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IAC Grants for Artists
Opens: February, 2025
Deadline: April, 2025
The Illinois Arts Council’s (IAC) Creative Accelerator Fund (CAF) provides crucial support to artists with a goal of strengthening the creative workforce that composes a significant portion of Illinois’ economic activity.
Opens: July, 2025
Open Deadline
Creative Projects Grant offers support to Illinois artists and non-profit organizations for arts-related projects, events, or professional development.
Opens: October 30, 2024
Deadline: Closed
Award Size: $4,000 to the Mentor and $1,000 to the Apprentice
Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Folk Arts Mentorship (FAM) grant supports the mentoring relationship that develops between exemplary practitioners working with dedicated apprentices in ethnic, folk, and traditional arts.
IAC Initiatives for Artists
Opens: TBD
Closes: TBD
The ArtsTour Roster is a resource created in collaboration between the Illinois Presenters Network and the Illinois Arts Council. This directory lists Illinois performing artists, companies, and ensembles that tour the state.The Artstour Roster is used by Illinois presenters to identify artists, companies and groups to perform in their communities. Artstour jurors evaluate artists based on the artistic and technical quality of their work; their professionalism; promotional materials, and references; demonstrated ability to tour; and the quality of the documentation submitted.
Illinois Creative Collaborative
Additional State Funding and Other Resources
Are You Really Winning?
Deadline: March 31, 2025
The Illinois Department of Human Services is looking for artwork (in all media) to bring attention to a statewide educational campaign addressing problem gambling: Are You Really Winning? Illinois-based artists ages 14 and up are called to shine a light on the journey from darkness to hope for individuals challenged with gambling addiction.
USArtists International
Deadline: February 26, 2025
USArtists International® (USAI) supports performances by artists from any state or territory in the U.S. at engagements at international festivals and global presenting arts marketplaces outside of the United States. The program funds individuals and ensembles across all performing arts practices and disciplines.
2025 Access/VSA Emerging Young Artist Program
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Calling all U.S.-based visual artists ages 16-25 with disabilities. Applications are now open for the 2025 Access/VSA Emerging Young Artist Program. Fifteen winning artists will each receive a $3,000 award and have one of their submitted pieces featured in an exhibition in D.C. at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., June 17-21, 2025.
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Longtime partners, the Japan U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the NEA extend an invitation to contemporary and traditional artists from the United States to apply for a unique federally funded artistic residency—the U.S.-Japan Creative Artist Program.
Search for additional state and national resources for organizations through the IAC's Discipline-Specific Resources database.
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