Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship supports early-career generative artists in Minnesota and New York City, funding new work and artistic and career development to encourage creative risk and experimentation.
Funder: Jerome Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $60,000 over three years ($20,000 annually), as awarded for 2025–2028
Summary: Flexible, three-year fellowships support early-career generative artists in Minnesota and New York City pursuing creative risk and artistic development.
Key Information: Early career is defined as the 2nd–10th year as a generative artist.
The Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, administered by Jerome Foundation, supports early-career generative artists based in Minnesota and New York City. Fellowships fund flexible, self-designed plans for creative endeavors, including time and expenses for creating new work, artistic development, and professional artistic career development. Artists may work within a single field or across disciplines.
The program supports dance; film, video, and digital production; literature; music; technology centered arts; theater, performance, and spoken word; and visual arts. It embraces interdisciplinarity, experimentation, and a wide range of aesthetics, artistic lineages, and points of view. Its priorities include taking creative risks, reimagining creative practices, reviving traditional forms in original ways, and questioning or disrupting cultural norms.