Individual Artist Fellowships

Individual Artist Fellowships is sponsored by Mid Atlantic Arts. Fellowship grants for individual artists in categories including Film/Video Digital/Electronic, supporting time-based, interactive, or kinetic work with technology, virtual/augmented reality, and emerging forms.

Explore Opportunities - Mid Atlantic Arts Mid Atlantic Arts’ accessibility convenings and training opportunities support our commitment to greater accessibility in the arts and cultural sector of the mid-Atlantic region. Varies across program Performing Arts Presenter Federally-recognized Indian tribal government All U.S. States and Territories Image: Lead Peer Session. Credit: Courtesy, National Endowment for the Arts.

ArtsCONNECT supports performing arts touring projects collaboratively developed by presenters working together in the mid-Atlantic region. The tours include performances as well as complementary engagement activities designed to create greater understanding or connections between artists, audiences, and communities.

Paused Folklife & Traditional Arts Performing Arts Presenter Federally-recognized Indian tribal government Image: Cirque Kalabante leads a drumming workshop at Virginia Tech. Credit: Courtesy of Virginia Tech.

CALT Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships The Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships honor, celebrate, and support foodways tradition bearers and practitioners in Central Appalachia who have made significant contributions to sustaining and supporting the foodways heritage of their communities.

Open Folklife & Traditional Arts Appalachian Counties of OH, VA, and WV CALT Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship The Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowships honor, celebrate, and support storytellers representing Appalachian counties of Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Open Folklife & Traditional Arts Appalachian Counties of OH, VA, and WV Image: The 2023 Fellows gathered at the National Association of Black Storyteller’s Conference in Salt Lake City. Credit: Courtesy Taylor Burden.

CALT Community Anchors Initiative The CALT Folk Arts and Culture Community Anchors Initiative provides targeted support to select communities in the region, with the goal of dramatically impacting the sustainability of traditional practice and cultural knowledge in each community. Folklife & Traditional Arts Appalachian Counties of OH, VA, and WV Image: Toni Doman, left, and KT Vandyke practice backstage at the Richmond Folk Festival.

Credit: Pat Jarrett/Virginia Humanities. CALT Emerging Traditional Artists Program The Central Appalachia Living Traditions (CALT) Emerging Traditional Artists Program (ETAP) provides Appalachian traditional artists with resources to take their practice to the next level. Artists should be in the early stages of their practice and demonstrate a strong commitment to and understanding of their traditional art form.

Closed Folklife & Traditional Arts Folk/Traditional Crafts and Visual Arts Appalachian Counties of OH, VA, and WV Image: Close up of hands using a chisel while working a lathe..

Central Appalachia Living Traditions (CALT) Experiences grants fund public-facing projects and events in ARC-designated Appalachian counties of Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia that bring community members together around folk and traditional arts practice and cultural knowledge.

Closed Folklife & Traditional Arts Performing Arts Presenter Federally-recognized Indian tribal government Appalachian Counties of OH, VA, and WV Credit: Excited students at The Wade Center, WV, after-school program learn West-African drumming from master djembéfola (djembe player) Adama Dembele from Ivory Coast, West Africa. Credit: Tara Wyatt.

Cultural Sustainability: Community Roots Cultural Sustainability, a new grant program offered by the six U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs) in partnership with The Wallace Foundation, provides general operating support to arts organizations rooted in communities of color with annual operating expenses under $500,000.

Closed Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Individual Artist Fellowships provide funding to Delaware creative artists to fulfill needs that will allow them to advance in their careers. Open Folklife & Traditional Arts Image: Work from four DDOA Fellows. Credit: Courtesy DDOA.

Folk and Traditional Arts Folk and traditional arts reflect the aesthetics, practices, values, and beliefs of community groups, such as families, geographic communities, occupational groups, ethnic heritage groups, faith communities, and more.

Varies across program Folklife & Traditional Arts Performing Arts Presenter Federally-recognized Indian tribal government Appalachian Counties of OH, VA, and WV Image: Handmade Music School engagement. Credit: Dylan Locke.

