Artist Grants: Workshop

Funding Your Vision: Applying for Artist Grants

Julia Kirt, Oklahoma Visual Arts CoalitionMolly O’Connor, Oklahoma Arts Council

Idea…

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Fellowships

Small business

loans

GrantsJobs

Residencies

DIY & crowd

finance

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•What is your vision or dream?•What do you want to do?•Why?

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Plan: start a draft-Activities

-Who

-Timeline

Then, at last…

-Budget

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Research potential funders•Who funds things like your project?•Are you eligible?

•Private foundations•Governmental agencies or nonprofits•Fiscal agency

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Oklahoma Arts Council:–What artists should know–www.arts.ok.gov

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Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition:–What artists should know–Types: www.ovac-ok.org

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DosHomework, make contact, answer the questions…

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DosSpecific to artists’ grants, get specific

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What if you aren’t eligible or your project doesn’t fit?-fiscal sponsorship- nonprofit partner

-individual sponsorship

$$$DIY & crowd

finance

Finding a way to hit up friends, family & co-workers

$$$Awards & Fellowships:

-awards at exhibitions, festivals

-no-strings-attached funding

-i. e. OVAC's Fellowships & Awards

-consider: the odds of each competition

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Jobs

Questions to ask yourself about Day Job:

•Does it leave you enough time, flexibility, or

energy to make art?

•Does it pay enough to support your art making?

•Do you make new contacts useful to my art?

•Do you gain skills worthwhile for your art?

•After 5-10 years at this job, would you feel

satisfied?

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$$$Awards &

Fellowships

Small business

loans

GrantsJobs

Residencies

DIY & crowd

finance

$$$Small

business loans

$$$Residencies

• Space & time to work• Alliance of Artists Communities• Res Artis

$$$Awards &

Fellowships

Small business

loans

GrantsJobs

Residencies

DIY & crowd

finance

$$$Questions, discussions, ideas?

THANK YOU!