The Arts Council for Long Beach is seeking applications for its Professional Artist Fellowship.
Donor Name: Arts Council for Long Beach
State: California
City: Long Beach
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 06/12/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Professional Artist Fellowship honors Long Beach’s living artists with awards recognizing their most recent work. Eligible artists must be active Long Beach artists who live, work or actively create in Long Beach and demonstrate an active exhibition and/or production record of at least three (3) years with profound impact to Long Beach communities. Awards are granted based on artistic merit and professional achievement. The grant award amount is dependent upon available funds and the number of qualified applicants.
Eligible artistic disciplines include:
- Visual Arts
- Costume Design
- Performing Arts
- Audio Arts
- Literary Arts
- Media Arts
- Culinary Arts
- Multidisciplinary or Interdisciplinary Arts
- Folk and Traditional Arts
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are required to meet the following requirements:
- Must be an active Long Beach artist who lives, works or actively creates in Long Beach (requires a physical presence in Long Beach i.e., business license, home or studio proof of residence or consistent paystubs). Please contact staff if you need further clarification
- Must receive payment and/or serious, critical recognition for some or all of their artistic services or products
Ineligibility
- Full-time students – exception: post-graduate student with extensive professional experience and/or serious, critical recognition
- Recipients of an Arts Council for Long Beach Professional Artists Fellowship within the last three annual grant cycles
- If you received a Professional Artist Fellowship within the following fiscal years, you are not eligible to apply: FY2023-2024, FY2024 2025, FY2025-2026
- Active employees, board members, or contract employees of the Arts Council for Long Beach
- Applicants may only apply for ONE (1) Arts Council for Long Beach annual grant category:
- Operating Grant I / Operating Grant II
- Community Project Grant
- Professional Artist Fellowship.
For more information, visit ACLB.
