Are Artist Initiative grants for specific projects or are they for continuing to do ongoing work?
. Artist Initiative grants need to be used for a specific career building, professional development, or artistic development project. The project needs to help the artist move his or her ongoing work forward in some new way. For example, artists have received Artist Initiative grants to learn or explore a new dimension their work or artform; to collaborate with another artist or incorporate new media into their work; to exhibit or perform work in a place or a way that helps them reach a new audience. How important is the grant narrative (what the applicant writes about the project / work the grant is meant to fund)? To apply for a grant, artists need to submit four things: a simple application form (its only two pages!), samples of their artistic work, an artist plan, and a resume. The work samples and artist plan are the most important pieces of the application. Artistic quality is the most important thing the Arts Board considers. Its important to submit high-quality work samples tha
