A line of six dancers stretch across stage, holding each other hand to hand in visible tension. The dancers face both front and back and are dressed in earth toned street clothes. They are barefoot on a black stage with a black backdrop

Photo: Boca Toya (New York, NY) traveled to PRISMA International Festival of Gimmicky Dance in Panama with support from USArtists International. Credit: Eduard Serra.

Mid Atlantic Arts' grant programs for artists allow artists to explore and create, provide touring engagements regionally and internationally, help to build audiences, and provide back up and services to assist in career development.

Creative Fellowships

  • About
  • Guidelines
  • FAQS
  • Current Fellows

About

An artists' studio wall painted white holds a series of 11 prints in muted colors or various organic forms. A small step ladder sits in the foreground.

The Millay Arts studio of Mid Atlantic Arts Creative Fellow Katrina Bello (NJ, 2021). Credit: Katrina Bello.

Mid Atlantic Arts Creative Fellowships provide artists with the fourth dimension and space to create. Hosted in partnership with Millay Arts and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, writers, composers, and visual artists tin employ for 2-week, or one-calendar month residencies underwritten by Mid Atlantic.

Who We Back up

Through ongoing partnerships with Millay Arts and the Virginia Eye for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Mid Atlantic Arts annually supplements the cost of residencies for a limited number of artists residing in our nine state and jurisdictional region.

The Creative Fellowships are sponsored residencies. Although Mid Atlantic Arts provides financial support, the residency programs manage their own application submission and review processes.  Only artists who have been accustomed for a residency program will be recommended to receive a Artistic Fellowship.

Artists from each country in our region are eligible at a different residency program:

Artists In: Artists In:
Delaware
Maryland
New York
Westward Virginia
Commune of Columbia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
U.S. Virgin Islands
Receive support at: Receive support at:
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Amherst, VA
Millay Arts
Austerlitz, NY

What Fellows Receive

Creative Fellows receive $iii,500 or $one,750 (depending on the length of stay) in support of their residency.  The grant is paid to the respective residency program directly on behalf of the artist.

In addition, Fellows receive up to $250 in reimbursement for the cost of travel to and from their residency.

Guidelines

Am I Eligible?

Just residents of Mid Atlantic Arts' nine country and jurisdictional region are eligible to receive Creative Fellowship support.  Additionally, artists who have previously received back up through this plan will non be considered eligible to receive another Artistic Fellowship for the three years following a supported residency.

How Can I be Considered?

Artists interested in being considered for a Creative Fellowship must apply directly to the applicative residency program.

At that place are no additional steps you need to take once you have practical. Artistic Fellows are identified through the application review process led by each colony. VCCA and Millay Arts submit recommended Artistic Fellowship candidates to Mid Atlantic Arts for further review and approving.

Please note that you may be approved for a residency but not selected as a Artistic Beau.

Notification

Residency programs volition notify applicants that they have been selected to receive Artistic Fellowship support after the review and approval process has concluded.  Mid Atlantic Arts will so event a Grant Honor Agreement outlining the terms and atmospheric condition of the Fellowship to the Beau directly.

Timelines for notification may vary. Application status inquiries should be directed to the respective residency program.

Last Reports & Forms

After their residencies, Fellows will be asked to consummate a Final Report and submit a Travel Reimbursement Form along with whatever travel receipts. The Final Report provides Mid Atlantic Arts with a brief overview of each Young man's experience. The Travel Reimbursement Form is used to calculate the amount of reimbursement the Fellow will receive for travel to and from the residency.

Both forms can exist accessed in the "Manage Your Grant" tab (above).

Travel Reimbursement Payments

Travel reimbursement will exist sent directly to the Swain upon receipt and approval of the Final Report and Travel Reimbursement Grade.

Questions?

All questions regarding the application and review process should be directed to the colonies.

Click hither to contact VCCA

Click here to contact Millay

Stay in Touch!

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FAQS

I am only interested in a residency if I receive a Creative Fellowship. How can I be certain that funding is notwithstanding available for artists in my state for the electric current calendar yr?
Artists who are only interested in a Artistic Fellowship residency are encouraged to apply for the get-go residency sessions each twelvemonth ( Jan  to April  for VCCA; May  to July for Millay  Arts ) every bit funding volition definitely be  available.  If you prefer a residency during a different fourth dimension of year, please check in with the corresponding  residency plan  before applying to see if Creative Fellowship funds are even so available.

