The Emerging Artist Fellowship recognizes artists who are early in their careers with ambitious goals and who demonstrate artistic potential through creative risk-taking along with a clear vision of what they seek to produce and present. Artists will be chosen based on their artistic excellence and dedication through an open call process and selected by a small professional arts jury. The goal of the fellowship is to identify, celebrate and elevate emerging Detroit artistic excellence by providing much needed resources.
The Emerging Artist Fellowship 2024 provides financial support and professional mentorship for artists to develop their individual practices and identifies, elevates and promotes Detroit-based artistic excellence. Artists will receive an exhibition and financial stipend to support them at a critical point in their career.
Three Emerging Detroit artists will be selected to receive $5,000 Fellowship Awards in 2024. The Fellowship will prioritize applications from BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists and exhibition proposals that explore concepts such as climate change advocacy and/or social justice-centered work.
Each selected artist will:
- Present a New Body of Artwork
- Receive $5000 Stipend Each
- Gain Industry Experience and Knowledge
- Access Professional Mentorship
- Participate in Community Programming
Accepted proposal submissions by Visual Artists include the following categories: gallery exhibition, off-site exhibition, and/or site-specific installation.
To apply you must:
- be 18 years or older, students are NOT eligible to participate in the Fellowship
- be a current legal resident of Macomb, Oakland, or Wayne county, and have resided in Macomb, Oakland or Wayne county for at least one year prior to the application deadline (March 31, 2024), and intend to remain a resident of the tri-county area throughout the year-long fellowship period
- Provide a brief description of concept for one solo exhibition, preferably supported by applicable images.
- Provide an artist statement, biography, CV and website and/or links to social media, and include images of previous work. Please include year created, medium, title, and price in the captions
Digital Zoom Information session
Tuesday March 26, 2024, 6pm (EST)
Fellowship Application closes
Sunday March 31, 2024, 11:59pm (EST)
Learn more about eligibility and application details at bit.ly/EmergingArtistFellowship2024
This program is supported by Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan.
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PLAYGROUND DETROIT is a contemporary art gallery and creative agency based in Detroit, MI established in 2012. As a social enterprise, the mission is to support and develop opportunities for creative professionals, artists and residents in order to enhance and sustain Detroit’s creative economy.
