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

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc

Funding Amount

US $1,000 - US $10,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

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Eligible organizations

  • 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…

Other requirements

  • 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.

Overview

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.

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

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.

What Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
381
Total given
$12.76M
Median grant
$17K
Range
$5,100–$1.01M
  • By dollars: Massachusetts 52%, New York 27%, Connecticut 15%. Top recipient cities: Pittsfield, MA; New York, NY; Great Barrington, MA.
  • 5% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 28% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

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  • North East Community Center Inc · Millerton, NY

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    $412K

  • Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood Inc · Hudson, NY

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    $311K

  • Bridge · Lee, MA

    Human services, agriculture, food, nutrition

    $267K

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Arts
  • Visual artists

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