Do I need to inform Mid Atlantic Arts that I accept applied for a residency?
No. Recommendations will be forwarded to u.s. from the residency program.

Is information technology possible to receive Creative Fellowship back up for a different residency program?
Currently, support is only available for residents at Millay Arts and VCCA.

I observe that the residency programs charge awarding fees. What should I do if this presents a fiscal hardship?
If the fees are a barrier to application, please contact the corresponding residency program directly.

If I am selected to receive a Creative Fellowship, will Mid Atlantic Arts require that I show testify of my creative output from the residency in the Final Study?
No. While we enquire Fellows to study dorsum about their experiences, we believe that artists should follow their own pace and artistic process during their residencies. Mid Atlantic Arts will never assess the success of the residency based on the amount of work produced or require that yous submit examples of works-in-progress.

I run a residency plan and would love to explore how we could receive funding for our residents through a similar partnership with Mid Atlantic Arts. Is this possible?
Give thanks you for your work providing creative and inspiring spaces for artists!  Unfortunately, since Mid Atlantic Arts is a non-profit organization that must raise every dollar spent on programs and new initiates, we do not have discretionary funds to support additional projects which fall exterior of our budgeted funding structures.

Jazz Road

Jazz Road logo. Mid Atlantic Arts is pleased to support Jazz Route, a national initiative from Due south Arts. Emerging and mid-career jazz artists from anywhere in the United States may utilise to bring their music to places it'south never been with a grant from Jazz Road. The creative person-centric grant plan includes support for Jazz Road Tours and Creative Residencies and is fabricated possible with funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with boosted back up from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Visit South Arts' website to acquire more virtually Jazz Road.

Questions regarding Jazz Road should be directed to Adam Plantz at adam@midatlanticarts.org.

State Fellowships

  • About
  • Delaware
  • New Bailiwick of jersey

Well-nigh

Intricate embroidery and lasercut lace image in black and red tones.

2018 NJSCA Individual Artist Fellowship grantee Amy Wilson'south Border of the World.

Administered by Mid Atlantic Arts, state fellowship programs provide funding for individual artists residing in Delaware and New Jersey to encourage and sustain these artists' pursuit of artistic excellence.

Individual artists must apply following the process outlined in the guidelines for their home state. At the annual borderline for these programs a limited number of disciplines are accepted. All applications to these competitive programs are evaluated through a peer panel review process.

Questions regarding State Fellowships should be directed to Kimberly Steinle-Super, Programme Officer, Fellowships & Visual Arts at kimberly@midatlanticarts.org .

State Fellowships are fabricated possible through support from the Delaware Division of the Arts and the New Bailiwick of jersey Quango on the Arts.

Delaware

DelawareDelaware Division of the Arts Logo with an orange color letter "A".

Delaware Sectionalization of the Arts
2022 Individual Creative person Fellowships

Individual Creative person Fellowships provide funding to Delaware creative artists to fulfill needs that will allow them to advance in their careers.

The Fellowship program is administered in partnership with Mid Atlantic Arts, who identifies arts professionals to serve as potential jurors and administers the jurors' reviews of the applications.

Application Status

Applications are now Airtight for the 2022 programme year

Submission Borderline

Closed Mon, August 2, 2021

Stay in Touch on!

Receive notification about the availability of the 2023 Delaware Partitioning of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship application likewise equally other opportunities from Mid Atlantic Arts past signing up for our eNewsletter and opting in for electronic announcements.

New Jersey

New JerseyThe NJSCA Logo.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts
2022 Private Artist Fellowships

Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded to practicing New Bailiwick of jersey artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to assist them pursue their artistic goals.

Mid Atlantic Arts administers the awarding submission, review, and post-award process on behalf of New Jersey State Council on the Arts though an ongoing partnership. This includes applicant notification, administration of the individual grants, and final reporting.

Application Status

Applications are now CLOSED for the 2022 program twelvemonth.

Submission Deadline

AirtightThursday, July 15, 2021 at 5PM ET

When Volition I exist Notified?

Applicants who submitted a 2022 application will be notified in writing of the State Arts Council's determination by March i, 2022.

Need to update your contact information?  Email Kimberly Steinle-Super at Kimberly@midatlanticarts.org.

