Individual Artist Fellowships
The Regional Arts & Culture Council recognizes individual artistic achievement and excellence through its annual Artist Fellowship award. The Fellowship, which includes a cash award of $20,000, helps individual artists of high merit sustain or enhance their creative process. Fellowships are awarded in rotating disciplines that include Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Media Arts and Literature. The 2008 Fellowship in Literature was awarded to Kim Stafford.
Please Note:
Due to the unstable economic climate, RACC will defer the Artist Fellowship program for one year. In the first quarter of 2010, RACC will reassess its public funding sources and determine whether an entire four-year rotation of Fellowships can be awarded in Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Media Arts and Literature. Performing Artists who may be eligible to apply for a Fellowship in our next round (see criteria below) are encouraged to check with staff after February 15, 2010 to determine whether the Artist Fellowship program and award will be resumed as early as 2010.
Individual artists in all disciplines may still apply for RACC Project Grants and Professional Development Grants.
Definition of "Fellowship"
The Fellowship Award will recognize individual artists in the tri-county area who are the strongest representatives of the range and diversity of art in the Northwest. An artist’s commitment to the crafting of an idea, the honing of a vision and the development of a consequential body of work, requires discipline, rigor, curiosity, singularity and generosity of spirit. For artists who possess these qualities, their profession is a self-directed life choice, and their continued development reflects the shape of our region and the voice of our time. It is this mature and dedicated artist that the Fellowship program seeks to honor and support. To be eligible for a Fellowship, an applicant must:
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Be a professional artist, as recognized by his/her peers, with a minimum of 10 years in the discipline for which they applying.
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Have been a resident of Oregon for a minimum of 5 years and currently a physical resident of Clackamas, Multnomah, or Washington Counties.
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Have been active on a regular basis in the tri-county area through by presenting or performing or by offering arts related opportunities to tri-county citizens.
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Be a recognized artist within the general discipline category for which Fellowships are being offered in the current fiscal year.
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Provide RACC with a Social Security number upon notification that you have been awarded a Fellowship.
Past Fellowship Recipients
1999 - Performing Artists Obo Addy and Mary Oslund
2000 - Visual Artists Christine Bourdette and Terry Toedtemeier
2001 - Literary Arts, Michele Glazer & Media Arts, Jim Blashfield
2002 - Performing Arts, Tomas Svoboda & Keith Scales
2003 - Visual Artists Michael Brophy and Judy Cooke
2004
- Literary Arts, Craig Lesley& Media
Arts, Chel White
2005 - Performing Arts, Thara Memory
2006 - Visual Arts, Henk Pander
2007 - Media Arts, Joanna Priestley
2008 - Literature, Kim Stafford
RACC Staff to Contact
Cindy Knapp
Director of Operations
Helen Daltoso
Grants Program Officer
503.823.5402
hdaltoso@racc.org
Ingrid Carlson
Grants Specialist
503.823.5417
icarlson@racc.org
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