Charlotte Region Grants for Filmmakers, Writers and Artists

Overview: Regional Artist Project Grants provide an award for individuals and groups of unincorporated artists to pursue projects that further enhance their artistic development.

Eligibility: The Regional Artist Project Grant Program alternates disciplines every year. Visual artists and filmmakers are eligible to apply for the 2010 deadline. (Performing and Literary artists will be eligible to apply for the 2011 deadline.)

•Applicants must be a permanent resident of the region (e.g., have resided for a minimum of twelve (12) months prior to the deadline) of one the following counties: Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Rutherford or York (SC).
•Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and must be a US citizen or permanent resident.
•Eligible applicants and recipients may not enroll in, or be currently enrolled in, an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting program during the time their funded project is in progress.
Please note: Artists on the staff of one of the participating arts councils OR artists who received a Regional Artist Project Grant within the last three calendar years (2008 and later) are not eligible to apply.

Deadline: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 12:00 noon.

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