The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) is pleased to announce Artists’ Business Initiative Grants to support artist-driven, arts-based business initiatives that provide career satisfaction & sustainability for South Carolina artists.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC)
State: South Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/15/2022
Grant Size: up to $5,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Artists’ Business Initiative grants encourage and enable the creation, expansion, or modification of artist-driven, arts-based business initiatives that will provide career satisfaction and sustainability for South Carolina artists.
South Carolina artists (individuals and collaboratives) may use ABI funding to help launch a new arts-based business initiative (or significantly alter an existing initiative) that will operate in an ongoing manner, or to help execute a temporary business initiative (a one-time occurrence or single purchase) that will provide career satisfaction and sustainability.
Funding Information
- Grant Period July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024
- Up to $3,500 for a one-time business occurrence/single purchase; up to $5,000 for an ongoing business initiative
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant must meet all of the following eligibility requirements.
- Be a practicing artist in one of the following disciplines:
- Dance (choreography or performance)
- Music (production or performance)
- Opera/musical theatre
- Theatre (acting or playwriting)
- Visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, or printmaking)
- Crafts (clay, fiber, glass, leather, metal, paper, plastic, wood, or mixed media)
- Photography
- Design arts (architecture, fashion, graphic, industrial, or interior)
- Media arts (production, including animation; or screenwriting)
- Literature (poetry or prose)
- Spoken word/slam poetry
- Time-based arts (installation, sound, experimental film, video art, computer-based technology, or performance art)
- Be an artist starting their career, who has been active for one to five years.
- Be a legal resident of the U.S. and S.C., with a permanent residence in the state for at least one year prior to the application and throughout the grant period.
- Be 18 years of age or older at the time of application.
- Not be a degree-seeking student during the grant period.
Restrictions
- Past recipients of the ABI grant may not reapply.
For more information, visit South Carolina Arts Commission.