2024-2025 Artist Support Grant Program

The Artist Support Grant (ASG) is a regional grant program that can provide grants of $500 to $3,000 to gifted individual artists and small, unincorporated groups of collaborating artists. Donor Name: Arts Council of Moore County (ACMC) State: North Carolina County: Anson County (NC), Montgomery County (NC), Moore County (NC), Richmond County (NC), Stanly County (NC), Union County (NC) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 10/11/2024 Size of the Grant: $3,000 to $500 Grant Duration: 1 Year Details: The Artist Support Grant (ASG) supports a broad range of talented North Carolina artists in multiple arts genres. The grant funds professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to enhance their skills and abilities to create work or to improve their capacity to bring their work to new audiences. Grant Period ASG projects must take place between the dates of January 1 – December 31, 2025. Eligible Costs The following projects & costs are eligible for funding: Completion/Presentation of New Work — Cost of resources necessary to complete or present a significant new work (e.g., purchasing art supplies, equipment, or space rental) Career Promotion — Projects advertising artist’s work and/or demonstrating their skill level (e.g., websites, portfolios, audio-visual documentation, & online presentation) Training — Costs to attend a class or workshop (in-person or virtual) for enhancing the artist’s skill level or for professional development (e.g., master class or workshop taught by acknowledged authority in the applicant artist’s medium) Travel — Costs of transportation & lodging for training, professional conferences, or research Services — Rental of equipment or facilities for presentation of a new work, recording studio space, etc. Supplies — Cost of supplies & materials necessary for the completion or production of a new work deemed by the artist to be an essential work in his/her career. Artist Fee — Up to 50% of the grant amount may be used for costs of labor, which equals the time that one spends on a project. (Two ways to show a reasonable artist fee is by the hour and/or by the month). Eligibility Criteria  ASG is intended to support a broad range of talented artists in the genres of visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography and interdisciplinary arts. Eligible candidates may be either an emerging or established artist. Individuals & Artist Collectives — An Individual artist and small, unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible to apply. Age — Artist must be at least 18 years old. Residency — Artist must have lived continuously in ASG’s Region 12 (Counties of Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly, & Union) for at least one (1) year before the application deadline. An applicant must be either a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident alien; Proof of residence and status may be required. Artists who live in more than one region should apply only where they spend the majority of the year. All members of a collaborating team must be North Carolina residents, live in the region in which they are applying, and meet the other eligibility requirements. Resumes documenting residence for all team members is required with the application. Prior Winners — Artists who received this grant must wait at least two (2) years after the award year before becoming eligible to reapply. Multiple Awards — Artists who are sole proprietors of organizations that have already received funding for from the NC Arts Council in the last two (2) years may not apply. Conflict of Interest — Current board & staff members of the regional partner organizations and their family members are not eligible to apply. Student Status — This grant is intended for adult, non-student artists. Artists enrolled full-time in undergraduate or associate degree programs may not apply. Artists in certificate programs may be eligible. Artists pursuing graduate degrees in subjects other than their art form may be eligible if they meet the other criteria. For more information, visit ACMC.