The JGS Fellowship for Photography is a $8,000 cash grant awarded to five (5) New York State-based photography artists who are living and working outside New York City. 

GRANT TIMELINE

Application Open: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 10:00AM ET 

Application Close: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 5:00PM ET*

Applicants Notified: Fall 2024

*Please note that the application form on Submittable will automatically close & stop accepting applications at this time. 

2024 JGS Fellowship for Photography Guidelines

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

The JGS Fellowship for Photography is open to New York State photography artists, living and working anywhere in the following New York State regions: Western New York, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Central New York, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Capital District, Hudson Valley and Long Island. 

• Applicants must work in photography. Traditional and experimental photography or any form in which photography or photographic techniques are pivotal, if not exclusive, is eligible.
• Applicants must be current full-time residents of New York State and have lived full-time in one of the regions listed above for a minimum of 12 months at the time applications close (residents of New York City are not eligible to apply for this award).
• Applicants must live in one of the following counties: Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, and Yates.
• Applicants must be at least 25 years of age at the time the application closes.
• Applicants cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind.
   

Questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions Page or email [email protected]

The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) provides up to $20,000 to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.

WHO CAN APPLY?

• Applicants must identify as a woman and/or female, including trans women and people of variable gender identities who were designated female at birth
• Applicants must be 18 years or older on or before March 5, 2024
• Applicants must be the project lead, but collaborative projects are eligible and encouraged to apply
• Applicants must have residence in one of the 50 states, a Tribal Nation, a U.S. Territory, or the District of Columbia on the grant deadline
• Applicants must be a US citizen, permanent legal resident, or O-1 visa holder
• Applicants cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind during the grant term (August 2024 to August 2025)
• Applicants can be past recipients of other NYFA and AWAW grant programs
• Recipients of the grant are open to accept additional funds from other donors
• NYFA and AWAW employees, members of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above cannot apply

WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE?

• Projects must have a focus on environmental issues. Environmental art projects that qualify for this program may focus on the following themes, but are not limited to:

                    - Regeneration
                       - Eco-social engagement
                       - Decarbonization as decolonization
                       - Ecofeminism
                       - Climate change / climate collapse
                       - Systems-restoration
                       - Interspecies relationships
                       - Natural or built systems
                       - Recycling and repurposing
                       - Clean energy production
                       - Bioplastics

• The funded project or phase of the project must be completed by August 2025
• Projects must have a public engagement component in the proposed project that is free to attend and takes place within the grant term (August 2024 to August 2025)
• Funds must be used to complete the project outlined in the application form. Funds may be reallocated as necessary to complete the project.

GRANT TIMELINE:
Applications Open: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 10:00 AM ET

Applications Close: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM ET*

Applicants Notified: August 2024

*Please note that the application form on Submittable will automatically close and stop accepting applications at this time.


For more information visit:  https://www.nyfa.org/awaw/

All questions should be directed to [email protected].