Folk and Traditional Arts Community Projects Grants The Folk and Traditional Arts Community Projects grants fund projects designed to support the vitality of traditional arts and cultural communities in the mid-Atlantic region. Folklife & Traditional Arts Performing Arts Presenter Federally-recognized Indian tribal government Image: Elvira Clayton in her studio during her residency at The Watermill Center.

She is working on a textile-based sculpture for her ongoing project, Cotton and Rice. Credit: Phil Lehans. Jazz Road is an artist-centric touring and residency grants program to spread jazz throughout the country, strengthen work opportunities and compensation for jazz artists, and bolster deeper engagement between jazz musicians, presenters and communities.

Varies across program All U.S. States and Territories The Jazz Touring Network (JTN) is a presenter-based membership program that supports professional development, building partnerships, and working together to curate tours that reflect the richness of the field of jazz.

Open Performing Arts Presenter Federally-recognized Indian tribal government Image: Marc Cary's Go Go Project performs at Malcolm X Park for NEXTfest 2021 with support from Jazz Touring Network member CapitalBop, DC. Credit: Viva Ventura.

Mid Atlantic Presenter Initiatives Mid Atlantic Presenter Initiatives (MAPI), formerly Special Presenter Initiatives, supports performing arts engagements including public performance and community engagement at small and mid-size arts and community organizations, with budgets under $3 million. MAPI is open to presenters across the Mid Atlantic region.

Folklife & Traditional Arts Performing Arts Presenter Federally-recognized Indian tribal government Image: Ayreheart in concert at the Delmarva Folk Festival. (l to r) Ronn McFarlane, lute; Mathias Rucht, percussion; Will Morris, violin. Credit: Carlos Holmes.

Mid Atlantic Tours brings exemplary performing arts ensembles to communities across the mid-Atlantic region. Closed Folklife & Traditional Arts Federally-recognized Indian tribal government Performing Arts Presenter Image: Plena Libre performs as part of the Cultural Events Series at Frostburg State University. Credit: Kyle A.

Ganson. New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded to practicing New Jersey artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals. Closed Folklife & Traditional Arts Image: New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellow Helen O'Leary, Safe House series, Credit: Courtesy of the Artist.

Performing Arts Global Exchange Open to presenters nationwide, the Performing Arts Global Exchange (PAGE) is an annually curated roster of international performing artists selected to tour to communities across the United States.

Closed Folklife & Traditional Arts Performing Arts Presenter Federally-recognized Indian tribal government All U.S. States and Territories Image: Luedji Luna performs at the 2024 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival. Credit: Eternal Lens Media. Philly Jazz Month 2025 is more than a celebration—it’s a movement.

With electrifying performances, immersive workshops, and dynamic educational programs, this citywide initiative unites communities, uplifts local artists, and keeps Philadelphia’s jazz heritage alive. Graphics for Philly Jazz Month. A musician plays trumpet while the words Jazz Month are stacked down the left side.

The right side has the words Philly Jazz Month in a stamp box. Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation contest that encourages high school students to memorize and recite great poems. It is a joint program of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.

Mid Atlantic Arts produces the finals competition during which state and territorial winners from the United States compete for more than $100,000 in prizes. All U.S. States and Territories Image: The top three Poetry Out Loud National finalists. From left: Madison Harris, Edward Wilson Jr., and Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri.

Credit: James Kegley Photography. USArtists International® supports in-person performances by artists from any state or territory in the U.S. at engagements at international festivals, global presenting arts markets, and other eligible engagements outside of the United States. Closed Folklife & Traditional Arts All U.S. States and Territories Image: A.

I. M by Kyle Abraham dancers, Catherine Kirk and Donovan Reed, performing in "Cassette VOL. 1," choreographed by Kyle Abraham at The International Summer Festival in Germany.

Credit: Christopher Duggan. Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color supports folklife and traditional arts rooted in communities of color by investing in artists/practitioners and the grassroots organizations that care for them.

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