Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant

Deadline: Wednesday, June  6, 2012
Open to: individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art
Grant: the grants range  from $3,000 to $50,000

Description

The Arts Writing Initiative addresses another essential but under-funded area in the arts: criticism and general writing about the visual arts.  The project has two components: grants to writers, which support various types of projects, from books to essays to experimental writing in new media; and grants to non-profit arts publications.  Designed to encourage and reward writing about contemporary art that is rigorous, passionate, eloquent, and precise, as well as to create a broader audience for arts writing, the Arts Writers Grant Program aims to strengthen the field as a whole and to ensure that critical writing remains a valued mode of engaging the visual arts. Writers who meet the program’s eligibility requirements are invited to apply in the following categories:

• Articles
• Blogs
• Books
• New and Alternative Media
• Short-Form Writing

Grant

Grants range from $3,000 to $50,000, depending on the needs and scope of the project.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this grant, an arts writer must be

•  an individual;
• an art historian, artist, critic, curator, journalist, or practitioner in an outside field who is strongly engaged with the contemporary visual arts;
• a U.S. citizen, permanent resident of the United States, or holder of an O-1 visa;
• at least twenty-five years old;
• a published author (specific publication requirements vary depending on grant category). Please note that work published in college newspapers and undergraduate student-run publicationswill not be considered toward this requirement.

Application

All interested should review 2012 Application Guide [PDF] before beginning their application. This guide contains all the information on how the application needs to be prepared. On the link, the following sections can be found: Guidelines, FAQs, Information by Project Type, Writing Sample Instructions, and Application Checklist.

When applicants open the online application, they should follow these steps:

• Create a 2012 user account
• Select a project type
• Fill out the required fields
• Attach writing sample PDFs
• Print and review application
• Submit

April 23: Grant application opens
June 6: Grant application closes
Sept 17: Finalists notified
Dec 3: Grantees announced

For more information, please visit the official website.