The Individual Artist Fellowship program annually awards to up to 18 creatives $5,000 each in six categories. These grants are made directly to individual creatives who live and work in Arkansas. This grant is for already finished, not proposed, projects, and is made possible through a partnership with the Windgate Foundation.
Individual Artist Fellowship are Arkansas creatives who use original, expressive, innovative or artistic methods to create. Fellows make creative works in all genres in multiple ways. The definition is broad but includes culture bearers, makers, storytellers, teaching artists, songwriters, visual artists, actors, filmmakers, musicians and writers.
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Pictured: Fellow Al Lopez, aka “Papa Rap,” performs Oct. 3, 2024, during the Fellowship reception at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Lopez earned an award in Community Engagement. (Photo courtesy of Arkansas Tourism.)
