Funding Amount

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Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Art on the Streets Fellowship

Funder: Downtown Ventures (nonprofit arm of Downtown Partnership)

Geographic Scope: Pikes Peak region (El Paso or Teller counties of Colorado)

Focus Areas: Visual arts, public art creation and experience for artists without significant public art experience

    Eligibility

  • Must be 18 years or older
  • Must be a legal resident of the Pikes Peak region (El Paso or Teller counties of Colorado) for the duration of the program
  • Must be a visual artist who creates original work
  • Must be an artist without significant experience in public art
  • Optional: program encourages applications from underrepresented demographics in public art (women, nonbinary individuals, artists who are Black, Indigenous and/or people of color, and artists with disabilities)

Contact Information

Email: info@DowntownCS.com Phone: 719-886-0088 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Address: 111 South Tejon Street Ste. 703, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

How to Apply

Application Process

Application Materials Required:
1. Fellowship statement—written (max 2000 characters) or video (max 2 minutes)
2. Artist statement—written (max 2000 characters) or video (max 2 minutes)
3. Artist resume/CV
4. Professional references
5. Work samples (5-10)

Fellowship Statement Focus:

  • Address why you are interested in this program

  • Explain what you hope to learn/experience
  • Submission Details:

  • Online form submission

  • File uploads accepted: pdf, doc, docx for resume/CV; pdf, jpg, png for work samples

  • Max file size: 64 MB per file

  • Max 10 work sample files
  • Demographic Information:

  • Optional section to self-identify as belonging to underrepresented demographic in public art
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    visual-artistsarts

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