The Arts Council of Greater Lansing has roughly $25,000 in grant money to hand out to local artists.
“This is the first program that we’ve developed from the sale of the Center of the Arts,” says Arts Council of Greater Lansing Executive Director Leslie Donaldson. “We’re taking the interest that we get off the sale each year to grant individual artists funding.”
The Arts Council of Greater Lansing recently sold the building to the city. Donaldson says the amount of interest earned on the building will change each year, but she hopes that eventually, the Arts Council of Greater Lansing will be able to disperse $40,000 a year.
Individual grants of $1,000 each will be granted to qualifying artists. To apply for a grant, artists need to be members of the Art Council, a $25 membership. Artists in Ingham, Eaton, Clinton and Shiawassee Counties are eligible. All mediums are accepted. Artists can apply as emerging or established artists. Emerging artists have to have less than a five-year history of art shows and sales.
“I’m pretty excited about the program,” Donaldson says. “Not only is this the first ever individual artist program that will hopefully help them professionally, but it also provides an education component that we’re seeking to expand.”
The application deadline is Jan. 30.
Source: Leslie Donaldson, Arts Council of Greater Lansing
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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