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Independent Master Artist Projects Grant Program is sponsored by City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. The COLA-IMAP Grant Program allows accomplished artists to create new “mid-career” solo work with the freedom to re-focus on themselves and their core impulses.
This grant honors a spectrum of the City's avant-garde artists dedicated to an ongoing body of excellent work, representing a relevant progression through their pieces, exemplifying a generation of core ideas in their field, and respected by their peers. Performing artists, including musicians who wish to compose and perform individual music works, are eligible.
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Search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Individual artists in Los Angeles who are dedicated to an ongoing body of excellent work, represent a relevant progression through their pieces or series over the past 15 years (or 8 years for a dancer/choreographer), exemplify a generation of core ideas in their field, and are respected by their peers. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $10,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Independent Master Artist Projects Grant Program is funded by City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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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.
The Local Cultural Council Program is a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council distributing $1,000 to $10,000 through a statewide network of 329 Local Cultural Councils (LCCs) representing every city and town in the Commonwealth. Each LCC awards funds based on local community cultural needs as assessed by council members. Eligible applicants include artists, nonprofits, schools, and organizations pursuing arts, humanities, and science projects. Applications are submitted directly to local councils and are typically due by October 16. Grants from most LCCs are reimbursement-based. Massachusetts Cultural Council funds the LCCs centrally, which then regrant to community projects.