Next Opportunity to Apply

We anticipate 2023 applications and guidelines volition be available in tardily spring 2022 for the following categories:

Choreography
Music Composition
Poetry
Sculpture

Stay in Touch!

Be the kickoff to know about the availability of the 2023 awarding as well as other opportunities from Mid Atlantic Arts by signing up for our eNewsletter and opting in for electronic announcements.

USArtists International

  • About
  • Guidelines
  • Current Grantees
  • Panelists
  • Festival Database
  • Manage Your Grant

Well-nigh

Two musicians - a man and a woman - play a guitar (man) and xylophone (woman) on a stage with a bright blue and purple backdrop.

Sounding Eye of California, received USAI back up for an engagement at the Flatpack Festival in the UK in 2021. Here they perform Dreamerfly, and other stories. Credit: Katja Ogrin.

USArtists International supports in-person and virtual performances by American artists at engagements at international festivals and global presenting arts marketplaces outside of the United States. The plan funds individuals and ensembles across all performing arts practices and disciplines.

USArtists International is designed to encourage the presence of U.S. performing artists on international stages and in the global arts community; to back up engagements that develop and expand both the careers and artistic goals of U.S. performers by providing connections with presenters, curators, and boyfriend artists; and to promote justice in the arts community past elevating the diverse voices contributing to the vibrant array of creative expression in the United states of america.

USAI provides grants of up to $18,000 toward eligible expenses; please reference the guidelines for further detail.

USArtists International is a program of Mid Atlantic Arts through the generous funding of the National Endowment for the Arts , the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , and The Trust for Common Understanding .

Guidelines

The deadline for the spring 2022 USArtists International round has passed. The 2022 – 2023 deadlines will exist posted in summer 2022.

Guidelines below are for information purposes only:

USArtists International Guidelines 2021 – 2022 (PDF – opens in a new tab)
USArtists International Guidelines 2021 – 2022 (Discussion – opens in a new tab)

USArtists International Work Sample Preparation Guide 2021 – 2022  (PDF – opens in a new tab)
USArtists International Work Sample Preparation Guide 2021 – 2022 (Word – opens in a new tab)

Visit the Application Portal

USAI Budget Instructions
USArtists International FAQ

COVID-19

Mid Atlantic Arts seeks to serve artists and arts organizations with flexibility every bit the COVID-xix pandemic continues to touch on countries globally.

Travel Track

Mid Atlantic Arts will accept applications to the USArtists International program that seek travel funding to perform internationally and otherwise meet the eligibility requirements outlined in these guidelines. Panel scoring volition continue to only include the reviewable criteria detailed in the program guidelines, and will not incorporate the likelihood of a functioning due to circumstances beyond the applicant's command. Applicants should communicate with Mid Atlantic Arts staff near whatsoever changes to an engagement after an application is submitted. Due to the involvement of federal funds, whatever news about festival postponement, counterfoil, or live performances becoming virtual should be discussed with staff.

Virtual Track

Artists and ensembles whose otherwise-eligible international festival engagements take already adamant that an in-person festival is impossible and accept decided to offering the festival virtually are also permitted to apply for funding. Grantees that are awarded grants for travel and are later unable to travel may shift to the virtual track with staff approval. Revisions to the submitted budget will exist required in this case. Please contact staff if you take any questions about virtual track eligibility.

USArtists International and Mid Atlantic Arts prioritize artist health and safety. Grantees will not be penalized by Mid Atlantic Arts if they cannot or choose not to perform at a festival for which they have received a grant. Should a grantee be unable to travel for whatsoever reason, options regarding grant funds are discipline to federal guidance from the National Endowment for the Arts. Grantees that choose to travel do so at their own chance. Whether the engagement for which you lot are seeking funding is planned for an international destination or virtually, please check and bide by all recommendations from the Centers for Disease Command and Prevention and official health sources in the country of destination.

Deadlines

The application deadlines for USArtists International (USAI) 2021 – 2022 are:

Airtight: September nine, 2021 past 11:59 PM Eastern
For projects taking place between December 15, 2021 and December 14, 2022. Certification sheets and letters of invitation are due by September 16, 2021.

Airtight: December 1, 2021 past 11:59 PM Eastern
For projects taking place between March 15, 2022 and March 14, 2023. Certification sheets and letters of invitation are due by December 8, 2021.

