The WeHo Artist Grant aims to nurture and support the long-term development of an artist’s ideas by providing funds that increase the capacity for artists to realize work, advance the conditions of creation, and navigate the complexities of both making art and making a career.
Donor Name: City of West Hollywood
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
By directly providing funds to individual artists, the City hopes to keep artists in West Hollywood, attract new artists to the City, and contribute to the quality of the economic and social well-being. The grant may be used in any capacity to fulfill the proposed project within the calendar year.
Funding Information
- $30,000: Total amount of available funding in this category.
- $6,000: Total award per artist.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for consideration, artists must satisfy all the following requirements:
- Applicants enrolled as a student in an academic institution are not eligible to apply in that discipline of study.
- Applicants must be registered on the West Hollywood Artists Registry.
- Applicants must submit 2 examples of previous work (news articles and/or media clips are not qualified as examples of previous work).
- The legal address of the artist must be in the city of West Hollywood. No exceptions.
- Applicants must submit a cohesive project with a timeline and budget.
- Applicants may not have been awarded the WeHo Artist Grant in the past.
- Applicants may only receive funding from one grant category each calendar year.
- If the applicant is already receiving funding from another City Division or Department, or is cosponsored by a City Council office, they are not eligible for an Arts Grant for that same project or program.
- City of West Hollywood elected and appointed officials, its employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to apply.
- Proposed projects may not include fundraisers, capital campaigns, murals, or religious-based programs/events.
- Proposed projects must take place in West Hollywood or in the immediate West Hollywood adjacent area (within 5 blocks of the border) and demonstrate marketing and outreach strategies targeting West Hollywood residents and constituents.
- Applicants must be based in LA County (WeHo Artist applicants must reside in the City of West Hollywood).
- Organizations with budgets of $1 Million Dollars or more are required to provide a cultural equity statement.
- Applicants must submit an application online by the deadline.
For more information, visit City of West Hollywood.
