Deadline: 15 October, 2012
Open to: Different types of grants are opened to different groups of artists (Visual Artists, Arts-Craftsmen, Photographers, Musicians, Authors, Architects, Journalists etc)
Grant: Grants are to actively pursue the artistic career and to aid young artists in their establishment as artists
General information
The objective of the grant and guaranteed income programme is to give creative and performing artists the opportunity to actively pursue their artistic career and to aid younger artists in establishing themselves as artists. Next deadline for applications for grants, foundation grants and guaranteed income is October 15th 2012. The applications forms will be available from September 15th.
The artist grants and guaranteed income programme comprises several different types of grants that may be applied for by artists primarily living and working in Norway. Applicants must not be in a basic stage of education, including bachelor and master degree programmes. Please see the Regulations Concerning Government Grants and Guaranteed Income for Artists for further information (for the original Norwegian version click here).
About the Grants
Work grant: Can be applied for and awarded for a period of one to five years. The work grant is meant to provide artists with the opportunity to work with projects or in-depth artistic exploration to further develop their artistic work.
Work grant for younger/newly established artists: Can be applied for and awarded for a period of one to three years. This work grant is meant to give younger artists in an establishment phase the opportunity for artistic development and to better enable them to make a living as artists. Applicants should not be over 35 years of age in the year of application, although exceptions can be made in special circumstances.
Miscellaneous grant: Allotted to artists for specific purposes such as travel, studies or materials relevant to the applicant’s artistic work and development.
Houen’s and Mohr’s foundation grant: The grant is specifically for travel or study expenses. It is allotted every other year to visual artists, architects and artists who work with architecture-related art forms (2012, 2014) and every other year to musicians, composers, actors, authors and journalists (2013, 2015).
Guaranteed income: Can be applied for and allotted to professional artists who primarily work and reside in Norway and who have made a qualitative contribution to the arts over a period of several years. Guaranteed income is intended to provide artists with financial stability and the possibility of having artistic enterprise as their primary form of occupation.
Eligibility
The government’s grants and guaranteed income for artists may be awarded artists who, primarily, reside and work in Norway. In special cases where it is considered reasonable to do so, exceptions can be made to the rule concerning residence and work in Norway.
The grants programs do not apply to artists in a basic education phase.
Application
All applicants must read the Ministry of Culture’s Announcement of Government Grants and Guaranteed Income for Artists (available from September 15th) carefully before applying for grants or guaranteed income. The announcement provides important information concerning the application process and more.
The following application forms are available (the colour-coding – GREEN/YELLOW/BLUE – used in the following information refers to the printed versions only):
1. Application form, grants – visual artists, arts-craftsmen/women and photographers
These artists must fill in the GREEN application form which can be obtained by contacting Statens kunstnerstipend or the relevant artist organizations:
Visual artists (Norske Billedkunstnere): http://www.billedkunst.no
Arts-craftsmen/women (Norske Kunsthåndverkere): http://www.kunsthandverk.no
Photographers (Forbundet Frie Fotografer): http://www.fffotografer.no
2. Application form, grants – all other artists
All other artist must use the YELLOW application form.
Contact Statens kunstnerstipend or download the form the official website. (will be available in English)
3. Application form, guaranteed income – all artists
All artists applying for guaranteed income must use the BLUE application form (only available in Norwegian).
Contact Statens kunstnerstipend or download the form from the official website.
Application form guaranteed income (available from 15.09.12 – only available in Norwegian)
Contact information
Statens kunstnerstipend (Government Grants for Artists)
Street address: Norsk kulturråd (Arts Council Norway), Grev Wedels plass 1, Oslo
Postal address: Postboks 8192 Dep, 0034 Oslo, Norway
Tel.: +47 21 04 58 00
Fax: +47 21 04 59 00
Email: kunstnerstipend@kulturrad.no
Which countries are available ???
Dear Taulant,
The government’s grants and guaranteed income for artists may be awarded artists who, primarily, reside and work in Norway. In special cases where it is considered reasonable to do so, exceptions can be made to the rule concerning residence and work in Norway. The application will be available from 15 September and maybe then there will be more clearer specification about eligible countries besides Norway.
Regards,
Mladiinfo team
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