Participating
Artist
Eligibility
Requirements
Artists participating in Jerome-funded programs through the Arts Organization Grant Program must meet the below eligibility requirements.
Rebekah Magdalena, Monkeybear's Harmolodic Workshop.
SUPPORTED ARTISTS, COLLECTIVES OR ENSEMBLES ELIGIBILITY
<p>Eligible artists, collectives or ensembles in supported programs must meet all of the descriptors listed. Jerome-eligible artists are early career generative non-student artists with residency in the state of Minnesota or the five boroughs of NYC who actively generate new original work and exercise creative control over that work.</p>
How does the Jerome Foundation define "early career"?
The Foundation’s goal is to serve a spectrum of artists typically in their 3rd to 12th post-student (if applicable) year of creative practice. This spectrum is framed by artists with some track record of creating and presenting full work (not beginning artists), and artists who are NOT at a point in their careers where they receive consistent development and production opportunities and significant recognition, awards, and acclaim (not mid-career or established artists).
The Foundation intentionally has not defined a more precise number of years in the field for eligibility, recognizing that some artists may experience enormous success and move past early career status well before their 5th year or 10th year or 12th year. We know that the numbers of opportunities afforded to artists may differ significantly based on discipline, race/ethnicity, class, gender, physical ability and geography among other factors. Consequently, some artists may be past their 12th year and still be on the spectrum of early career status. Our use of early career is an attempt to be clearer about the kinds of artists we are supporting. We realize the lack of a rigid definition leaves room for interpretation, but we have embraced this flexibility out of our value around diversity and in recognition of the many variables that impact artists’ careers.