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| Activated: 03/15/2025 Deadline: 04/14/2025 |
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| Call Summary The Luminaria Working Artist Fund (WAF) is a professional development micro-grant for individual artists living and working in Bexar County. Up to $550 may be requested once per year for activities that support artistic growth. The WAF For Women Spring 2025 is for women only and application closes at 11:59 PM Sunday, March 23, 2025. You will be notified of the final decision by end of April. Professional development projects must be completed by October 31st if awarded grant. Final reports are due by December 31st. The 2025 Working Artist Fund sponsor is The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation. The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation makes grants to qualified non-profit organizations serving 50 specific counties in south and central Texas. The AKR Foundation awards grants for arts/culture, charitable, education, literacy, medical and scientific purposes. Of special interest to the Advisory Director are programs and campaigns that provide support and/or services to women, girls, and lesbians. There is an optional application fee of $5.00 to help offset the costs of managing the call. Please consider making a donation at https://linktr.ee/LuminariaSATX |
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| Budget Description Examples of professional development expenses WAF may cover include, but are not limited to: -Fees for in-person or distance education opportunities, workshops, conferences, seminars, apprenticeships, training, and arts education (not applicable to college tuition or certificate program) -Technology software that enhances professional artistic capacity -General promotional material or website development -Printing costs and materials -Production related services, such as set design, lighting, costumes -Travel or travel related expenses Applications may combine more than one allowable item up to the $550 limit. For example, you can request $100 for one workshop, $250 for a conference, and $150 for travel expenses. If you are awarded, you will be required to: -Sign a contract agreeing that the funds will be used as described in your application; -Fill out and sign a W-9; -Notify Luminaria in writing of changes to your project; -Return any funds not expended for the purpose of the award as described in your application; and -Submit a final report describing your professional development experience/expense and how it has or will impact your career along with copies of receipts for your expenses. |
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| Project Description The Luminaria Working Artist Fund offers an opportunity to advance your creative practice and/or artistic career in some demonstrable way through professional development activities. WAF is managed by Luminaria—the same organization that produces the Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival in San Antonio. Luminaria strives to diversify our programs and build a sustainable artist community in the San Antonio area. Participation in WAF is not connected to participation in the Festival. Artists can apply separately to both. WAF offers support toward a sustainable livelihood for area artists through generous donations from individuals, foundations, government entities, corporations, and partners that wish to support a vibrant arts community in the Greater San Antonio area. |
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| Eligibility Eligibility Requirements -All applicants must be female residents of Bexar County, Texas, for 6 consecutive months as of the date of application. -If awarded, the applicant must maintain permanent residency in Bexar County, Texas, during the award period. -All artists must have a valid U.S. taxpayer identification number (SSN, EIN, or ITIN). -All applicants must be 18 years old as of the date of application. -All applications require a profile photo and resume. -All applications require 1–2 examples of artwork uploaded in JPG, PDF, MP3, MOV, MP4, or WMV formats (100MB or less). Embedded formats, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, Soundcloud, etc., are acceptable. Please provide access instructions for password protected links. -All applications require supporting documentation (flyers, notices, screenshots, receipts, invoices, contracts, communications, sales records, etc.). All supporting documentation must be combined into a single PDF. -All applications require a detailed description of the reason for applying. Applications that include only one sentence and lack detailed descriptions will not be considered strong applications. -All applications require answers to demographic questions to help Luminaria build its grants programming. -All applications require a budget request. Ineligible Persons -Members of Luminaria's Board of Directors (current or having served within the previous 12 months). -Members of a Luminaria judging panel during the current grant cycle. -Substantial contributors to Luminaria. -Employees or consultants of Luminaria. -Substantial independent contractors of Luminaria. -Family members of the above five named categories of Ineligible Persons. -Any person not residing within Bexar County, Texas, for a minimum of 6 consecutive months. -Groups of individual artists. -Persons under 18 years of age. -Persons who do not have a valid U.S. taxpayer identification number (SSN, EIN, ITIN). - Full time students enrolled in college or a certification program. |
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Biography Resume: 1 page(s) maximum Work examples: 1 - 5 Letter of Interest: 1000 word maximum Guidelines: Submit a detail description for applying. Describe your need and how the funds will be spent. How will these funds further your professional development? Briefly describe your work as an emerging and established Working Artist in Bexar County. Include places where your work has been visible to the public and dates of such activations. If your budget exceeds the grant maximum, explain how you will pay for the remaining balance if awarded the full or partial grant amount. Applications that include only one sentence and lack detailed descriptions will not be considered strong applications. |
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| Artists are NOT allowed to apply in teams. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Selection Process Three independent local/regional working artists and arts professionals review all eligible applications. Judges change with each grant cycle and can be former grant recipients, former festival artists, arts administrators, and arts patrons. The scoring is a yes, no, maybe. Curators submit scores then meet to discuss the top candidates. Curators then recommend top candidates for full or partial funding. Funding amounts will be determined by the amount of top candidate and available funds. Not all applicants will receive the full requested amount. |
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| Selection Criteria Artists experiencing financial hardships, with great potential for growth, and who actively participate and contribute to the Bexar County arts community have a better chance of being awarded. |
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| Timeline _________ : Online-only award applications open at www.anyartist.org. _________ : Applications close at 11:59 PM. _________ : Judging of applications by vetted arts professionals. _________ : Applicants notified of judging results. Artists may email admin@luminariasa.org for reviewer feedback regarding your proposal once you receive an email about the status of your application. _________ : Grantee's projects/purchases completed. _________ : Grantees submit a final report describing the professional development experience/expense and how it has or will impact your career along with copies of receipts for your expenses. |
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| Contact Information | Luminaria admin@luminariasa.org |
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