2009-2010 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Grants
The Emerging Artists Grant program is open to artists living in Durham, Chatham, Orange, Granville and Person counties in North Carolina. The Emerging Artists Grant Program is designed to enable individual artists who have mastered the basic techniques of their art form to complete projects that will further their professional careers. Grants may not exceed $1,500. Criteria for making the awards include the overall excellence of the applicants work, accomplishment and commitment of the artist, the feasibility of the proposed project and the impact the project will have on the applicants career.
To be eligible for an Emerging Artists Grant, an artist must have lived in one of the five partner counties at least since September 15, 2008, must be at least 18 years of age and cannot be a student enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in their art form. Applications are available at the front desk of the Durham Arts Council building, located at 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701 or by calling (919) 560-2720. Applications may also be downloaded from the Durham Arts Council web site, www.durhamarts.org.
The application deadline is 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2009.
