Fellowships 

 

Fellowship awards $7,500 to practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability. The Fellowship is a merit-based, not a project-based award. Fellowship recipients must present a Meet the Artist Event to a community that has little or no access to the artist and their work.

Fellowships are awarded in two-year cycles: Music, Media, Literature and Crafts disciplines are awarded in odd-numbered years (2009). Emerging Fields & Cross-Disciplinary, Performing, Visual and Traditional & Folk Arts Fellowships are awarded in even-numbered years (2010). A selection panel of three artists and arts professionals in each discipline select the Fellowship recipients.

As a full-time studio artist, a grant makes a profound difference in the scale, ambition, and experimental edge that I can bring to the work.  - Beth Cavener Stichter, Whitman, Craft

 For many writers like myself the path of writing is undertaken primarily as a calling with only secondary considerations for monetary reward. Both the funding and recognition are of considerable importance.  - Mike O’Connor, Port Townsend, Literary

Application Deadlines
The 2009 Fellowship Application Deadline has past.
Click here to dowload the complete 2009 Fellowship Award Guidelines

Winter 2010 - Emerging Fields & Cross-Disciplinary, Performing, Visual and Traditional & Folk Artists may apply

2011 - Music, Media, Literature and Craft Artists may apply

Grant writing tips
Including: digital images, resumes, artist statement, audio work samples, literature and theater manuscripts, video/dvd work samples, as well as general grant writing tips. 

Grant Writing Workshops
Artist Trust offers free grant writing workshops throughout the year, around the state. To view current workshop schedule click here.

Eligibility
Applicants must be a practicing artist, 18 years of age or older by application deadline date, a generative artist, and a resident of Washington State at the time of application and when the award is granted. Applicants may NOT be a graduate or undergraduate matriculated student enrolled in any degree program. See application for more information on eligibility.

How to Receive an Application and Guidelines
(Available two months prior to the deadline date)

  • Applications are available online only.  Artist Trust members automatically receive guidelines by mail. Join!

  • Non-members may request paper guidelines by sending a self-addressed, stamped, business-sized envelope to:

    Artist Trust
    Attn: GAP
    1835 12th Avenue
    Seattle, WA 98122-2437
  • To be notified when applications are open, please subscribe to (re)Source.
  • Visit Artist Trust's office to pick up guidelines and look at examples of successful applications.

Recipients
To see past Fellowship recipients click here.

Statistics
To view statistics about the Fellowship applicants click here.

Panelists
To view past panelists click here.

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