Maine Artist Fellowship- Visual Arts Grant

Maine Artist Fellowship- Visual Arts Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Maine Arts Commission
Amount: US $5,000
Last Updated: October 16, 2025

Summary

The Maine Artist Fellowship in Visual Arts honors exceptional talent among Maine artists, providing unrestricted awards to advance their careers. Selected artists will receive year-long promotion, inclusion in digital publications, and opportunities for networking and collaboration. This merit-based fellowship is open to individual artists or collectives, with specific eligibility criteria, including residency requirements and age restrictions. The fellowship culminates in a reception with Maine Arts Staff, fostering community and artistic growth.

Overview

Maine Artist Fellowship The Maine Artist Fellowship recognizes artistic excellence in the overall career of a Maine artist. Fellowships are not grants for artist projects; they are merit-based awards that evaluated by a review panel on the level of artistic creativity and vision shown in the artists’ support materials. One artist will be selected for each discipline, creating a cohort of seven Maine Artist Fellows. What an Artist can expect as a Maine Artist Fellow Unrestricted award to help advance artists career as they see fitArtist Bios hosted on Maine Arts Commission website and included in all digital publicationsYear-long promotion/communications of fellow's activities.Fellowship Reception with Maine Arts Staff and Commissioners at the Blaine House in early 2026.Networking and other collaborative opportunities throughout the year. Visual Arts Available to artists working in disciplines including painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, installation, and other visual arts genres. Digital art can fit within this category, but artists working with the moving image may wish to apply to the Media Fellowship.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Is an individual Maine artist or part of an artist collective(collectives may only apply once per award cycle, with one member as the primary contact and who submits the application).If applicable, has completed Final Reports required by the Maine Arts Commission for previous awards.Is a current Maine resident who has resided full-time in Maine for at least 2 years prior to the application deadline.Will be a Maine resident throughout the Fellowship period.Is at least 25 years of age or older by the application deadline.Is not an enrolled student at the start of the award cycle (July 1) Has not been previously awarded a Maine Artist Fellowship.Artistic Sample Guidelines:This could include images, audio, or video materials (Max. length: five minutes each), prose samples, poetry, etc.Visual Arts: 8 max