GRANTS FOR ARTISTS

ASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL
6 West 48th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10036-1802
Tel:212.843.0403
http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org
The Asian Cultural Council supports cultural exchange between Asia and the United States in the performing and visual arts, primarily by providing individual fellowship grants to artists, scholars, students, and specialists from Asia for study, research, travel and creative work in the United States. Some grants are also awarded to Americans engaged in similar activities in Asia and to arts organizations and educational institutions for specific projects of particular significance to Asian-American cultural exchange.

BLACK ROCK ARTS FOUNDATION
1900 3rd Street, 1st Floor, San Francisco, CA 94128
Tel: 415.626.1248
http://www.blackrockarts.org
To support and promote community-based interactive art and civic participation. For our purposes, interactive art means art that generates social participation. The process whereby this art is created, the means by which it is displayed and the character of the work itself should inspire immediate actions that connect people to one another in a larger communal context.

COMMUNITY ARTIST
National Museum of the American Indian
George Gustav Heye Center, 1 Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004
Tel: 212.514.3700
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
The National Museum of the American Indian shall recognize and affirm to Native communities and the non-Native public the historical and contemporary culture and cultural achievements of the Natives of the Western Hemisphere by advancing—in consultation, collaboration, and cooperation with Natives—knowledge and understanding of Native cultures, including art, history, and language, and by recognizing the museum's special responsibility, through innovative public programming, research and collections, to protect, support, and enhance the development, maintenance, and perpetuation of Native culture and community.

CREATIVE CAPITAL
Creative Capital Foundation, 65 Bleecker St. 7th Fl. New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212.598.9900
http://www.creative-capital.org
It acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields. We are committed to working in partnership with the artists whom we fund, providing advisory services and professional development assistance along with multi-faceted financial aid and promotional support throughout the life of each Creative Capital project.

EMILY HALL TREMAINE EXHIBITION AWARD
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc.
290 Pratt Street, Meriden,CT 06450
Tel: 203.639.5544
http://www.tremainefoundation.org
the Tremaine Foundation seeks to support the creation of thematic art exhibitions that are experimental, challenging, and focused. The award is not intended to provide funding for exhibitions already scheduled but to stimulate the development of a new idea. Museum curators and qualified individuals in partnership with an established nonprofit exhibition space are eligible to apply.

FILMMAKERS FUND AWARD
Power Up
419 N. Larchmont Blvd., #283, Los Angeles,CA 90004
Tel: 323.463.3154
http://www.power-up.net
To promote the visibility and integration of gay women in entertainment, the arts, and all forms of media. POWER UP's members are women and men, gay and straight, who share a singular purpose - to promote diversity by supporting our mission.

JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION
1201 15th St. NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202.653.9800
http://www.jusfc.gov
Each year leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States spend six months in Japan as part of the United States/Japan Creative Artists' Program. They go as seekers, as cultural visionaries, and as living liaisons to the traditional and contemporary cultural life of Japan.

JEROME FOUNDATION, INC
400 Sibley Street Suite 125,St. Paul, MN 55101-1928
Tel: 1.800.995.3766
http://www.jeromefdn.org
The Jerome Foundation, created by artist and philanthropist Jerome Hill (1905-1972), makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists, and contributes to the professional advancement of those artists.

LIQUITEX ARTIST MATERIALS
Tel: 888.422.7954
http://www.liquitex.com
Awards totaling over $14,000.00 in cash and products will be made to artists demonstrating skill and creativity in the use of acrylic paints.

MOON AND STARS PROJECT
Moon and Stars Project, Inc.
P.O. Box 4814, New York, NY 10185
Tel: 212.229.1207
http://www.moonandstarsproject.org
The Grants Department is another first for the Moon and Stars Project, and for the Turkish-American community as a whole. This department is focused solely on funding artists through a grants program – competitively awarded grants for burgeoning artists, exhibition awards, and merit-based grants.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND LETTERS
52 Kahdena Road, Morristown, NJ 07960
Tel:973.267.0952
http://www.arts-nsal.org
The National Society of Arts and Letters’ objective is to encourage and assist promising young artists through arts competitions, scholarships and other career opportunities. This year’s big-money competitions are in voice and the visual arts. Individual chapters may be sponsoring other competitions in other disciplines.

NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS (NYSCA)
175 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014
Tel: 212.627.4455
http://www.nysca.org/
NYSCA makes over 2500 grants each year to arts organizations
The New York State Council on the Arts is dedicated to preserving and expanding the rich and diverse cultural resources that are and will become the heritage of New York's citizens.

NYFA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
155 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013-1507
Tel:212-366-6900
http://www.nyfa.org
Fellowships are $7,000 to artists living and working in the state of New York. Grants are awarded in 16 artistic disciplines, with applications accepted in eight categories each year.

PUBLIC ART FUND, INC. (PAF)
Public Art Fund, One East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022
Tel: 212.980.4575
http://www.publicartfund.org
It is New York's leading presenter of artists' projects, new commissions, installations, and exhibitions in public spaces. With twenty-five years of experience and an international reputation, the Public Art Fund identifies, coordinates, and realizes a diversity of major projects by both established and emerging artists throughout New York City.

VISUAL ARTS SEA GRANT
University of Rhode Island Department of Art
1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3, #11460, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: 401.874.2131
http://www.seagrantnews.org
This grant is sponsored by the Fine Arts Center at the University of Rhode Island, was established in 1988 to encourage New England professional visual artists, collaborative artist teams, and curators to create and present work related to themes of the ocean and its coastal community.