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Individual Artist Fellowships (various states) is sponsored by Various State Arts Councils (e.g., California Arts Council, Maryland State Arts Council, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Minnesota State Arts Board, Mississippi Arts Commission). Many state arts councils offer individual artist fellowships to support artists residing in their respective states.
These programs aim to encourage artistic excellence and professional development across various disciplines, often including visual arts.
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New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships - Mid Atlantic Arts Mid Atlantic provides administrative support for the Individual Artist Fellowship program for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded to practicing New Jersey artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals.
Mid Atlantic Arts administers the application submission, review, and post-award process on behalf of New Jersey State Council on the Arts though an ongoing partnership. This includes applicant notification, administration of the individual grants, and final reporting. Applications are now CLOSED for the 2027 program year.
CLOSED: Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 5PM ET Categories Offered for the 2027 Fellowships Playwriting/Screenwriting For information purposes only – the deadline for this program has passed. Rules & Instructions are available in both PDF and Word formats below.
Download the Individual Artist Fellowship Rules & Instructions as a PDF (link opens in a new window) Download the Individual Artist Fellowship Rules & Instructions as an accessible Word document (click link to download) Descargue las Pautas de becas para artistas individuales en formato PDF (el enlace se abre en una ventana nueva) Descargue las Pautas de becas para artistas individuales como un documento de Word accesible (haga clic en el enlace para descargar) Tenga en cuenta: las solicitudes deben enviarse en inglés.
For this program, Mid Atlantic Arts works with a panel of independent reviewers to recommend applications for funding. To be considered as a panelist for this and other programs, complete our Panelist Interest Form. You only need to complete the form once to be considered for multiple programs.
Click here to access the Panelist Interest Form. Applicants who submitted a 2027 application will be notified in writing of the State Arts Council’s decision by March 1, 2027. Need to update your contact information?
Email Mid Atlantic Arts staff at Fellowships@midatlanticarts. org . Be the first to know about opportunities from Mid Atlantic Arts by signing up for our eNewsletter and opting in for electronic announcements.
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The current listing shows varies by state (e.g., $5,000 - $50,000 for California, $1,000 - $6,000 for Maryland, $3,000 - $32,000 for New Jersey). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Individual Artist Fellowships (various states) is funded by Various State Arts Councils (e.g., California Arts Council, Maryland State Arts Council, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Minnesota State Arts Board, Mississippi Arts Commission). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Svane Family Foundation Culture Forward Grants is a $5 million grant initiative from the Svane Family Foundation that supports arts and culture projects attracting families, students, and young professionals to Downtown San Francisco. The program is open to individual artists, artist collectives, and arts and culture organizations. Applications opened January 7, 2025, and remain open on a rolling basis through 2027, with projects reviewed and awarded quarterly. The next application deadline is 11:59 PM on March 1, 2026. Applicants may submit one application per quarterly grant cycle and are eligible to reapply in subsequent cycles. Interested applicants should review the grant guidelines and watch the application tutorial before submitting through the Svane Family Foundation Submission Manager.
Artist Support Grant (North Carolina) is sponsored by Various state arts agencies (e.g., in Florida, Idaho, North Carolina). This regional grant program provides direct support to individual artists for professional and artistic development, either to enhance their skills and abilities to create work, or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring the work to audiences.
On August 14, 2026, the California Arts Council approved nearly $24.6 million across 1,200 grant awards. Buried in the release is a rare thing: before-and-after data showing exactly how much the ranked-priority bonus moved the pool. Small organizations went from 53% of applicants to 72% of awardees. Geography moved 19 points. First-time status barely moved at all. Here is what that means for the 2027 cycle.
Read articleNEA's FY2027 Partnership Agreement Grants (2027NEA04PA) put $59 million into 56 state arts agencies with a September 29, 2026 deadline. No individual arts nonprofit can apply. But this is the channel through which most NEA dollars actually reach small organizations — and the supplanting rule and 1-to-1 state cost share determine how much reaches yours.
Read articleOn August 26, 2026, the NEA, NEH and IMLS jointly rescinded the disparate-impact provisions of 45 CFR Part 1110. No comment period, no delayed effective date, and an admission buried in the preamble: across FY2020 through FY2024 the agencies ran zero disparate-impact-only investigations. Here is what actually changes for grantees — and what does not.
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