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Rise above the competition by attending "Fiscal Sponsorship and Fundraising for Individual Artists" [photo: Jim Norrena]

Career artists depend on grants for survival and exhibition of their artwork. Grants are essentially loans that don’t need to be paid back. Anyone who meets certain specified criteria can receive a grant for just about anything. Proposers simply have to meet the organization, company, or institution’s award guidelines and terms.

A variety of grants exists for artists. Some are cash grants that allow artists to live and create art as they please, provided a project is completed by the agreed deadline. Other grants can aid artists by providing studio space, residencies, exhibition space, or art supplies.

Here are just a few organizations that issue grants: College Art Association (http://www.collegeart.org) Creative Work Fund (http://www.creativeworkfund.org) Fulbright (http://www.iie.org/fulbright)

Getting a Grant

How does one receive a grant? It’s a long and sometimes tedious process, but one that will pay off in the end if all the t’s and i ’s are crossed and dotted properly.

First, take the application process seriously. Remember, many other working artists also want the same grants. Every artist enters a fierce competition for the money; be the victorious artist.

Here’s how: In the proposal/application, be clear and concise about plans, intentions, and goals.

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Consider all questions that may arise during the application review, and answer those questions completely.

Make absolutely certain to follow all application instructions.

(The organization wants to invest its money in serious artists.

Incomplete, messy, or irrelevant information in the application may quickly cause the application to be discarded, regardless of how great the plan.)

Customize the proposal to meet the mission statement and listed requirements of the grant provider. Be sure to outline the entire plan.

Start with the objectives or questions that need to be answered, discuss methods that will be used to obtain results, and conclude with how the results will be distributed to the public.

Applying for grants can seem a job in itself, but the reward can be great if it’s accepted. For helpful tips and other funding options, consider attending CCA’s Career Services workshop Fiscal Sponsorship and Fundraising for Individual Artists (http://www.cca.edu/calendar/2012/art-and-design-work-fiscal-sponsorship-andfundraising-individual-artists) on

p.m. in the Boardroom.

Monday, February 20, from 7:30 to 9:30

Fiscal sponsorship can help provide 501(c)3 tax-exempt status to independent artists and small or new art-related companies seeking funding or donations. This session explores fiscal sponsorship and includes application instructions, an introduction to fundraising, and an explanation of tools within the Fractured Atlas (http://www.fracturedatlas.org/) Program.

This event is open to all students and alumni, and seating is limited. RSVP (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform? formkey=dGFwMFR4ZjQ0VWt4WVFOSEF3a1czakE6MA) today!

Be there or be a hungry artist!

This post was written by Career Fellow Autumn Darbow.

Autumn Darbrow is a graduate student in CCA's MFA Program in Writing (/academics/graduate/writing) , the managing editor of Eleven Eleven (/academics/graduate/writing/1111) , and a writing coach for the college's Learning Resource Center (/students/resources) . To suggest a future topic that pertains to careers or higher education, email Career Services (mailto:careerservices@cca.edu) .

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