Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Awards

Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Awards is sponsored by Rasmuson Foundation. The Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Awards program provides grants to individual artists living and working in Alaska to support the development of their artistic practice.

Individual Artist Awards Program | Rasmuson Foundation Applications are currently closed. Project Awards will open in 2027. Rasmuson Foundation honors the merit and significance of a life dedicated to serious artistic exploration and growth.

We believe an artist’s energy, ideas and creative drive cannot bear fruit without time devoted to experimentation, education and personal reflection. We also acknowledge artists need opportunities to explore at various stages of their artistic careers. The Individual Artist Awards provide Alaska artists funding to support the time, reflection, immersion or experimentation beneficial to the development of their artistry.

It is our hope that these investments result in substantial contributions to Alaska’s culture, the vibrancy of our communities and to art itself. Applications are currently closed. Project Awards will reopen in 2027.

Pictured: “How I Wonder Where You Are,” an interior view of beadwork by Beth Blankenship Our award programs for individual artists living and working in Alaska include: Up to 50 awards of $10,000 for emerging, mid-career, and established artists in all disciplines for specific, short-term projects that have a clear benefit to the artist and the development of their work. Project Awards will reopen in 2027.

Up to 20 awards of $25,000 for mid-career or established artists to focus their energy and attention for a one-year period on developing their creative work. F ellowship applications are currently closed Distinguished Artist Award A single $50,000 annual award for an established artist of recognized stature with a history of creative excellence and accomplishment in the arts. Nominations are currently closed.

Qaspeq Project honors missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls Amber Webb calls attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women through her art. She received an Individual Artist Project Award in 2018. Lesson from a master: Never weave angry The most significant turning point in Delores Churchill’s life came in her 40s, when it sunk in that traditional Haida weaving was endangered.

Power and passion in percussion Gail Jackson didn’t turn to a gong until she was 52 years old, but music was always intertwined with her life.