Artist's Resource Trust (A.R.T.) Fund For Individuals Grant

Artist's Resource Trust (A.R.T.) Fund For Individuals Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Amount: US $1,000 - US $10,000
Last Updated: February 23, 2026

Summary

The Artist's Resource Trust (A.R.T.) Fund supports mid-career visual artists in New England, providing unrestricted fellowships to those who demonstrate financial need. Established in 1996, it aims to enhance artists' creative abilities through grants for supplies, rent, and travel. Eligible artists must reside in the region for at least two years and have a minimum of ten years of active practice. A.R.T. is building an endowment to ensure its support continues indefinitely.

Overview

Background Artist’s Resource Trust was established in 1996 to provide support to the creative work of mid-career visual artists who have demonstrated substantial commitment, development, and quality in their work. A mid-career artist is defined as an artist who has been actively creating work and exhibiting it for at least 10 years. This artist has established a reputation in the art world, exhibits regionally and has built up a large body of work. A.R.T.'s focus is on visual artists who live in New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) and in the towns in NY that are part of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's catchment area as of 2015. Since 1996, annual contributions to A.R.T. have made the grant awards possible. Now the A.R.T. Fund is building an endowment so that its work can continue in perpetuity.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Who can apply:Individual mid-career visual artists living in New England, or Columbia or Northeast Dutchess Counties, NY.Applications for an unrestricted fellowship are invited from individual artists (painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, and artists using mixed media) who have demonstrated financial need. The fellowships may support any expense that enhances the artist's ability to create his/her work such as supplies, materials, equipment, rent, travel, residencies, etc. To apply an artist must:Reside in the specified geographic area and have done so for at least two years prior to making the application.Have let eight years lapse from receiving a prior ART fellowship.Have an active art practice.