CLOSED: March 30, 2022 by 11:59 PM Eastern
For projects taking identify between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. Certification sheets and letters of invitation are due by April half dozen, 2022.

The 2022 – 2023 guidelines volition be posted in summer 2022.

To receive deadline reminders and program updates, please sign up for our newsletter.

Financial Sponsorship

USArtists International guidelines require applicants without 501(c)iii nonprofit status to apply using a US-based, 501(c)3 nonprofit fiscal sponsor. Nonprofit organizations serving equally fiscal sponsors must provide this service as role of their regular operations, and this service must exist bachelor to any artist that meets the respective organizations' published criteria for fiscal sponsorship. Fiscal sponsors do not have to be located in your state of residence. The links provided beneath are resources for potential applicants and the organizations are not affiliated or endorsed by Mid Atlantic Arts. Fiscal sponsors practice non have to be found through these resources in order to meet USArtists International guidelines. To learn more than nigh fiscal sponsorship and securing a financial sponsor, visit:

Fiscal Sponsorship 101: Fiscal Sponsorship Resource by Grantspace / en Español

Data on seeking and providing fiscal sponsorship: National Network of Fiscal Sponsors

A non-comprehensive directory of financial sponsors nationwide: San Francisco Study Heart's Fiscal Sponsor Directory

Want to larn more than?

USArtists International Webinar: Am I eligible?
Watch this webinar and yous'll leave with a articulate understanding of the program guidelines, timeline, and what is needed to be eligible for funding.View a Recording (hyperlink opens new tab to YouTube video)

Larn more than nigh presenting international artists or performing abroad by visiting our international resources page.

Current Grantees

FY22 Round Two

A.I.M past Kyle Abraham , NY
Marseille Festival, French republic

BANDALOOP , CA
Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks, Hungary

Goad Quartet , NY
Festival de Musica Contemporanea de La Habana, Cuba

D'DAT , NM
WOMAD The World'southward Festival, South Africa

Early Morning Opera , CA
Festival TransAmeriques, Canada

Frank London's Ghetto Songs, NY
Jewish Culture Festival, Poland

Gilded Ages: Brooklyn Chassidic Cantorial Revival, NY
Jewish Culture Festival, Poland

Half Straddle , NY
Festival International New Drama (Observe), Frg

Julie Tolentino , CA
Skopje Pride Weekend, Republic of macedonia

Kalliope Reed Quintet , MA
Mazatlan Spring Season Festival, Mexico

Kronos Quartet , CA
Bergen International Festival, Norway
Ludwigsburg Festival, Frg

Live the Spirit Jazz Ensemble , IL
Let's Go! Festival, Great britain

Alone Wolf Tribe , NY
Poppen Theatre Festival, Netherlands

Maya Ciarrocchi , NY
FestivALT, Poland

Orfeón San Juan Bautista , PR
Seine-Saint-Denis Choral Encounters, France

Parangal Trip the light fantastic toe Company , CA
Folkart International Folklore Festival, Maribor, Slovenia

Pom Pom Squad , NY
Primavera Sound, Spain
Sound Isidro, Espana

Propelled Animals , PA
In-Out Dance Festival, Burkina Faso

Roosevelt Collier , MA
Kriol Jazz Festival, Cabo Verde

Sandbox Percussion , NY
Walled Urban center Music Festival, United Kingdom

Then Percussion , NY
Hamburg International Music Festival, Germany

Stephen Petronio Company , NY
International Gimmicky Dance Festival of United mexican states City, Mexico

TENET Vocal Artists , NY
Cambridge Festival of the Vox, United Kingdom

The Carpe Diem String Quartet , OH
Avila International Music Festival, Espana

The Carpenter Ants, WV  
Cultural Summertime Festival in Smer Order 77, Slovakia
Slovak Alternative Summer Festival, Slovakia
Summertime Roma Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

The Whitetop Mountaineers , VA
Cobargo Folk Festival, Commonwealth of australia
Folk Festival, Commonwealth of australia
Illawarra Folk Festival, Australia

Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double , NY
AMR Jazz Festival, Switzerland

Trisha Brownish Dance Visitor , NY
Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Italy

Vangeline Theater , NY
FiButoh Festival, Chile

Panelists

Mid Atlantic Arts panelists serve as individuals and their professional affiliations are listed solely for context. Affiliations and locations were correct at the time of panel service.

