Are You A Photography Artist Looking For A Grant?

A photography artist has been awarded a grant that will make it possible for his book project to become more than just a dream! His project involves showcasing local area artists.

You can find out more about the artist, his project and about how to sign up for the artist's mailing list by going to his website. (*What is interesting to note here is that this artist has an online business website that has to do with his photography

After having met so many interesting and creative people in his own area it was hard for this artist to believe that there was such little publicity and promotion about the artistic folks right there in his own backyard. Seeing an opportunity, he decided he wanted to take on a self-driven project to photograph 20 of the area's creative and talented artists in their studios or workspaces. He wanted to meet with and collaborate with these artists to create interesting images that would tell a little bit about them as artsy people living and working. Ideally he wanted to create a book and have a show of the final images to exhibit some of the brilliance that his local area had hidden away.

As his project unfolded and he met with these gifted artists and became very excited and pleased with the way the images were coming together. Then a harsh realization settled in when he realized that this undertaking was going to cost him some real money to produce.

So the artist discussed the project with several friends and mentors, they mentioned to him that there was grant money to be awarded to area artists from a local organization. This was just what he needed to make this project come to life. He went to the meetings about the grants and made appointments to meet representatives from the organization and discuss his project and get feedback about how to apply for the grant. After many hours of research, writing, and discussion, the application was complete and submitted. The wait was on.

Update - The artist is pleased to announce that the letter arrived in the mail just a few days ago, and he has been awarded the grant! This funding will make it possible for this project to become more than an idea.

Funded and administered by a local organization this grant program awards up to five $3,500 fellowships to creative and performing artists who have resided in the city for a minimum of two years. Fellowships support creative development in five areas:

• visual arts
  
  
• literature
  
  
• theater
  
  
• dance
  
  
• music

Interested applicants should contact the organization by phone or by visiting their offices.

Grant Program For Hispanic and Latino Artists

Hispanic and Latino artists will receive an

unrestricted grant

What is that? An unrestrictive grant means that the artist can use their grant award for anything!

Artists at any stage of career development may be nominated. To be considered for fellowships, artists must be:

• 21 years of age or older
  
  
• U.S. citizens or legal residents in any U.S. state.

Artists must have the following:

• Expert artistic skills
  
  
• Received artistic education or training (formal or informal
  
  
• Attempted to derive income from those skills
  
  
• Been actively engaged in creating artwork and presenting it to the public

This grant program supports artists in all career stages, including emerging and mid-career artists, as well as individuals who have achieved master artist status. The grants will be awarded across a broad array of disciplines:

• Architecture and Design
  
  
• Crafts and Traditional Arts
  
  
• Dance
  
  
• Literature (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry)
  
  
• Media (film, media, and radio)
  
  
• Music
  
  
• Theater Arts
  
  
• Visual Arts

Artist Applications

Nominated artists are notified of their nominations and encouraged to apply. Artists are required to fill out a simple online application.

What is the grant award amount of this

unrestrictive

grant award?

$50,000.00!

A Grant Program To Help Fund Your Film?

I don't know if you have noticed it or not but a lot of the shows that you see on public television have received funding to produce them.

If you are a film producer or filmmaker then you should know that there are grant programs out there that provide funding.

For instance:

There is a grant program which is very interesting because they don't have a limit as to how much grant money you can apply for. (This does not mean that you should be greedy about it if you are going to apply for this grant program!)

This funding program is open to independent producers, individuals or other entities producing television, film, or video. Any genre welcome. For single programs of standard broadcast length; new productions or works-in-progress and programs that can be completed within a year of contract.

Applications are excepted twice a year.