Artist Opportunity Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to support unique professional and artistic development and presentation opportunities for artists.
Donor Name: Delaware Division for the Arts
State: Delaware
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/02/2025
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Artist Opportunity Grants are intended to encourage artistic growth and career development. Common expenses include but are not limited to: materials to complete work for a specific show or program; the cost to rent a facility for a performance; study with a master for a specified period of time.
Grant Categories
Artists will select one of two grant categories:
- Professional and Artistic Development
- Artists may apply for funding for unique, short-term opportunities that will significantly advance their work or careers, such as: study with a significant master available for a limited time, or participation in a residency or exchange program. Travel costs are not covered but should be included in the budget.
- Presentation Opportunities
- Artists may apply for funding for unique, short-term opportunities that will significantly advance their work or careers such as: materials to complete work committed to an exhibition, performance, or publication; contracting of professional services; or rental of equipment, instruments, or work space for a specific performance, exhibition, or publication opportunity.
Funding Information
Applicants can request up to 80% of the opportunity cost not to exceed $1,000.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an Individual Artist Opportunity Grant, applicants must be:
- A resident of Delaware for at least one year at the time of application. A legal resident possesses a valid Delaware driver’s license or DMV issued identification card and files state income taxes in Delaware as a full-year resident
- Eighteen (18) years of age or older
- Not enrolled in a degree-granting program
- Not a current Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship recipient.
For more information, visit DDA.
