The Wilson Arts is seeking applications for its Individual Artist Recovery Grant Program to provide financial-economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to members of Wilson County’s arts and cultural community.
Donor Name: Wilson Arts
State: North Carolina
County: Wilson County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000 – $10,000
Grant Duration: 11 Months
Details:
Individual artist grants are for specific projects or programs that include a community engagement component, focused on economic recovery with a measurable impact. Individual artist grants to support work in all artistic disciplines including Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Theater, Literature, or Media/Multi-Media.
Individual artists can apply for grants for specific projects or programs that include:
- A community engagement component
- Priority will be given to those projects/programs that assist underserved communities that are limited by ethnicity, economics, geography, or disability with a lens on equity, inclusion, and fairness
- There must be a measurable impact and a means of measuring.
Funding Information
- Wilson Arts has a total amount of $40,000 to award to individual artists.
- Project Grant Amounts: $1,000 – $10,000.
Grant Period
Project Program Period: July 1, 2022 – May 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be at least 18 years of age.
- Applicant must be a legal resident of Wilson County and is expected to continue their residency in Wilson County during the grant period (proof of residency required).
- Applicant must have a Social Security Number.
- Applicant must be a practicing artist, artisan, curator, or cultural producer who is actively creating, curating, or producing work and has demonstrated success in the arts through the creation/curation of high-quality work and/or contributions to the field. Self-taught artists are welcome to apply as long as they meet all other criteria.
- The applicant has at least a two-year history of creating art and presenting it in public physical and/or virtual spaces.
- Organizations and entities should apply to the Wilson Arts Recovery Grants for Organizations. This opportunity is for individuals who identify as artists.
- Individual Artist Grant Program Applications must be complete in order to be eligible.
- Individuals who are debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from receiving federal assistance are not eligible.
- Individuals who have overdue taxes are not eligible.
For more information, visit Wilson Arts Recovery Grants for Individual Artists.