Donor Name: James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline: 10/02/2024
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Grant Duration: 3 year
Details:
The goal of this program is to sustain and advance the practice of working artists in Oregon. They see this as an important investment in both artists and the communities throughout the state who will continue to benefit through engaging with these artists’ work into the future. Just as Miller prioritizes general operating support for organizations, they are proud to expand the grant offerings with this new funding initiative that aims to invest in an artist’s overall creative development instead of a specific project. This approach takes into consideration the entirety of an artist’s needs, from living expenses to research to material support.
This program is intended to sustain working artists who are entering or are at a midpoint of their career: applicants should be 30 years or older and able to demonstrate at least seven years (not including schooling) of a sustained art practice with likely future contributions in their discipline(s). This funding is intended to support artists during a crucial phase of their creative development and to help address a range of barriers that might get in the way of sustaining and advancing their practice beyond its current stage.
Focus Area
- Performing Arts
- Individual artists creating original work in the performing arts: dance, music, theater, and other performance practices, traditional and folk performance, Culture Bearers and interdisciplinary artists whose work includes the performing arts as one of the primary forms of expression
Funding Information
This is a three-year pilot program during which the Foundation will support 60 individual Oregon artists in total (20 per year) across artistic disciplines with a grant of $25,000 to each artist.
Who can apply?
To be eligible for this grant program, applicants should be individual artists who meet the following criteria:
- 7+ years of active practice in their primary artistic discipline or combination of disciplines (not including schooling)
- have presented their work to audiences/the community on a regular basis
- practice involves creating new work (rather than interpreting, translating, arranging, or copying the work of others)
- entering, or at a midpoint of their art career (“midpoint” is defined here as an artist able to demonstrate a sustained artistic practice of 7+ years, with likely future contributions in their discipline/s)
- 30 years or older (as of 12/31/24)
- have been a resident in the state of Oregon for the last five years and at the time of application and anticipate staying in residence for the next year. This includes enrolled members of tribal communities situated in the state (a “resident of Oregon” is a person who would be required to file a resident Oregon income tax return)
- not currently enrolled in a creative degree program (Associate, low residency, undergraduate or graduate)
- not be a family member of an employee or board member of the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, or the Foundation’s namesakes (Family member is defined as a spouse, domestic partner, parent, child or sibling.)
For more information, visit JFMLMF.
