The Tier 2 Artist Career Empowerment Grant Program is designed to stimulate economic opportunity and benefit to both the individual artist recipient and creative entrepreneurs, as well as the arts and cultural sectors, the creative community, and the economic ecosystems of Salt Lake City.
Donor Name: Salt Lake City Arts Council
State: Utah
City: Salt Lake
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $250- $500
Details:
As the Salt Lake City Arts Council, they acknowledge that their current economic conditions have disproportionately impacted their creative sector. Further, they acknowledge that Black, Indigenous, and/or other racialized persons have persisted through even greater challenges stemming from the COVID-19 Global Pandemic as well as the violence of prolonged systemic racism and inequities which exist in their industry and society at large. Thus, they are committed to addressing these systemic inequities by providing this grant opportunity.
Artist Career Empowerment Grant Program will aid in Salt Lake City’s phased economic recovery efforts and provide necessary financial resources to incentivize individual artists in their creative sector. The Artist Career Empowerment Grant Program will directly contribute to a more expeditious and equitable recovery of Salt Lake City’s thriving creative economy.
The Salt Lake City Arts Council’s Tier 2 Artist Career Empowerment Grant program is generously supported each year in the Salt Lake City Mayor’s proposed budget, which is subsequently approved by a vote of the Salt Lake City Council. The Salt Lake City Arts Council’s Grants program is designed to provide financial support for arts programs and projects in Salt Lake City.
Funding Priorities
- All individual artists are encouraged to apply, however a portion of funds will be prioritized for and subsequently granted to individual artists who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or other Persons of Color (BIPOC);
- Applicants who aim to strengthen their individual and entrepreneurial health and development;
- Applicants who demonstrate a public project or practice which is considerate of our environment and sustainable;
- Applicants whose public project that address issues important to the Thrive in Place initiative;
- Applicants whose residency, studio space, or public project is within Council Districts 1 and 2.
- Applicants whose artistic practice includes innovative art-based or creative technology or represents a substantial effort to advance arts and culture industries as a creative entrepreneur.
Funding Information
- Micro-grants will range from $250 – $500 and be distributed based on adherence to the Funding Priorities.
- Artist Career Empowerment Grants aim to distribute approximately $6,250 to an undetermined number of individual artists before June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications for Salt Lake Arts Council’s Tier 2 Artist Career Empowerment Grant Program must be submitted and administered by an individual artists who meets all of the following Eligibility Criteria at the time of submission:
- Is a current resident of Salt Lake City.
- Is legally able to receive taxable income in the U.S. (e.g. citizen, green card holder, and/or permanent resident who can provide a W9 and SSN or ITIN).
- Is 18 years of age or older.
- Is an individual person who considers themselves an artist or artisan. Artist groups/collectives are ineligible to apply as such.
For more information, visit Salt Lake City Arts Council.
