The Creative Pinellas offers a new Professional Artists Grant in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
Donor Name: Creative Pinellas
State: Florida
County: Pinellas County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
The competitive grants are for professional artists engaged in specific projects or programs that include a community engagement component intended to:
- Enhance the arts & cultural offerings in Pinellas County
- Create public projects that inspire innovative community solutions
- Contribute to cultural economic development
- Grow audiences and build new audiences through effective outreach & marketing
- Build resiliency & environmental sustainability
Professional Artist grants support work in all artistic disciplines including Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Opera, Theater, Literature, Interdisciplinary or Multimedia.
Artists must partner with a nonprofit organization located in or serving Pinellas County in a mutually agreed-upon way that is both consistent with the project and in alignment with the organization’s mission. The organizational partner will be asked to attest that they are engaged with you on this project and to respond to a brief survey at the end of the project.
Successful projects are transformative and collaborative and provide tangible outcomes in the areas of health & well-being (including behavioral health), education, community engagement, making art more accessible, environmental activities and action, the creative economy, and placemaking.
Funding Information
This is a one-time grant. No match is required.
- Up to ten (10) grants of $10,000 each will be awarded to 10 individual artists or collaborative artists teams.
- An additional $5,000 may go to two awarded Grant Recipients who present exceptional, transformative art projects that go above and beyond and are intended to address historical or systemic inequities with an expected outcome or improvement in reaching diverse audiences with sustainable community engagement and collaborations.
Project Period
January 29, 2024 – December 18, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a professional artist, artisan, curator, or cultural producer; is actively creating, curating or producing work; has demonstrated success in the arts through the creation, curation of high-quality work and/or contributions to the field.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Must be a legal resident of Pinellas County and is expected to continue their residency in Pinellas County during the grant period (proof of residency required).
- Must be a USA citizen with a Social Security Number.
- Students pursuing ANY degree or full-time faculty in higher education are not eligible.
- Has worked within their art form(s) for over a period of time.
- Exhibits a high degree of talent and ability in their chosen area(s) of art; is generally recognized by leaders in their field and community as an artist of serious intent and ability, which helps build interest in and awareness of Pinellas County as a vibrant arts and cultural community.
For more information, visit Creative Pinellas.
