Art Educator Fellowships Grant

The Arts Educator Fellowships, supported by the Rasmuson Foundation and administered by the Alaska State Council on the Arts, provide grants up to $3,000 for K-12 teachers in Alaska. These fellowships aim to enhance teachers' artistic skills and professional opportunities, allowing them to immerse in creative work. Eligible applicants can pursue various activities, including workshops and residencies, and may propose community projects post-fellowship, receiving additional funding for these initiatives.

Rasmuson Foundation initiated the Arts Educator Fellowships to encourage the reconnection of artists who are teachers to the practice of their art; Arts Educator Fellowship are a program of the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA), supported by funding from Rasmuson Foundation.
The Arts Educator Fellowship program provides grants to certified, permanently-assigned, full and part-time K-12 teachers to immerse themselves in their own creative work, interact with professional artists, and stay current with new artistic practice.
The Arts Educator Fellowship is meant to create opportunities for Alaska teachers to fill their own artistic wells. Eligible applicants may apply for up to $3,000 in support of Arts Educator Fellowship (AEF) activities, based on actual expenses. For complete information and application, visit the online grant system.
Fellowship Overview
Eligible applicants may apply for up to $3,000.00 in support of Arts Educator Fellowship (AEF) activities, based on actual expenses.
Generally, AEF activities should focus on increasing/advancing artistic skills and professional opportunities, rather than explicit focus on teaching skills and opportunities. Activities may include, but are not limited to: study at arts courses; attendance at advanced art-making workshops, festivals or institutes; residencies at artists colonies; formal mentor relationships with recognized professional artists or other artistic entities or; purchase of materials or equipment to produce a new body of work.
Once AEF awardees have completed their fellowship activities, they have the opportunity to propose a project engaging their classrooms and/or communities that relates to the fellowship activity. An awardee may receive an additional $500.00 in support during the school year immediately following the fellowship activity, for such a project. Follow-up projects may include exhibits, performances, lectures, demonstrations, workshops, supply and materials purchase, and other activities

Eligibility

K-12 educators whose responsibilities include the teaching of visual, performing and/or media arts, inclusive of contemporary and traditional art forms.Must be a permanently assigned, full or part-time K-12 teacher in Alaska.Must plan to continue as an educator in Alaska.Previous Fellows may be eligible to reapply, after a period of three years.Must be a legal resident of Alaska.