you are a professional artist living in Mississippi or if you are an individual who is using the project to organize other professional artists in Mississippi. In addition the applicant must be:
- more than 18 years of age;
- not a full-time student; and
- a permanent, legal resident of Mississippi at the time of application and throughout the grant period. Applicants may be required to show proof of residence (such as driver’s license, proof of domicile, homestead, utility bills).
For more information, visit Project Grants.
