New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is proud to partner with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation to administer the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants.
Donor Name: New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. Only generative artists are eligible—artists creating their own, independent work, with recent and ongoing opportunities for the public to experience that work.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to, these out of pocket costs to the artist:
- Provider (hospital/doctor/dentist/clinic) bills, including co-pays.
- Tests/diagnostics/assessments/consultations to determine necessary treatment.
- Physical/occupational therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic.
- Prescription drugs specifically for the emergency medical condition.
- Emergency dental work.
- Transportation expenses to/from appointments/treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
There are three eligibility criteria in this program: Individual, Artistic, and Emergency.
Individual Eligibility
- Be a generative artist creating work in visual arts, film/video/digital/electronic arts (not a performer), or choreography
- Be 21 years or older on the cycle’s deadline
- Reside in the United States, the District of Columbia, a Tribal Nation, or a U.S. Territory
- Have an adjusted gross income of $75,000 or lower for an individual, or $150,000 for joint filers, averaged over the last two federal tax returns
- Your medical emergency and treatment must occur in the U.S. (including D.C., Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories)
- Demonstrate current and ongoing activity in your artistic discipline
- Not have received a Rauschenberg Medical or Dancer Emergency Grant previously
- Not be enrolled in any degree-seeking program
Artistic Eligibility
- This program is intended for artists with a demonstrated commitment to the eligible artform(s). You need to create original work in at least one of the eligible disciplines, AND have recent and sustained artistic activity. If the work in the eligible discipline is tangential, incidental or infrequent, it is not eligible.
- Recent and sustained is defined as activity over the course of at least the last five years, since 2019, with multiple opportunities for the public to experience your work during this time (at least one opportunity annually). This can be through exhibits/screenings/performances/activities in art spaces, galleries, local businesses, art houses/film series, public art installations, public spaces, museums, fairs/festivals, community projects, and/or residencies with public-facing components. Works in progress are eligible; student exhibits, performances, and other activities are not considered. They do not accept portfolios/work samples. Reduced activity (2020-21) during the pandemic is acceptable.
- Work that is created for online distribution and consumption is eligible IF it is a creative work, and was actively marketed to the public for showing at a specific date and time. If self-produced online presentations or sales of your work are your sole platform, such as Instagram or YouTube, cannot consider your application eligible.
Emergency and Expenses Eligibility
- In this program, an emergency is a one-time, unexpected, non-chronic condition as a result of illness, violence, an accident or triggering event, or sudden medical event, that requires treatment to ensure your health or life, and which without treatment has extreme impact on your daily life and ability to carry out/return to your creative practice.
- In each cycle, can consider emergencies that have occurred within approximately the last six months. The earliest date for an eligible emergency is listed in the Cycles information. The medical emergency and treatment must occur in the U.S. (including D.C., Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories).
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