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Jill Wilson & Abby Fox’s 2024 Small Grant, Telluride 1 2 3: A Bilingual Book Project, is supporting the creation of a new, hand-drawn children’s book!
Small Grants
The Telluride Arts Small Grants program is a long-term investment, supported by the Town of Telluride CCAASE Fund, to develop the expertise of local artists. Funds assist individual artists working in the visual, media, performing and literary arts. Artist projects may include the development, creation, completion or presentation of new work; and professional development such as conferences, workshops, residencies and classes. Artists are required to share work with the people of Telluride through a performance, publication, exhibit, screening, or a simple written or photo documentation of the project, in print or online. Telluride Arts will support this process through marketing and coordination.
Anneke Dean’s 2024 Augment Music Grant is supporting the production of her debut EP, “Unfamiliar Skies.”
Augment Music Grants
For the second year running, Augment Music Project—a local nonprofit and umbrella program of Telluride Arts that exists to foster and support the music culture of the greater Telluride region—is teaming up with Telluride Arts to offer additional grants earmarked for local musicians. Augment will be offering up to $2000 to each recipient and these funds can be used for anything from a new album project or music video to attending a music camp to help develop skills. The only caveat is that the funds and the project that they support have to come back to benefit the Telluride community in some way.
HOT TIPS
We recommend you write your application narrative in a word doc and then cut and paste into the online form. Check your links to work samples and resumes to be sure that they work, and make sure that sharing settings are made accessible to anyone with the link. The jury will evaluate your artistic excellence primarily on your work samples, so be sure they are of the highest quality.
Please only submit one application of your best work. Multiple applications by the same artist will not be considered. That said, if you are in a band, the band may apply under one name, and you may apply for a separate solo project under another name if you’d like. Feel free to reach out if you have questions about a similar scenario.
TALK TO US
All questions are welcome, so call us, email us, or stop by to get what you need to make a strong proposal. 970-728-3930 or email info@telluridearts.org or come see us between 12-6pm at 220 W Colorado Avenue.
APPLICATION FORM
2024 applications must be received by midnight on Friday, December 15, 2023.
Project Start Date: February 1, 2024
Project End Date: January 31, 2025
Grant Amount: $300 to $2000
ELIGIBILITY
Applications must be made in the name of an individual artist or a team of artists. An artist is broadly defined, and includes design, performance, literary, music, film, media and fine arts of all kinds. If the request is for a collaborative project, one artist must act as the lead applicant and take responsibility for fulfillment of the grant requirements.
Applicant must live and/or work in Telluride. (If other, please explain your connection to the region and/or detail your local artist collaborators and their roles.)
Applicant is 18 or older.
For collaborative projects, please include work samples and relevant information on all artists involved in the project.
The applicant must be a practicing artist, defined as one who is dedicated to producing work and/or advancing their craft on a regular basis.
The applicant must submit a completed application on the form provided by the due date.
The applicant must have completed final reports and presentations for previously funded Small-Grant projects.
WHO/WHAT IS NOT ELIGIBLE:
Organizations.
General operating expenses, fundraising, or deficits.
Projects supported by The Town of Telluride or CCAASE.
Employees or board members of Telluride Arts, their immediate family or spouses.
Only one application per artist will be considered. Artists are not allowed to submit multiple projects.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Artistic excellence, skill, creativity and innovation.
Quality of the proposed project and use of funds.
Professional application, working links, spelling and grammar all counts!
Evidence of need.
Thoughtful, realistic planning, presentation, budget, and timeline for project.
Plan to share the project with the people of Telluride.
SELECTION PROCESS
Evaluation of the applications and awards will be made by a peer review panel that ranks the proposals on the above criteria.
Review will happen in January, and projects will be funded by February 1st, 2024.
REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDED PROJECTS
Projects must be shared with the public, with the exception of professional development-based proposals.
Projects must be completed within one calendar year of receiving funds.
The entirety of the project must be completed within the project start date and project end date. We do not fund expenses that have already occurred.
If you're expecting the complete project to take longer than one year, we would encourage you to think about this application as supporting a particular phase of the project, which can be completed within the timeline.
A final report must be submitted within two months of project completion. Final 50% funds will be awarded when report is received.
Recipients must acknowledge Telluride Arts and The Town of Telluride.
For more information or help with the application, please call us at 970.728.3930, or email info@telluridearts.org.
2021 grant recipient Robin Kondracki working on her Boarding House mural that brought new life to a dull space!
2021 Grant Recipient Jules Fallman unveiling her new ceramics studio in Illium. Her Small Grant helped fund the purchase of an additional wheel, which allowed her to continue teaching and making throughout Covid times.
2024 applications for small grants and augment grants are now Closed!
2021 grant recipient Alex Paul and the Birds of Play performing an album release show at the Transfer Warehouse for an album that was partially funded through a Telluride Arts Small Grant.