The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County is currently accepting applications for its Artists & Scholars Project Grants.
Donor Name: Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
State: Maryland
County: Montgomery County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/27/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Artists & Scholars Project Grants (ASPG) are available to individual artists and scholars who reside in Montgomery County, MD. Grant awards support projects for artists and scholars who work in a wide array of arts and humanities disciplines including performing arts, media arts, visual arts, literary arts, folk and traditional arts, history, and philosophy.
By awarding Artists & Scholars Project Grants, the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) seeks to:
- Support the creation and production of new work;
- Provide artists and scholars with opportunities that strengthen their business, managerial, and artistic and/or scholarly skills;
- Nurture artists and scholars who represent the diverse, multicultural character of Montgomery County, MD;
- Support innovative and distinctive artistic and scholarly work by the County’s resident artists and scholars; and
- Encourage the use of intentional strategies for achieving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) in the field.
Project Types
Eligible project-types include any of the following:
- The creation of new work
- A phase of a larger project
- A public event or program
- Professional Development
Funding Information
Award amounts range from $1,000 up to $5,000.
Grant Period
Grants will be awarded for activities taking place from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025.
Eligible Disciplines
Applicants may work in any one or combination of the disciplines listed below. A description of eligible disciplines is available on AHCMC’s website.
- Dance includes choreography or performance, whether in a historically recognized or a contemporary style.
- Folk & Traditional Arts includes artistic expressions grounded in a common ethnic heritage, shared language, religion, or occupation. These are artistic traditions passed on from generation to generation often within families and communities through observation, oral transmission, practice, and from master to apprentice.
- Historical, Critical, and/or Theoretical Approaches to the Arts includes work that reflects upon and analyzes creative processes and/or specific works, such as a performance, exhibit, or piece of art.
- History and/or Social Sciences includes research, study and writing in the areas of human social, political, or cultural development, civics, and work that shares historical or social sciences information or activities with the community.
- Languages, Linguistics, and/or Literary Art includes the study or analysis of how we communicate and how our ideas and thoughts are expressed and interpreted, and the analysis or study of a specific aspect or work of literature.
- Media Arts includes electronic, technology-based work suited to mass media communication and presentation used within an artistic medium. Any genre in film, video, audio, or computer-based art production and/or distribution is included, and a selected component of a long-term project will be considered if it meets the other requirements of the grant guidelines.
- Music includes the performance, creation, recording, and distribution of original music from any genre, or of historically recognized musical compositions and/or styles.
- Philosophy, Ethics, and/or Comparative Religion includes research or study of theories about the purpose of life, how moral and ethical standards arise in society, and the reasons for our thoughts and actions.
- Storytelling includes spoken word performances, in particular the interactive style of using words and actions and other effects to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination.
- Theater includes the creation, production, and/or performance of original contemporary or historically recognized theater and musical theater works.
- Writing includes the creation, presentation, and distribution of materials that are literary in nature; and publications, readings and compilations of original poetry, fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction, screenplays and play scripts.
- Visual Art includes the creation, production, and/or exhibition of visual art as the primary focus. Objects, installations, site-specific or gallery-oriented works of art within any area of the visual arts are also included, as are curatorial projects and/or projects that expand the context of traditional or contemporary works of art.
- Design encompasses many disciplines including, but not limited to, architecture, communications and graphic design, fashion design, historic preservation, industrial and product design, interior design, landscape architecture, social impact design, rural design, and urban design (not including capital campaigns, construction costs, the purchase or leasing of sites).
- Presenting and/or Multidisciplinary works incorporate, combine, and/or integrate multiple disciplines. Works may explore boundaries between disciplines, fuse or transcend disciplines, and look to new forms of expression. Projects can be multi- or cross-disciplinary in nature and may include work from the performing, visual, media, design, literary arts, and/or humanities disciplines.
Eligibility Criteria
Individuals eligible to apply must have met all the following eligibility requirements by the published application deadline:
- Has resided in Montgomery County, MD with a verifiable mailing address in Montgomery County, MD for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to the application deadline (P.O. Boxes not accepted as proof of residency);
- Is at least 21 years old;
- Is not a full-time student;
- Is a practicing artist or scholar with demonstrated ability in the arts or humanities discipline of the project;
- Is able to provide AHCMC with a Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) prior to undertaking the grant activities; and
- Has met all outstanding requirements for any grant(s) received from the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County in prior years.
For more information, visit AHCMC.
