Application Deadline - February 3, 2012
Late applications will not be accepted.
INTRODUCTION
Artist Career Advancement is a program designed to assist practicing, Louisiana artists with specific
development and skill building opportunities that advance their work and careers. Applications are
evaluated based on artistic quality and the potential impact on the artist’s career.
Artist grants of up to $3,000 are available for Artist Career Advancement proposals in dance, design arts,
folklife, literature, media, music, theatre, and visual arts and crafts.
These grants support artists at any stage in their careers to pursue projects or opportunities
that further their professional development.
The intent is to support activities that contribute to the individual artist’s creative and professional
growth. However, the artist’s proposal must make a compelling case as to how the grant will substantially impact their artistic career.
The Division of the Arts supports artist career advancement in two categories: creative support and entrepreneurial support.
Activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Support of the creative process by enabling artists to create new art works that enhance the
quality or breadth of their body of work (sculpture, play, performance, etc.)
- Attendance at workshops, institutes, short-courses, retreats, residencies, or master classes that focus on
an artistic aspect of the artist’s career
- Structured mentoring sessions between master level and emerging artists
- Participation in a performance, festival, reading, or exhibition opportunity of significance
- Travel support for expenses associated with a professional opportunity such as participating in an exhibition or conference
- Fees for consultancies in an area of career development
- Preparation of artist portfolios and work samples
- Purchase of equipment under $2,500 per item that will facilitate the artist’s creative capacity
- Professional development workshops
- Development or upgrading of promotional materials such as websites and printed materials
- Specific, career-building opportunities that will advance an artist’s work and career
- Opportunities that will increase the artist’s capacity to develop and market their work
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- The applicant must be a legal resident of Louisiana.
- Visual and design arts collaborations, performing groups, performing groups and ensembles must designate an individual from the group to be lead applicant.
- Persons enrolled in an arts-related degree or certificate program at the grant deadline are not eligible to apply.
- The applicant must be 18 years of age or older by the application deadline.
- The applicant must plan to reside in Louisiana during the grant period.
DEADLINES
The online application must be submitted and accepted through LACGO by 11:00 pm CST, on February 3, 2012. A printed and signed copy of the signature page must be received, not postmarked, by 5:00 pm CST, on February 10, 2012 in the Louisiana Division of the Arts office.
Period of support is March 1 through June 30, 2012.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The Review Panel will use the following evaluation criteria to select applicants to recommend for funding:
Excellence 40%
Quality of the artist’s work
Evidence of professional activity
Design 30%
Understanding of professional development
needs
Degree to which the activities achieve category
goals
Clarity of the narrative description
Impact 30%
Contribution to the artist’s career
Quality and appropriateness of the activity
GRANT AWARD
$1,000 minimum to $3,000 maximum
TO APPLY
Applicants must submit the following throught the LACGO online application system, Click here for the application on LACGO:
Application form
Project Budget
Résumé of up to three pages
Samples of work that show evidence of the artistic merit of the artist's work.
See Checklist at the end of the application form.
QUESTIONS
Award notices and contracts will be mailed the week of February 28, 2012.
Application Review
Applications will be reviewed based on published criteria by an advisory panel of experienced artists, administrators, and individuals who reflect various geographic areas and appropriate areas of expertise. If you are interested in volunteering to serve as a panelist, please click here.
Application Process
We employ an online panel process for application assessment and review. Panel comments will be collected for all applications and provided to an applicant upon request after February 28, 2012. Applicants may call or email the Division staff.
Instructions on How to Prepare and Submit an Application
After You Are Awarded a Grant
How to Contact Us
Main Phone Line: 225.342.8180
Fax: 225.342.8173
Staff Directory, www.crt.state.la.us/arts/StaffDirectory.aspx
www.crt.state.la.us/arts
Address
Mailing Address (for US Postal Service only)
P.O. Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4247
Physical Address (for all couriers other than the US Postal Service)
Capital Annex Building
1051 North Third Street
4th Floor-Suite 405
Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5239
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 am - 5 pm
Directions to the Division Office: www.crt.state.la.us/arts/Directions.aspx
