Arts Missoula: Art-Making or Professional Development Grant 2025 ($1000-$2500)
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Arts Missoula Grants
Art Making or Professional Development for
Individual Artists in Missoula County
$1000-$2500 Guidelines and Application Instructions Spring 2025
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Application Deadline: Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 at 11:59 PM No applications will be accepted following this date
Arts Missoula Staff will only be available Mondays-Fridays 9-4:30pm for questions and assistance with submissions. Application Fee: $15.00
General Information: Arts Missoula Grants seek to provide funds to assist an individual Missoula County artist whose endeavors intersect with the general public and are designated for a specific project. This includes dance, theater, music, digital, 2D and 3D as well as the literary arts. We believe that art is not only important, it is essential in enriching the community, culture, and in building and maintaining a vibrant economy.
These grant funds help establish, grow, and sustain a Missoula-based livelihood in the arts and to acknowledge achievement in the arts in Missoula. Grants are focused on community-building through the arts, providing financial assistance for individual artists living in Missoula County, whose creative work connects with and enriches our community.
Special consideration will be given to those whose work and story intersects with and enhances the community.
Artist Eligibility: Individual artists must be 18 years and older. Must currently be residing in Missoula County for a minimum of 1 year. Must maintain Missoula County residency for life of grant. Currently working in a field of literary, visual or performing arts, at any career stage. Must complete entire online application, submit all work samples, and meet all grant requirements. Must exhibit high artistic quality, innovation, and creativity. Must demonstrate interaction with Missoula community members through exhibitions, readings, installations, performances, or any other events or activities that are accessible to the general public.
Artists are not eligible if they:
Request funds for educational or curriculum development plans and materials.
Request funds for tuition or fees associated with starting or completing a degree program.
Requests funds for the creation of a general website. Web pages, social media and digital content to promote project is acceptable.
Submit an application that is incomplete.
Are an Arts Missoula Board or Committee member, or a fiscal sponsee.
Request funds for expenses incurred before grant approval.
Past AM Grants award winners are not eligible.
Eligible Grant Requests may include:
Supplies – for the creation or production of a new work.
Services – rental of facilities for the creation of or presentation of new work, including studio or rehearsal space.
Creative Process, Presentation or Production – cost associated with the production, preparation, and/or creation of an exhibit, performance, or physical work.
Professional Development - including but not limited to summer study, business courses, classes/workshops, being a part of a cohort for longer term learning, travel to take part in any of these opportunities.
Online Application: The application can be found at https://artsmissoula.org/grants/
Application opens on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, Closes February 26th and funds dispersed by April 11th
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Application Form Questions: Please thoroughly read all of the guidelines and instructions before completing this online application. Every question or prompt must be answered. Each question or prompt has a character limit or an attachment requirement listed.
Submission details: Grant Application Fee $15.00 Upload documents as PDFs and images as jpegs. Name each document using your name or collective name for easy identification, using this format:
lastname_firstname_document (ex: Johnson_Elizabeth_resume.pdf)
lastname_firstname_artwork (ex: Johnson_Elizabeth_artwork.jpeg)
Resume: Include education and artistic training, career and artistic achievements
Personal Statement: What is your Missoula story? How did you come to be here and why do you choose Missoula?
Funds are requested for what purpose? Art Making or Professional Development? Please describe how you intended to use the funds.
Impact - How will access to these funds and their intended use impact you as an artist?
How does improving your skills through better art making tools or professional development impact the artistic work you create here in Missoula? Are their community impacts to you having these additional assets?
Expenses: If requesting funds for art-making equipment, please include photos and/or descriptions of the equipment you intended to buy. If requesting funds for professional development, please attach information about the class(es) you intend to take or work you intend to do. Documents may include links to websites where descriptions are found. If funds are requested for intangible items such as space rental or services, please include a word document that describes the service or a link to where information on the service can be viewed.
Work Samples:
Visual Artists: 5 to 10 image file submissions of recent works using .jpeg format. (File Size Limit: 1 MB for each image)
Musicians and Performing Artists: Links to up to three examples of your work, hosted at an outside site, such as YouTube, Vimeo or Soundcloud. 10 minutes in total.
All work samples must be recent (within the last 3 years). Samples should best reflect your work as an artist, and show how your work can connect with the community.
Provide detailed explanations for all work samples.
Grant Review Process: The Grant Review Panel is made up of members of the Arts Missoula Grants Committee, along with selected community members. Procedures are in place to avoid conflicts of interest. Each panelist reviews every application using the following criteria:
· Quality of Work Samples
· Personal Statement
· Quality of Funds Request
· Impact Statements
· Overall Success of Application
The Jury Panel Rubric is available for viewing at: https://artsmissoula.org/grants/
Awardee Notification: After the grant recommendations have been made by the review panel, and approved by the Arts Missoula Board of Directors, all applicants will receive an email stating whether or not the application has received funding. This will occur no later than April 8th, 2025. There will not be specific feedback provided for unsuccessful applicants.
Publicity and Recognition: Grant recipients will be recognized at the Annual Arts & Culture Awards Reception on May 29th, 2025. Recipients receive 2 comp tickets. All of the projects promotional materials should state…
…This (project/Show Name, Art work) has been funded in part from a grant through Arts Missoula. You must include AM logo and indicate us as a project funder.
Grant winner will submit project information and promotional materials to Arts Missoula for inclusion in our weekly newsletter as well as provide Arts Missoula with 2 tickets (if applicable) to project presentation (if applicable).
Funding Distribution April 11th, 2025 Prior to the distribution of funds, grant recipients must complete an acceptance letter, along with other appropriate documentation.
Reporting: Due December 31st, 2025 Project Report should include promotional materials, photos from project event or final art work / exhibition and a short narrative on the community impact. Grant funds should be expended by the reporting date. If not, an explanation must be provided in the written report. Budget spreadsheet (see completed example). Questions: For further questions, please contact the Arts Missoula at info@artsmissoula.org