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Background
The Fulton Ross Fund for Visual Artists was established in 1999 for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to individual working artists of established ability, living in Florida, through the generosity of Gale Fulton Ross, one of the region’s leading contemporary expressionist painters.
Purpose
The Fulton Ross Fund for Visual Artists dual criteria for grants is recognizable artistic merit and financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Fund’s mission is to aid, regionally, the individual who has worked as a professional artist over a significant period of time. (10 years or more)
Who May Apply
The Fund welcomes applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artist who work on paper, including printmakers and live in Florida.
The Fund will not accept applications from commercial artists, photographers, video artists, filmmakers, crafts-makers or any artist whose work primarily falls into these categories. It does not make grants to students nor fund academic study.
The Selection Process
The Officers and Directors are advised in the selection process by a distinguished Committee of Selection comprised of recognized authorities in the fields of the Fund's concern.
Artists are required to submit a cover letter, an application, and slides of current work. If applying via mail applicant must make six copies of the cover letter, application, reason for funds and resume and slide sheet. Do not duplicate slides. All completed applications will be promptly acknowledged and considered. If further information is required after the completed application has been received, the artist will be contacted directly by the staff. Further information including financial data may be requested at any time during the review process, which may take up to nine months to complete.
Please note: All Slides and materials submitted are for the Foundation's records, and will not be returned. Applications not accompanied by samples of the artist's work and a slide sheet will be considered incomplete and ineligible for review. The Fulton Ross Fund For Visual Artists, Inc. is not responsible for lost or damaged materials.
Applications are accepted after August 1st. Deadline for applicants is January 15th 2005. Notification of grant recipient will be made in late March 2005.
Please send all materials to the followng address:
The Fulton Ross Fund For Visual Artists, Inc.
P.O. Box 15022
Sarasota, Florida 34277
What the Grants are Meant to Provide
We encourage applications from Florida west coast artists who have genuine financial needs that are not necessarily catastrophic. The grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Fund will consider need on the part of an applicant for all legitimate expenditures, relating to his or her professional work and personal living. The size of the grant is $10,000 to be given to one artist each year.
The Fund does not make grants to pay for past debts, legal fees, the purchase of real estate, moves to other cities, or to pay for the costs of installations, commissions or projects ordered by others. With very few exceptions, the Fund will not fund travel expenses.
Reapplication
Applicants must reapply to the Fund even though they may have been declined. All reapplicants should send new slides of their most recent work.
Our procedure requires that a grant recipient who reapplies must wait 12 months from the end of his or her award period. Reapplicants must wait at least 12 months from the date of their application letter to reapply.
Past recipients of our grant should understand that the Fund does not wish to become an instrument of extended or permanent support for particular individuals. Recipients who reapply must have circumstances so changed as to warrant a new approach.
How to Apply
Artists interested in obtaining application forms and information on the application procedure must call, write, fax or e-mail. In addition a (PDF) version of the application form can be downloaded here or applicants can submit their information via this website. Click here to find out more. Application Deadline: January 15, 2005.
The Fulton Ross Fund For Visual Artists
P.O. Box 15022
Sarasota, Florida 34277
Attn: Request for Application.
Phone: 941.928.4539
Mary Mapp, Program Administrator.
The directors reserve the right to review and redefine the Fund program guidelines according to the donor’s original intent and their determination of how artists will be best-served. |
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