Email us if you know of arts scholarships or grants available to low-income individuals.
Albemarle Ballet Theatre
The Albemarle Ballet Theatre (ABT) offers need-based scholarships to local dancers through their Dancing off the Streets fund. The Hart family began this dance project with a vision to bring professional, affordable dance instruction and quality dance productions to the Albemarle-Charlottesville area. ABT provides dancing opportunities for students of all backgrounds and skill levels. Talent, ability, or body type have no bearing on our decision. The only requirement is that scholarship students volunteer throughout the school year. Registration, performance fees, dance wear, and dance gear are not included in the scholarship. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please fill out an online registration form. For more information, email dance@aballet.org or call 434-823-8888.
Four County Players
Four County Players offers low-cost theatre classes and workshops for all ages. Paid Assistant Internships are available for entering 10th grade students to entering 12th grade students. For more information, click here or contact theatermanager@fourcp.org.
Light House
Light House is an independent media education center for local youth who want to make movies with an emphasis on personal expression and local stories. Scholarships are available for many of their programs. For additional information, please contact Deanna Gould.
National Museum for Women in the Arts
The National Museum for Women in the Arts invites artists to apply the Library Fellows program, which provides up to $12,000 biannually for the production of an artist book in an edition of 125. An additional $1,000 is provided for the artist to create 500 copies of a promotional brochure for the book, as well as $1,000 for the artist to travel to the Library Fellows’ annual meeting to present her book upon completion. Although collaborative works are allowed and even encouraged, the artist who is responsible for the overall creation, design and realization of the book must be a woman. Deadline: June 30. For more information, click here.
Princess Grace Foundation-USA
The Princess Grace Foundation seeks to make a difference in the lives of aspiring theater, dance and film artists by providing scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships. Application procedures and deadlines vary by grant category. Deadline for Dance: April 30. Deadline for Film: June 1. Deadline for Special Projects: May 15. Detailed information and application materials are available here.
USArtists International
USArtists International (USAI) is committed to ensuring that the impressive range of the performing arts in the United States is represented abroad, and that American artists can enhance their creative and professional development through participation at international festivals. Through USAI, grants are available to American dance, music and theater ensembles and solo performers that have been invited to perform at international festivals. For more information, click here.
Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program
The Virginia Folklife Program, a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, awards apprenticeships each year. All forms of Virginia’s traditional culture from crab-trap building to quilt stitching, from apple butter making to gospel singing are welcome. The deadline to apply for the 2012-2013 Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program is June 30. Download the application from our website. Apprenticeships pair an experienced master artist with an eager apprentice and are available for a nine-month learning period in all forms of Virginia’s traditional, expressive culture. Qualified master artists will receive a $2,000 stipend, paid in two installments at the beginning and end of the apprenticeship period. Apprentices may be eligible to receive $300 for travel and expenses. In the 2012-2013 cycle, Virginia Folklife Apprenticeships will begin on September 1, 2012 and run through May 31, 2013. The Folklife Apprentice Program is supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities offers residential fellowships for artists and funds public humanities programs in Virginia that are shaped by and significantly involve humanities scholars and/or other community experts. The grant program encourages projects that increase public understanding of important issues and enrich the cultural life of the state. For more information, click here. Additional information about residential fellowships for individual artists can be found here.
VMFA Visual Arts Fellowships
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is now accepting applications for 2013-14 Visual Arts Fellowships. Grants from $4,000-$8,000 are awarded to professional, graduate, and undergraduate (including college-bound high school seniors). Application and eligibility guidelines are available here. Deadline: November 9, 2012.
Additional listings of grantmakers in the arts can be found on the Funding Opportunities page.
