Artist Fellowships - Mississippi Arts Commission
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Artist Fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Commission support Mississippi artists whose work shows exceptional quality, helping them create new work and deepen their artistic practice.
Funder: Mississippi Arts Commission
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Annual application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Fellowships of up to $5,000
Summary: Merit-based fellowships recognize exemplary Mississippi artists and support new work and deeper artistic practice.
Key Information: Applicants must be professional artists who live and work in Mississippi; awards are not project-based.
Description
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) awards Artist Fellowships to artists whose work demonstrates exceptional quality and a distinctive creative vision. These merit-based awards are not tied to a proposed project. Instead, they are intended to help recipients expand their ability to create new work or deepen their artistic practice. The program is highly competitive, with only a small number of applicants receiving awards each year.
Fellowships span literary arts, multimedia and filmmaking, performing arts, visual and design arts, contemporary craft, and folk arts. Reviewers consider artistic excellence and the potential impact of a fellowship on an artist’s development in Mississippi. For folk arts, they also consider the artist’s connection to a community-based traditional art form.
