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$10,000 Awards Available for Central Arkansas and Arkansas Delta Artists
Find Out MoreCatalyze Grant Opens for 25 Artists, Funded by the Windgate Foundation Artists in Central Arkansas and the Arkansas Delta now have the chance to receive $10,000 fellowships to support their creative work through Catalyze, a program of Mid-America Arts…
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Catalyze Grant Application Deadline
Find Out MoreCatalyze is an investment in artists of Central Arkansas and the Arkansas Delta. Combining money, mentoring, and management, the Catalyze program ignites change in the careers of individual artists in central Arkansas and the Arkansas Delta. Catalyze fellowships of $10,000…
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How To Apply Yourself – Catalyze (Virtual)
Find Out MoreLocation: Virtual Cost: Free Eligibility: Artists of all disciplines in the Arkansas counties of Arkansas, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Greene, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lee, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe, Perry, Phillips, Poinsett, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline,…
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$250,000 in Practice-Based Catalyze Grants Awarded to 25 Artists in Central Arkansas
Find Out MoreCatalyze, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, has announced the second cohort of central Arkansas artists to receive practice-based grants of $10,000 each as well as professional development training to support their needs as working artists. The goal of the…
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The Healing Beauty of Photographer Derek Slagle’s Science of Conservation
Find Out MoreShooting on large format film, similar to Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams, Derek Slagle can often be found trudging through forests and countrysides on feral hog hunts, with beekeepers, conservationists, farmers, and scientists. His work gives the public an entry…
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Trust Artists: The Shift to Practice-Based Grants
Find Out MorePhotography: M-AAA Catalyze grantee Jennifer Perren. The landscape of funding for artists is changing. And this is good news. A paradigm shift is underway, possibly in credit to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the philanthropic sector, practice-based grants, also called trust-based…
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How Catalyze Grantees Leveraged Their $10K to Fuel Their Artistic Practices
Find Out MoreThe first Catalyze cohort is soaring to new heights with their $10,000 grants and professional development opportunities. In June 2023, the Catalyze program awarded the first 25 artists $10,000 each in practice-based funding along with professional coaching to ignite their…
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Catalyze Central Arkansas Grant Applications Due January 22
Find Out MoreNow in its second year, Catalyze will award $10,000 practice-based grants to 25 central Arkansas artists. Combining money, mentoring, and management, the Catalyze program is designed to ignite the careers of individual artists. This year will bring the total direct…
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How To Apply Yourself – Catalyze (Virtual)
Find Out MoreLocation: Virtual Cost: Free Eligibility: Artists of all disciplines in the central Arkansas counties of Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren, White, and Yell. Age Requirement: 18+ DESCRIPTION Want to demystify…
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How To Apply Yourself – Catalyze (Pine Bluff)
Find Out MoreLocation: The ARTSpace on Main, 623 S. Main St., Pine Bluff, AR, 71601 Cost: Free Eligibility: Artists of all disciplines in the central Arkansas counties of Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren,…
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How To Apply Yourself – Catalyze (Conway)
Find Out MoreLocation: The Studio Downtown, 1100 Oak Street, Conway, Arkansas 72034 Cost: Free Eligibility: Artists of all disciplines in the central Arkansas counties of Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren, White, and Yell. Age…
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How To Apply Yourself – Catalyze (Hot Springs)
Find Out MoreLocation: Emergent Arts, 341-A Whittington Ave., Hot Springs, AR 71901 Cost: Free Eligibility: Artists of all disciplines in the central Arkansas counties of Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren, White, and…