Grants are available for artists and painters.
The art critic Robert Hughes once said that money did artists more harm than good. Unfortunately, artists and painters need money to survive like everyone else, and because of the nature of their work many find themselves struggling to pay the bills every month. However, there are several grants available to artists and painters to pay for the costs of projects and living expenses.
Gift of Freedom Award
Virginia Woolf once said that a woman needed a room of her own in which to write. With that necessity in mind, The Room of Her Own Foundation offers the Gift of Freedom Award to one woman writer every year. Applicants are required to complete an extensive application, which includes writing essays about their artistic life and the personal project the applicant wishes to complete over the grant period. Applicants are awarded $50,000.
A Room of Her Own Foundation
P.O. Box 778
Placitas, NM 87043
http://aroomofherownfoundation.org/home.php
Pollock-Krasner Grant
The Pollock-Krasner Grant is awarded to artists who demonstrate considerable talent and financial need. The grant money can be used for all expenses pertaining to personal, artistic work, and living expenses. All types of visual artists, including painters, sculptors, and printmakers, are eligible to apply. Applicants are required to submit an application, a cover letter, and photographs of their work. No deadlines exist for the grant, and the amount of grant money awarded is decided based on the needs of the individual.
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
830 Fireplace Road,
East Hampton, NY 11937
631-324-4929
http://pkf.org/
Andy Warhol Foundation Grant
The Andy Warhol Foundation awards grants to artistic institutions who wish to promote and serve the arts with scholarly exhibits, visual programming courses, and artist and writer residencies. Grants are awarded on individual projects, and applicants are required to submit an application including a three page letter explaining the nature of the proposed project and the project budget. The amount of money awarded varies.
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
65 Bleecker Street
Seventh Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-387-7555
http://warholfoundation.org/
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation awards individual grants to dedicated artists who have made a lifetime commitment to artistic endeavors. Applicants are required to have worked on their art for at least 20 years, and must demonstrate a consistent, high level of technical expertise and creativity, as well as show that their primary goal is developing their art. Applicants must also demonstrate financial need, and submit an application that includes a portfolio of their work and a written statement about the development of their art over the 20-year period.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
380 West Broadway
New York, NY 10012
212-226-0581
http://www.gottliebfoundation.org/
