Are you an artist in Virginia? Then you may qualify for funding through the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) Fellowship program.
According to a release, the VMFA has given almost $5.5 million to Virginia artists through the Fellowship program, which was created more than 75 years ago.
The program offers $8,000 to professional artists, $6,000 to graduate students, and $4,000 to undergraduate students, according to a release.
Artists in the area of crafts, drawing, film and video, mixed media, new and emerging media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and graduate art history students can apply, stated a release.
More on requirements for applying from a release:
All applicants must be legal residents of Virginia and student applicants must be enrolled full-time in degree-seeking programs. Applicants’ works are reviewed anonymously by distinguished jurors and awards are made based on artistic merit. The deadline for Fellowship applications is 5pm Friday, November 4, 2016.
We ask that you please encourage interested students and professional artists to apply. Full eligibility criteria, can be found at www.VMFA.museum/fellowships. Visit this page during the summer of 2016 for information on how to apply for a 2017-18 VMFA Fellowship.