2021-2022 Panelists

2020-2021 Panelists

2019-2020 Panelists

2018-2019 Panelists

2017-2018 Panelists

Festival Database

Click hither to get to the Festival Database. Please annotation that existence listed in the festival database does not guarantee eligibility for USArtists International. Festivals not listed in the database may withal be eligible for the program. Advisedly review program guidelines to ensure eligibility.

Manage Your Grant

COVID-nineteen Coronavirus: Every bit you lot know, this is a chop-chop evolving state of affairs, and we recognize the need to be flexible.  Nosotros recognize that out of an abundance of caution, grantees may demand to cancel grant-supported engagements or activities. Please don't hesitate to reach out to our Director of Operations, Phillip Harmon, or the Mid Atlantic Arts program officer handling your specific grant program or activeness to discuss your concerns or options. You can find staff contact information here.  Please be assured we will non penalize grantees for canceling grants due to COVID-nineteen coronavirus considerations and volition be equally flexible equally we can inside the limits of our own funder limitations.

Changes in Project Proposal

Whatever changes in the content, schedule, or budget of your projection as proposed must exist submitted in writing for blessing prior to beingness implemented. Requested changes must exist submitted to Phillip Harmon, Managing director of Operations, at phillip@midatlanticarts.org.

Funding Acknowledgement and Crediting

Acknowledgement and Crediting requirements were included as Exhibit A of the Grant Honor Agreement.

Artists/ensembles must clearly acknowledge support from Mid Atlantic Arts through utilize of both the credit language and logo as outlined below. Use of the Mid Atlantic Arts logo does not supersede the credit language. Copies of the required materials must be submitted as function of the terminal written report.

Credit and Logo Usage
The following argument and the Mid Atlantic Arts logo MUST announced on artist/ensemble websites and whatsoever print and electronic publicity or promotional materials created by the artist/ensemble.

The following statement and the Mid Atlantic Arts logo should be included in Festival programs, calendars and promotional materials, whenever possible, either jointly or separately equally necessary.

  • This argument must be used in its entirety and cannot exist altered in any mode.

This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Website Link
Artists/ensembles are required to include a link to the Mid Atlantic Arts website at https://www.midatlanticarts.org when crediting Mid Atlantic Arts  on their website. This link MUST remain active during the entire length of your grant. You lot are requested, merely not required, to embed the link in Mid Atlantic Arts' logo.

Concluding Reports

Terminal report requirements and instructions were included as Exhibit B of the Grant Accolade Agreement.

Grantees are required to submit a terminal report which is due xxx (30) days after the end of the grant period on record as listed in the Grant Award Agreement.

Final reports are to be completed online using the Mid Atlantic Arts Arts' eGRANT system at https://midatlanticarts.egrant.cyberspace.  Please read the instructions in the eGRANT organization carefully.

The account used to submit the application for the grant must be used to complete the final study. If you do not recall your login and/or password, please utilise the link on the eGRANT login folio to retrieve the data.

For questions about your grant and the crediting or concluding reporting requirements, contact Phillip Harmon, Director of Operations, at phillip@midatlanticarts.org or 410.539.6656 x109.

Deadlines

Artistic Fellowships

The Creative Fellowships plan works on a revolving deadline established by the host colonies.  Please get to the Millay Colony or Virginia Eye for the Creative Arts website for data on their next borderline.

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State Fellowships

Delaware
Closed: The deadline for 2022 Fellowship applications was Monday, August 2, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET.

New Jersey
Closed: The application deadline for the 2022 New Jersey Individual Creative person Fellowship Awards was Wednesday, July fifteen, 2021 at 5PM ET.

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USArtists International

The application deadlines for USArtists International (USAI) 2021 – 2022 are:

Closed: September 9, 2021 by 11:59 PM Eastern
For projects taking identify betwixt December fifteen, 2021 and December fourteen, 2022. Certification sheets and letters of invitation are due past September 16, 2021.

Closed: December 1, 2021 past eleven:59 PM Eastern
For projects taking identify between March xv, 2022 and March 14, 2023. Certification sheets and letters of invitation are due by December 8, 2021.

CLOSED: March 30, 2022 past xi:59 PM Eastern
For projects taking place between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. Certification sheets and letters of invitation are due past Apr vi, 2022.

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