RECOMMENDED READING
Ellen, Liberatori, Guide to Getting Arts Grants
Barnet, Sylvan, A Short Guide to Writing About Art
Green, Laura, Money to Work: Grants for Visual Artists
Middleton, Robyn (editor), Artists and Writers Colonies, Retreats, Residencies and Respites for the Creative Mind
Snell, Tricia, Artist Communities: A Directory of Residencies in the United States That Offer Time and Space for Creativity
RECOMMENDED WEBSITES
Foundation for Contemporary Arts (Emergency Grants)
Mildred's Lane (residency)
NARS Foundation (residency)
www.artinfo.com (top 10 residency list)
Foundation for Contemporary Arts (Emergency Grants)
Mildred's Lane (residency)
NARS Foundation (residency)
www.artinfo.com (top 10 residency list)
www.artistgrantsmasterlist.com
www.artdeadline.com (competition listings)
www.artisthelpnetwork.com (resource)
www.artomi.org (residency – New York State)
www.arts.gov/federal.html (cultural funding, federal opportunities)
www.artsinternational.org (international opportunities)
www.atlanticcenterarts.org (residency – Florida)
www.bemiscenter.org (residency – Nebraska)
www.creative-capital.org (grant)
www.creativetime.org (public art funding)
www.dieudonne.org (residency – New York City)
www.djerassi.org (residency – California)
www.albeefoundation.org (residency – New York State)
www.fdncenter.org (Foundation Center)
www.goldenfoundation.org (fellowship for acrylic painters)
www.gf.org (Guggenheim Foundation)
www.gunk.org (public art funding)
www.harvestworks.org (video project funding)
www.headlands.org (residency – California)
www.jentelarts.org (residency – New York State)
www.macdowellcolony.org (residency – New Hampshire)
www.njarts.org
www.nyfa.org
www.printshop.org (fellowship, residency – New York City)
www.ps1.org (studio space – New York City)
www.publicartfund.org (public art funding)
www.resartis.org (residency listings and resource)
www.smackmellon.org (studio space – Brooklyn)
www.villamontalvo.org (residency – California)
www.vcca.com (residency – Virginia)
www.vsw.org
www.woodstockguild.org (residency – New York State)
www.yaddo.org (residency – New York State)
A ROOM OF HER OWN FOUNDATION
JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
MONEY FOR WOMEN /BARBARA DEMING MEMORIAL FUND, INC.
THE PUFFIN FOUNDATION, LTD.
SAMPLE LISTING OF GRANTS
This is a sampling of grants available to artists. For a complete listing, check www.nyfa.org. This site changes frequently as grants are added and/or discontinued. Before applying for any grant, contact the funder for current submission guidelines.
P.O. Box 778, Placitas, NM 87043 www.aroomofherownfoundation.org
The Foundation grants up to $50,000 in a Gift of Freedom Award payable over a two-year period to ONE qualified female artist. The grant alternates yearly between writers (fiction, creative nonfiction, literary journalism, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting) and visual artists (painting, sculpting, photography, mixed media).
AARON SISKIND FOUNDATION
c/o School of Visual Arts, MFA Photography, 209 E. 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
(609) 348-5650 www.aaronsiskind.org
Individual Photographer's Fellowships. The Aaron Siskind Foundation is offering a limited number of fellowship grants of up to $5,000 each for individuals working in photography-based media. Category: Photography
ADOLPH AND ESTHER GOTTLIEB FOUNDATION, INC. 380 West Broadway, New York, NY 10012
(212) 226-0581 www.gottliebfoundation.org
Individual Support Program: The Foundation wishes to encourage those artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and support the serious, fully-committed artist, and it hopes these individuals will consider applying. Categories: Painting, Sculpture. Award amount: $20,000
ARTISTS' FELLOWSHIP
47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
(646) 230-9833 www.artistsfellowship.com/home.html
Emergency funding. Most of the emergencies involve healthrelated issues, accidents, or bereavement, where financial hardship was evident. The Artists' Fellowship also assists elderly infirm artists with continuing support. Assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability, or bereavement.
ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE
116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10003
(212) 529-8021 www.astraeafoundation.org
Recognizes the work of contemporary lesbian artists by providing support to those who show artistic merit and share Astraea's commitment to lesbian visibility and social justice. Amount: $2,500
BLACK ROCK ARTS FOUNDATION
1900 3rd Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94128 (415) 626-1248 www.blackrock.org
The artist grants furnish artists with direct financial aid for the production and display of interactive art works, with particular emphasis on those artists whose goals and projects operate beyond the institutional mainstream.
CEC ARTSLINK
12 West 31st Street, Suite 400New York, NY 10001-4415 (212) 643-1985 www.cecip.org
ArtsLink Projects provide support to U.S. artists, curators, presenters and arts organizations undertaking projects in Central Europe, Russia and Eurasia. Applicants must be working with an artist or organization in that region and projects should be designed to benefit participants and audiences in both the U.S. and the host country. CEC ArtsLink can assist interested applicants in identifying contacts in the region. Award amount: $2,500-10,000
CHANGE, INC.
P.O. Box 54, Captiva, FL 33924 (212) 473-3742
Emergency Grants. One-time only emergency grants for professional artists across disciplines within the U.S.
CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION
65 Bleecker Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10012
(212) 598-9900 www.creative-capital.org
Creative Capital Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that supports artists pursuing innovative approaches to form and content in the media, performing, and visual arts, and in emerging fields.
JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016
(212) 687-4470 fellowships@gf.org
Guggenheim Fellowships are meant to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed. Award amount: $36,000
THE GUNK FOUNDATION
P.O. Box 333, Gardiner, NY 12525
(845) 255-8252 www.gunk.org
Ms. Nadine Lemmon, Grants Coordinator The Grants for Public Art Projects intend to challenge the current market-dominated system of art production and to move art out of the market and into the “public realm.” Category: Public Art. Award amount: up to $5,000
HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS
PO Box 518, Deer Isle, ME 04627
(207) 348-2306 www.haystack-mtn.org
Minority Scholarships. Established as a research and studio program in the arts, its mission is to teach fine craftsmanship, develop latent or inherent creative ability, and carry on research in connection with the crafts. Over the years this mission has been refined to include the investigation of crafts in an aesthetic
climate that honors tradition while acknowledging the rich potential of contemporary art.
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (IIE)
809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017-3580 (212) 984-5330 www.iie.org
Fulbright Program. The Fulbright Program is designed to give students, young professionals, and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience.
LIQUITEX ARTIST MATERIALS
11 Church Lane, P.O. Box 1396 Piscataway, NJ 08855 (732) 562-0770 www.liquitex.com
Excellence in Art Purchase Award. Awards totaling over $14,000 in cash and products will be made to artists demonstrating skill and creativity in the use of acrylic paints. Award amount: $500- $5,000
P.O. Box 630125, Bronx, NY 10463
Individual Artist Support Grants. The Money for Women Fund provides small grants ($500 - $1500) to individual feminist women in the arts whose work in some way focuses upon women. SASE, processing fee, application form, project description, budget, resume, work samples, artist statement. Award amount: $500-
$1,500
THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION
863 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
(212) 517-5400 www.pkf.org
International Grants to Visual Artists. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to individual visual artists of established ability through the generosity of the late Lee Krasner, one of the leading abstract expressionist painters and the widow of Jackson Pollock. Categories: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture.
GEORGE SUGARMAN FOUNDATION
448 Ignacio Blvd., #329, Novato, CA 94949
(415) 713-8167
To assist artists in the creation of their work. Award amounts are open, but the artist must provide a budget for the amount requested. Categories: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture. Send SASE for guidelines. Award amount: up to $10,000
LUDWIG VOGELSTEIN FOUNDATION, INC.
P.O. Box 510, Shelter Island, NY 11964-0510
Support Grants to Artists, Writers and Scholars provides funds to individuals in the arts and humanities; no scholarships, student aid, or faculty assistance granted. Contact by mail only, please. No telephone calls accepted. Send letter requesting application guidelines, enclose SASE. Award amount: up to $5,000.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE
330 Seventh Avenue, 21st Floor New York, NY 10001 (212) 629-0500 x215 www.jewishculture.org
Ronnie Heyman Prize for an Emerging Visual Artist. Recognizes and supports an emerging visual artist who is creating a body of work that reflects the Jewish experience. Award amount: $2,500
THE PUFFIN FOUNDATION, LTD.
