Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award Grant

The Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award supports students and emerging ceramic artists in the U.S. to enhance their skills and knowledge through research and education for up to twelve months. Eligible applicants include current students and recent graduates in ceramics. The award offers a maximum of $2,000 for travel, education, or research, enabling recipients to explore new techniques, collaborate with mentors, and attend workshops, thereby fostering professional growth in the field of ceramics.

The WMAA, founded in 2014, provides an opportunity for students and emerging artists to continue their ceramic research and education for a period of up to twelve consecutive months within the grant year, further expanding their professional development.
This award is available to current undergraduate or graduate students, recent graduates (within one year), or those who have completed a university-equivalent training in ceramics (including apprenticeship and mentorship programs) within the year prior to the application deadline.
During the grant year, the recipient can research a new technique or process, study with a mentor or in an apprenticeship setting, travel to other ceramic art centers or institutions for classes and workshops, collaborate with artists of another media, and travel. Proposals to fund large capital equipment purchases will not be accepted.
Funding
One cash award, up to $2,000, is made annually for travel, education, or research.

Eligibility

Applicant Criteria:Eligibility is restricted to clay artists residing the United States (with US citizenship or student Visa status through the end of the grant year) ​who are currently pursuing a BA or BFA in ceramics at an accredited US institution, or
who are currently enrolled in a graduate level ceramics program at an accredited US institution, or
who have completed undergraduate or graduate academic training in the last year (prior to the application deadline), or
who have completed a university equivalent training or education in ceramics (including apprenticeships) in the last year (prior to the application deadline).In one application round, you can apply for all, but cannot receive any combination of the Early Career Artist Residencies, the Materials Technician/Resident Artist position, or the Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award.

Ineligibility

Recipients must not hold summer or school-year academic appointments in excess of .25 Full Time Equivalents (.25 FTEs).All Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award recipients are ineligible for future Warren MacKenzie Advancement Awards.