The proposed project has a primary applicant (lead artist/organizer) as the main grant contact.

The primary applicant resides within Salt Lake County, is over 21 years of age, and is not currently enrolled as a student at a college or university.

The project will occur within Salt Lake County (Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, West Valley, Magna, Emigration Canyon, Millcreek, Holladay, Murray, Taylorsville, Kearns, West Jordan, Midvale, Cottonwood Heights, Sandy, Alta, South Jordan, Copperton, Riverton, Herriman, Bluffdale, Draper).

The proposed project is anchored in a visual arts practice.

The project is either collaborative in nature or incorporates collaborative elements.

The project is not conducted by or in partnership with a 501(c)3 organization, and is not a sustaining project. The fund is meant to support short-term occurrences, events, and new collaborations that are ineligible for/overlooked by other funding sources.

The project will be completed within the 12-month grant cycle. In this context, “completed” refers to the goals outlined in the project application: for example, a project that results in establishing a new artist residency would be considered “complete” while the residency would become ongoing.

The project will occur and be presented in a publicly accessible manner.

Process Grants are awards of $5,000 for individual artists incorporating collaborative elements into a solo project or smaller scale projects from a collaborative team. Process Grants support early-stage or small-scale projects from artists and collectives initiating new ideas, testing forms, or working at a more intimate scale. This grant is intended for projects that are in their beginning phases or benefit from lighter support; experimenting with a new method, building an early collaboration, or assembling a first iteration of something larger. Projects must include a collaborative or co-creative element and be presented in a publicly accessible format within Salt Lake County.

Project Grants are awards of $10,000 for major projects from collectives, teams, or an exceptional individual with proven capacity and a history of impactful collaborations. Project Grants support ambitious, collaborative visual arts projects with a clear plan for public presentation and engagement. Awarded artists, artist-organizers, and collectives will pursue larger-scale or more developed projects that demonstrate thoughtful collaboration, strong public engagement, and a clear visual arts focus. From building something new from the ground up or pushing an evolving practice in a new direction, applicants should propose an ambitious,  defined project to be realized within a 12-month period in Salt Lake County.

The project concept demonstrates a collaborative element as a core component of process or outcomes, including but not limited to: partnering directly with an unconventional art space (not a registered 501(c)3); incorporating community participation directly into project outcomes; utilizing existing landscape, weather, or wildlife as an active collaborator; working with local skilled laborers or contracted workers to introduce new skills or materials in the project.

The project concept demonstrates an intention to expand audiences and invites communities to participate in local visual arts. This could include utilizing a nontraditional venue, leveraging online platforms to reach new audiences, creating audience investment through thoughtful partnerships/collaborations, or other means of engagement.

The project is innovative, surprising, unique, or experimental, and expands the practice of the artist or collective in new ways. This could include non-traditional materials, research methodology, means of presentation/publication/exhibition/performance, use of technology, or other components of the project process.

Any project occurring outside of Salt Lake County

Any project primarily conducted by an individual under 21

Any project conducted by or in partnership with a 501(c)3 organization

Any sustaining, ongoing, or existing project (an existing residency, an ongoing installation, performance series, an exhibition already scheduled, etc.)

Any project that cannot meet a clear goal or outcome within the 12-month grant cycle

Any project not primarily rooted in the visual arts

Does the project meet all of the general eligibility guidelines?

Does the project take place in a publicly accessible space? Does the project utilize creative or alternative means to engage the audience or expand audience reach?

Does the project expand on definitions/understandings of the visual arts? Does the project expand the artist’s practice in new ways?

Does the concept and presentation of the concept demonstrate artistic strength and merit?

Is the project presented with a clear plan, realistic timeline, and demonstrated capacity to carry out the project within one year?