Grant Award Details
Professional Individual | $8,000
Professional Collaborative| $8,000
Graduate (Individual only) | $6,000
Undergraduate (Individual only) | $4,000
Half-year Student | $3,000 (Graduate)| $2,000 (Undergraduate)
Description
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Program is a vital source of funding for the visual arts and art history in Virginia. VMFA is committed to supporting professional artists as well as art and art history students who demonstrate exceptional creative ability in their chosen discipline and, as such, has awarded nearly $5.8 million in Fellowships to Virginians.
The Fellowship Program was established in 1940 through a generous contribution made by the late John Lee Pratt of Fredericksburg. 2021 will mark the 81st anniversary! Offered through VMFA Statewide, Fellowships are still largely funded through the Pratt endowment, supplemented by gifts from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation and the J. Warwick McClintock Jr. Scholarship Fund.
Grant Details
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Grant Amount$$8,000
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Submission StatusSubmissions Yet to Come
Eligibility
Professional Artists
-You must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, as well as a current legal resident of Virginia, and have been so for at least 24 consecutive months prior to the application deadline.
-You must continue to be a legal resident of Virginia for the Fellowship period of May 2022–May 2023. A legal resident has a valid Virginia driver’s license, and/or pays income taxes in Virginia, and/or is a registered Virginia voter. Applicants must be able to provide verification of residency upon request.
-You cannot be a degree-seeking student at the time of the application deadline nor plan to be a degree-seeking student during the Fellowship period of May 2022–May 2023.
NOTE: If you are a final year student graduating in May 2022, please apply for professional fellowship.
Professional Artists who are NOT ELIGIBLE include the following:
-Recipients of a VMFA Professional Fellowship after July 2017
-Recipients of three or more Fellowships in any category
-Full-time VMFA employees
-Students currently enrolled full time in a degree-seeking program at the time of the application deadline (Nov 2021)
NOTE: Students in their final year of a degree-seeking program who will graduate in May 2022 are eligible professional candidates.
Students (Graduate and Undergraduate):
-You must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, as well as a current legal resident of Virginia, and have been so for at least 12 consecutive months prior to the application deadline.
-You must continue to be a legal resident of Virginia for the Fellowship period of May 2022–May 2023. A legal resident has a valid Virginia driver’s license, and/or pays income taxes in Virginia, and/or is a registered Virginia voter.
-Students paying in-state tuition to an accredited Virginia college, university, or school of the arts qualify as legal residents of Virginia. If you do not qualify for in-state tuition in Virginia, you may not apply for a VMFA Fellowship until you establish Virginia residency. If you are a legal Virginia resident but attend school full-time outside of Virginia, you may still apply. Applicants must be able to provide verification of residency upon request.
-You must be planning to be enrolled full-time and qualify as a Virginia resident as outlined above for the entire academic year Aug 2022–May 2023 at an accredited college, university, or school of the arts.
-Half-year fall semester Fellowship awards (worth $3,000 for graduate students and $2,000 for undergraduate students) may be considered on a case-by-case basis for full-time students in the final year of a degree program who plan to graduate in Dec 2022.
Student Artists who are NOT ELIGIBLE include the following:
Recipients of three or more Fellowships in any category
Full-time VMFA employees
Students that will NOT be enrolled full time in a degree seeking program during the fellowship period May 2022-May 2023.
