Programs

Funding for Individual Artists

The Regional Artist Project Grant Program provides financial support (up to $1,000) to developing professional artists by funding projects pivotal to the advancement of their careers as artists. These grants are intended to fund a specific project that will be completed by June 15, 2007. Artists developing a professional career in the arts who have mastered the basic techniques of their art form are encouraged to apply. The program is supported by a 29 county consortium of local arts agencies in the region in collaboration with the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency.

Artists in all disciplines may apply. Applicants must be current residents, and must have resided for at least one year in one of the following counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne or Wilson. Applicants must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and cannot be enrolled in (or on leave from) a degree or certificate program during the grant period. Artists that were awarded a grant in the 2005-2006 cycle are not eligible to apply this year. The deadline for applications is Monday, October 2, 2005.
If you would like more information on possible Grassroots Program funding for your organization or the Regional Artist Project please call Dawn at 252-482-8005.


Funding for Organizations

The Grassroots Arts Program distributes approximately one-third of the Council's state grant funds on a per capita basis for local arts programming in every county. A Designated County Partner then distributes this money. The Designated county Partner for Chowan County is the Chowan Arts Council. Any non-profit organization can apply for monies to support arts and cultural programs and events, with emphasis given to minority programs.

2005–2006 Grassroots Sub-Grant Awardees:

- Shepard-Pruden Library
- C & N Basic Learning Center
- Reading AKAdemdy
- Chowan Life Center
- Edenton-Chowan County TDA
- D.F. Walker
- White Oak Elementray