Grants and Funding
Individual Artist Grants
The Gunk Foundation Grants for Public Art
http://www.gunk.org/
The Gunk Foundation is interested in supporting projects
that make it out of the museum, gallery and alternative spaces, and into
the spaces of daily life. For example, work that is shown in the spaces
of public transportation, city streets, or work places and is seen by
people "outside" of the art and academic worlds. The Foundation is
looking for non-traditional, thought-provoking public work that is site
specific. PLEASE NOTE: The Grants for Public Art Program has been
temporarily suspended.
The Aaron Siskind Individual Photographers Fellowship
Grants
http://www.aaronsiskind.org/grant.html
The Aaron Siskind Foundation is offering a limited number
of fellowship grants of up to $5,000 each for individuals working in
still photography and photography-based media. Applicants must be
citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
The Alexia Foundation for World Peace
http://www.alexiafoundation.org/
The Alexia Foundation for World Peace Annual Photography
Contest offers grants to students and professionals for the production
of a proposed project. The Alexia Foundation seeks to provide the
financial ability for a photographer to produce a substantial picture
story that furthers the foundation's goals of promoting world peace and
cultural understanding.
The Gordon Parks International Photo Competition
http://www.gordonparkscenter.org/photocontest.asp
Fort Scott Community College began the Gordon Parks
Photography Competition to honor Fort Scott's most famous photographer,
Gordon Parks. Each year the Committee awards prizes of $1,000, $500, and
$250 to photographers whose images reflect important themes in the life
and the work of Gordon Parks, such as social injustice, the suffering
of others, and family values.
College Art Association
http://www.collegeart.org/fellowships
The CAA's Professional Development Fellowship for Master
of Fine Arts Candidates was initiated to help M.F.A. students to bridge
the gap between graduate study and professional careers. Fellows are
honored with a one-time grant of $15,000 to help them with various
aspects of their work.
Art Opportunities Monthly
http://www.artopportunitiesmonthly.com
Lists art competitions, fellowships, residencies, etc. A
subscription is $20.00 per year.
Artist Help Network
http://www.artisthelpnetwork.com/index.asp
This website is designed to help artists take control of
their careers, and lists grants, funding opportunities, and residencies.
The Center for Documentary Studies
http://cds.aas.duke.edu/grants/index.html
Duke University seeks applications for the annual $20,000
Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, awarded to a collaborative team
consisting of a writer and photographer who are in the formative or
fieldwork stage of a documentary project.
The Fund for Women Artists
http://www.womenarts.org/fund/
This website has a list of aproximately 200 funding
sources.
Langlois Foundation
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/
The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and
Technology annually awards two grants to individuals making an
exceptional contribution to advancing knowledge at the crossroads of
art, science, and technology, or to individuals whose projects are
highly original or innovative. Projects proposed by scientific
researchers, computer scientists, or engineers must involve a
partnership with an artist.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
http://pkf.org/grant.html
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation's dual criteria for grants
are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need,
whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation's mission is to
aid, internationally, those individuals who have as professional artists
over a significant period of time. The Foundations welcome, throughout
the year, applications from visuals artists who are painters, sculptors,
and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no
deadlines.
Women's Studio Workshop
http://www.wsworkshop.org/_art_opp/artopp.htm
WSW offers a variety of grants, fellowships, and residency
opportunities for artists working in printmaking, papermaking, book
arts and ceramics.
Puffin Foundation
http://www.puffinfoundation.org
Puffin Foundation Grants are open to emerging artists in
the fields of art, photography, music, theater, dance and literature
whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have
difficulty being aired. Average Puffin Foundation grants range from
$1,000 to $2,500.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
http://www.hsf.net/scholarships.aspx?id=466
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund / McNamara Framily Creative
Arts Project Grant is designed to provide financial resources to
outstanding Latino undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a
creative arts related field: media, film, performing arts,
communications, writing, etc. This grant is only intended to assist
students in beginning and completing an art project. Students may be
potentially eligible for grants up to $20,000.
Art Serve
http://www.artservemichigan.org/education/index
Art Serve Michigan is not giving out grants at this time,
but has a list of other grant opportunities on this webpage.
