Individual Artists

The Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program grant is designed to honor and encourage the preservation of North Dakota's diverse living traditions. By providing funds up to $3,000, this grant allows master traditional artists to pass their skills and knowledge on to apprentices on a one-to-one basis over an extended period of time.

The Individual Artist Fellowship grant program is designed to support outstanding professional practicing artists residing in North Dakota. Two fellowships of $3,500 are annually awarded for projects that will enhance or expand the applicant's artistic skills and/or process and advance the applicant's career by helping the artist generate greater visibility with and exposure to potential audiences.

Professional Development (PD) is a reimbursement grant program that provides up to $1,000 for North Dakota individual professional artists, individual arts educators, nonprofit arts organizations, and educational institutions to partake in arts-related professional development activities. Proposed activities can be within the United States or International.

Special Projects is a grant program that provides up to $1,250 for North Dakota groups and individual artists to initiate new art events of all disciplines and forms utilizing North Dakota and/or out-of-state artists/artist groups.