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Emergency Relief Funds for Traditional Artists & Culture Bearers is sponsored by Southwest Folklife Alliance. Provides emergency relief awards to traditional artists and culture bearers in Arizona who are in need of support. The fund aims to provide direct support to artists and culture/heritage practitioners facing vulnerabilities.
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Emergency Relief Funds for Traditional Artists & Culture Bearers - Southwest Folklife Alliance Folkloric dancing at Tucson Meet Yourself. Photo by Steven Meckler COVID-19 has revealed deep vulnerabilities within many of those we serve.
To provide direct support to these artists and culture/heritage practitioners, we’ve launched the Traditional Artist & Culture Bearer Emergency Relief Fund with support from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and individual donors, including over $5000 from community members on Arizona Gives Day.
We are primarily funding traditional artists and culture bearers between 40 and 65+ years of age, who are living in remote or historically marginalized neighborhoods in Arizona.
Via phone surveys we’ve conducted, we have heard such stories as: “We are currently two months behind on our mortgage … We also don’t have internet access at home, I have to take the girls to a friends house to be able to do school work, even before the pandemic internet access seemed like a luxury in our household, now our daughters aren’t able to be connected to the outside world because we don’t have internet access, it’s devastating.
” “I need immediate assistance with money for my utility bills, for wood, also need basic necessitates like grocery items and paper products (tissue, toilet paper)” “No income, limited access to resources. No access to gloves, face masks other disinfectant items. ” We are making $500 emergency relief awards traditional artists & culture bearers in Arizona.
APPLY for funds here. SFA will make awards of $500 to artists in need of support who have not already received funds from SFA or the Arizona Commission on the Arts. DONATE to this fund here.
We thank you! Other resources that may be of use to artists, culture bearers, small business owners and others is here .
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Traditional artists and culture bearers in Arizona, ages 40–65+, living in remote or historically marginalized neighborhoods, who have not previously received funds from SFA or the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $500. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Emergency Relief Funds for Traditional Artists & Culture Bearers is funded by Southwest Folklife Alliance. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Arizona. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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Jerome Early-Career Project Grants is a grant from Forecast Public Art, funded by the Jerome Foundation, that funds the creation of new public art projects by early-career artists based in Minnesota. Two grants of $8,000 each are awarded annually to support temporary or permanent public artworks anywhere in Minnesota. Projects may be supported by public or nonprofit agencies but private commissions are not eligible, and a secured project site is required at the time of application. The program places special emphasis on supporting BIPOC and Native artists, LGBTQIA+ artists, women artists, immigrant artists, rural artists, and artists with disabilities. Eligible applicants are Minnesota-based individual artists with 2–10 years of generative experience. The application deadline was October 15, 2025.
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