The Mississippi Arts Commission is accepting applications for its Artist Roster Program.
Donor Name: Mississippi Arts Commission
State: Mississippi
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2023
Details:
The Mississippi Artist Roster program is a listing of professional Mississippi artists who have been reviewed and approved by a panel of experts and are available to do performances, workshops, and other presentations in a wide range of settings around the state. Schools, community arts groups, libraries and other organizations use the Roster to identify potential artists who can present at their venues.
Roster Artists utilize the program as a way to promote themselves to groups around the state. Artists who are approved for the Roster are part of the program for three years. Acceptance to the Roster does not guarantee its members bookings or contracts to perform. MAC promotes the Roster as a whole. The agency does not promote individual Roster Artists or handle booking or contract arrangements for them. However, the Roster can be a useful tool for artists to use in promoting themselves and expanding their performance or workshop opportunities.
Types of Activities does MAC 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 (or your performing group) may apply to the Mississippi Artist Roster if you are
- a professional artist. Individuals are considered to be professional artists if they
- earn at least part of their annual income in their artistic disciplines;
- consider their artistic endeavors as a career;
- maintain a high level of artistic quality; and
- make a significant time investment in their artistic disciplines through practice, performance, and production;
- not a full-time student
- more than 18 years of age
- 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 domicile, homestead, utility bills).
Full-time students and/or those artists under 18 years of age may apply to the Mississippi Artist Roster if they are a part of a performing group applying to the roster, provided that the majority of the group’s membership is more than 18 years of age and not full-time students.
Review Criteria
Artist Roster applications are reviewed using the following criteria:
- Mastery of your artistic discipline and quality of work (40 points)
- Ability to demonstrate or interpret your artistic discipline or tradition (10 points)
- History of successful performances or presentations and an ability to tour (25 points)
- Quality of promotional materials (including electronic and printed) and the ability to develop resources for presenter use (25 points)
For more information, visit Artist Roster Program.