Dept. B, 20 East Oakdene Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666-4198. (201) 836-8923 www.puffinfoundation.org
Grants to Emerging Artists. The Puffin Foundation Ltd. Makes grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, photography and literature whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. The Foundation does not have the means to fund large
film/documentary proposals, grants for travel, continuing education, or the writing or publishing of books. Award amount: $1,000-$2,500
SURDNA FOUNDATION
330 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor New York, NY 10017 (212) 557-0010 x254 www.surdna.org
Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program. A national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in specialized, public arts high schools. Fellows will design individualized courses of study that will provide both immersion in their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with
other professional artists in their fields. Award amount: $5,000
VISUAL AIDS
526 West 26th Street, #510, New York, NY 10001.
(212)627-9855 www.visualaids.org
Visual AIDS Artists Materials Grant. Artist Material Grants are awarded to Visual AIDS active members, who are low income artists in need of financial assistance in obtaining materials for their artwork. Award amount: $300
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK
SAMPLE LISTING OF RESIDENCIES
This is a sampling of residencies available to artists. For a complete listing, check www.nyfa.org . This site changes frequently as grants are added and/or discontinued. Before applying for any grant, contact the funder for current submission guidelines.
P.O. Box 177, Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
(207) 288-3338 Acadia_information@nps.gov
Artist-in-Residence Program. The National Park Services offers opportunities for two-dimensional visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, composers, and craft artists to live and work in the parks.
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS
P.O. Box 567, 556 Parkway Gatlinburg, TN 37738-0567
(865) 436-5860 info@arrowmont.org
The Horn Fellowship provides housing, private studio, basic equipment, professional development, optional teaching opportunities, and some meals for an 11-month residency at Arrowmont. The recipient will be one of five residents selected for the Artists-in-Residence program.
ARTPARK
450 South Fourth Street, Lewiston, NY 14092
(716) 754-9000 http://www.artpark.net
Artist Residencies. Individual studio space free of charge and reasonable housing, a clay studio, a forge, an etching press, and an enameling kiln are available to artists for two or three week residencies.
CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK
59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498
(845) 679-9957 www.cwp.org
Each year the Center invites 5 artists and 1 writer/curator of color to participate in Woodstock A-I-R in Woodstock, New York. The program was created to secure opportunities for artists of color working in the photographic arts and guarantee an open forum for their work and ideas. Award amount: $5,000
CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS ASSOCIATION
3934 SW Corbett Avenue, Portland, OR 97201
(503) 223-2654
Halvorsen Residency in Clay. An annual award to be given to an outstanding or emerging artist for a six to twelve month long residency in the Association's studio facility for the purpose of creative research and experimentation in ceramic art.
LOWER EAST SIDE PRINTSHOP, INC.
306 West 37th Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10018
(212) 673-5390 www.printshop.org
Fully Sponsored Keyholder Residency. The Fully Sponsored Keyholder Program is a free, project-based residency that offers printmakers 24-hour access to a fully equipped professional studio. These residencies are three months long and nonrenewable. Participating artists have access to a wide variety of resources and opportunities including: Free use of non-toxic solvents, tools, and basic supplies; access to the Printshop's Resource Library; Internet presence; inclusion in the Printshop's Print and Slide Archive; sales and exhibition opportunities.
THE MARIE WALSH SHARPE ART FOUNDATION
830 North Tejon Street, Suite 120 Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 635-3220 www.sharpartfdn.org
Space Program provides artists with studio space in New York City for a period of 1 year.
NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NEFA)
266 Summer Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02210
(617) 951-0010 www.nefa.org
Art & Community Landscapes. Artist residency program that addresses local and regional environmental concerns through site-specific art projects. Projects created by ACL resident artists may include temporary art installations, exhibitions, interpretive media, festivals, or other works informed by the sites and communities of the project's region.
SMACK MELLON STUDIOS
56 Water Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 834-8761 www.smackmellon.org
Artist Studio Program. Smack Mellon Studios offers studio space to eligible artists for a one-year period. The program provides artists working in all media - studios, workshop facilities, technical support and high-speed Internet access. The Studio Program is a separate program from the Exhibition Program. Studio artists are generally not given an exhibition in the gallery. The public is invited in to view work twice annually during open studios. Curators and dealers make planned studio visits with the artists