Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize
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Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize supports Baltimore visual artists’ travel to destinations essential to their studio practice, leading to new work for public presentation.
Funder: Baltimore Community Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $8,000 awarded annually to a visual artist or visual-artist collaborators
Summary: Supports Baltimore City visual artists’ travel to a specific destination essential to their studio practice.
Key Information: Recipients must publicly present new work within one year of returning from funded travel.
Description
The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City and Create Baltimore annually award the Artist Travel Prize, listed among Baltimore Community Foundation’s grant opportunities. The prize supports travel to a specific destination that is essential to a visual artist’s studio practice, with a focus on emerging artists. Applicants must explain why the particular journey matters to their work and how it connects to their studio practice.
The program links the travel experience to a public-facing presentation of new work created during the journey or as a result of it. The Society’s Board of Directors selects the supported proposal. The recipient, the Society, and Create Baltimore jointly schedule the presentation, which must take place within one year of the artist’s return.
