Interlace Grant Fund: Grant Writing Mentorship Program

The Interlace Grant Writing Mentorship Program connects emerging visual artists with experienced mentors who have successfully navigated grant writing. This initiative supports newer artists in crafting proposals and developing project management skills essential for their creative pursuits. Eligible participants must reside within 10 miles of Providence, Rhode Island, be at least 18 years old, and have not received an Interlace Project Grant as a lead applicant in the past two years. This program fosters growth and opportunity in the art community.

Interlace Grant Writing Mentorship Program
The Interlace Grant Writing Mentorship Program pairs an emerging visual artist who has written successful grants in the past with an artist who is newer to grant writing.
Overview
​While there are certainly artists who build careers without ever writing a grant, grants can be a useful way to gather helpful resources and feedback for a variety of creative endeavors. Even when a grant is not awarded, the processes of articulating ideas, refining a proposal, and mapping out a timeline and budget can be useful for the development of project management skills that all artists at some point or another will need to utilize.
The Interlace Grant Writing Mentorship Program pairs an emerging visual artist who has written successful grants in the past with an artist who is newer to grant writing. Mentors will help Emerging and Mid-Career Artists (“Mentees”) with the Interlace Project Grant application processes as well as provide general mentoring support.

Eligibility

Currently live within the 10-mile radius of Providence and in the state of Rhode Island. Practicing visual artist capable of providing examples of creative work made within the last two years.Will be applying to the Project Grant this year18 years of age or older.Not a full-time student/enrolled in a degree program.Have resided in the Providence area of the state of Rhode Island for at least one year prior to the latest Project Grant deadline and will be a resident upon receipt of grant funding.Have not been awarded an Interlace Project Grant as a lead applicant in the last two years.