Micro-Grants for Artists

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Applications Open: March 20, 2024
Deadline:  May 31, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.
Maximum Award: $1,000
Required Match: None
Award Cycle: July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025

ONLINE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE HERE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE

Aroostook Creative Network provides micro-grants up to $1,000 maximum to individual artists who live and work in Aroostook County, Maine. Artists may apply for micro-grants to help create new or existing work, enhance their artistic skills or abilities, participate in opportunities that will benefit their career, and improve their ability to share their art with the public. This grant program has limited funds.

The micro-grant program is administered by Wintergreen Arts Center. Applications will be reviewed by a review panel of community-based artists and arts/cultural advocates from southern, central, and northern Aroostook County. Funding was made possible by the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

CRITERIA

• Applicants must be 18 years or older.
• Projects must take place between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.

Ineligible Expenses:

• Debt or loan repayment
• Equipment purchases over $5,000
• Home office or home studio rent and expenses
• Activities and courses for which undergraduate or graduate level education is given
• Projects that support or oppose a particular political party or candidate for public office
• Projects that are exclusive to members of a particular religious faith group

HOW TO APPLY

For information and help with applications, contact Dottie Hutchins, Wintergreen Arts Center at wintergreenarts@gmail.com or 207-462-1313.  DEADLINE for applying is MAY 31, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.

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