Established by the Rhode Island Foundation, The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund provides up to three $30,000 artist fellowships.
Donor Name: Rhode Island Foundation
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 08/14/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The MacColl Johnson 2025 Fellowships will be awarded to emerging and mid-career Visual Artists in Rhode Island.
- Three MacColl Johnson Fellowship Awardees: $30,000 each
- Three MacColl Johnson Fellowship Finalists: $3,000 stipend and a two- to four-week in-person residency experience each
The Rhode Island Foundation is employing Artist Communities Alliance (ACA), an independent international service organization for artist residency programs and artist-centered organizations, to manage applications and the jury process for The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships.
Eligibility Criteria
- State Residency
- Applicants must be Rhode Island residents 12 months prior to the application deadline, at the time of submitting the application, and during the period of the fellowship. If recommended for a Fellowship, applicants will be required to provide two (2) documents as proof of residency.
- Disciplines / Genre
- Applications are accepted for original work in all genres of visual arts, including Book arts, Ceramics/clay art/pottery, Drawing, Film/video/animation, Glass arts, Installation, Jewelry, Metalworking, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textile/fiber arts, Woodworking, Interdisciplinary arts, etc.
- Career Stage
- Though the Fellowships are not awarded by career stage categories, applicants must demonstrate that they are within the range of an emerging to mid-career stage in their artistic profession, regardless of age. To assist applicants in determining if they are within this range, The Foundation defines the eligible career stages as follows:
Emerging Artists are considered to be in the early years of their professional careers, which may include having recently undertaken a career change to a significant artistic practice.
An emerging artist
- Demonstrates at least 3 years of professional practice and currently is creating independent work
- Demonstrates promising artistic development and may have attracted some early critical notice, but does not yet have an extensive record of recognition
- Has produced an elemental yet substantive body of work and has an accruing record of publication, public performances, and other presentations of work
Mid-Career Artists are those who have created an independent body of work over a number of years and have received some regional or national recognition.
A mid-career artist
- Demonstrates at least 7 years of a sustained professional practice and is currently producing work
- Has produced an accruing body of work that demonstrates artistic exploration and development
- Has received some regional and/or national recognition, but is not substantially established in the field, or has had substantial professional recognition at an earlier career stage.
Ineligibility
Established Artists
- Established artists are not eligible. They are defined as having reached the mature stage of their careers and advanced levels of achievement.
An established artist
- Has a record of at least 15 years of a continuous and sustained professional artistic practice
- Demonstrates a history of regional, national, and/or international professional recognition through commissions, critical reviews, performances, grant awards, residencies, fellowships, and/or productions
- Produces work that is regarded to have measurable critical and/or commercial value
Previous Awardees
- Previous awardees of the fellowship are not eligible; however, previous finalists/semi-finalists may apply again.
Students
- Applicants who are high-school students or who are undergraduate or graduate college students enrolled in a degree-granting program, at the time of application or during the period of the fellowship, are not eligible.
For more information, visit Rhode Island Foundation.
