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FUNDING FOR VISUAL ARTISTS<br />
The following listing is but a small sample of the many funding opportunities available to artists.<br />
Almost every country and state have Art Councils which offer grants.<br />
To find more opportunities, visit the website of your country or state’s Art Council.<br />
International – The following funding Opportunities are opened to all artists<br />
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.<br />
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional,<br />
personal or both. The Foundation’s mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as professional artists over a significant<br />
period of time<br />
Grants: $5,000-$20,000<br />
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.<br />
863 Park Avenue<br />
New York, NY 10021<br />
Attn: Request for Application<br />
Fax: 212-288-2836<br />
Email: grants@pkf.org<br />
Website: www.pkf.org<br />
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation<br />
Fellowships for advanced professionals in the creative arts. The Foundation selects its Fellows on the basis of two separate competitions, one<br />
for the United States and Canada, the other for Latin America and the Caribbean. Application Forms for the 2009 Fellowship competitions will<br />
become available on June 15, 2008<br />
Grants: Approximately $36,000<br />
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation<br />
90 Park Ave.<br />
New York, NY 10016<br />
fax: 212-697-3248<br />
Email: fellowships@gf.org<br />
Website: www.gf.org<br />
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation<br />
Funds representational or figurative artists working in the early stages of their careers in painting, drawing, printmaking, or sculpture only.<br />
Applicants must have started or completed art school training or must demonstrate, through work and future plans, a commitment to making art<br />
a lifetime career. Funds may be used for any art-related purpose including study, travel, studio rental, purchase of materials, etc. NOTE: Images<br />
must be submitted on CD only; slides are no longer accepted.<br />
Grants: Up to $12,500 (Canadian $)<br />
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation<br />
1814 Sherbrooke St. West, Suite #1<br />
Montreal, Quebec<br />
H3H 1E4 CANADA<br />
fax: 514-937-0141<br />
Email: greenshields@bellnet.ca , egreen@total.net<br />
Website: www.calarts.edu/~stdafrs/web/greenshields.html<br />
Virginia A. Groot Foundation<br />
Each year the Virginia A. Groot Foundation offers three grants (up to $35,000, $10,000, $5,000) to artists who have exceptional talent and<br />
demonstrated ability in ceramic sculpture or sculpture. Artists may be at any stage of career development, or older at the time of the application<br />
deadline).<br />
Virginia A. Groot Foundation<br />
P.O. Box 1050<br />
Evanston, IL 60204-1050<br />
Email: virginia@virginiagrootfoundation.org<br />
Website: www.virginiaagrootfoundation.org
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