17 Oct 2024

Grants Craft Futures Fund

Center for Craft –  Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Center for Craft

Opportunity Description

U.S. Regional Deadline: November 17, 2024 – The Center for Craft is reactivating the Craft Futures Fund grant program for emergency relief so that we may direct essential resources to support and care for the artists and community of Western North Carolina (WNC) in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Let’s work together. The Center is in touch with local artists, arts organizations, and our wider craft community. We commit to stewarding these emergency grants as fast as we can.

Craft Futures Fund – WNC Emergency Relief will take the form of one-time, unrestricted $500 grants to a broad range of craft-based artists, makers, creative manufacturers, and culture bearers in Western North Carolina who have been impacted by Hurricane Helene.

GRANT GOALS

  • Emergency Relief – Swiftly and efficiently provide emergency financial relief to regional craftspeople impacted by Hurricane Helene.
  • Collaboration – Work collaboratively with local artists, arts organizations, and our wider craft community to ensure funds are stewarded efficiently where they are needed the most.
  • Community Leadership – Lead with care and revitalize the place we call home.

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must be:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Eligible to receive taxable income in the U.S.
  • Be a resident of Western North Carolina (counties include: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Qualla Boundary, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey). This includes individuals who lived in Western North Carolina but, due to Hurricane Helene have evacuated or have been forced to relocate temporarily.
  • A craft artist, maker, creative manufacturer, or culture bearer who has experienced at least one of the following due to Hurricane Helene:
    — Total or significant loss of studio space
    — Destruction of tools, materials, or completed artwork
    — Displacement from their homes
    — Or other unexpected expenses directly resulting from this catastrophic, career-threatening event.

Grants will be reviewed weekly.

APPLY ONLINE – No Fee
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Center for Craft
67 Broadway St
Asheville, NC 28801

Opportunity Categories: + Open to Multi-Media. Opportunity Types: Grants. Opportunity Tags: $0 Entry/Application Fee, Deadlines 11 Nov thru Dec, and Open to Regional Artists. Benefits: *No Participation Fee and Cash or Value Awards.

Opportunity expires in 30 days.

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