The Barbara Deming Memorial Fund offers grants of up to to $1,500 for women visual artists. Projects must demonstrate feminist values. Women Arts, a foundation providing a directory of grants for female artists, indicates that this fund does not maintain a website or phone line; all communication with this fund must be made via regular mail. The deadline for visual art grant applications is December 31 each year.
Susan Pliner, Executive Director
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Inc.
P.O. Box 309
Wilton, NH 03086
The Kentucky Foundation for Women provides grants for female artists living in Kentucky, including visual artists who create art for the purpose of social change. Visual artists must submit samples of prior work, a proposal for new work and materials supporting an understanding of feminism. Artists are eligible both for grants supporting the creation of new work and to study or create art in residency programs. Grants up to $7,500 are available, although the Kentucky Foundation for Women website indicates that full funding is rare and typical grants range from $3,000 to $5,000. Applicants must have resided in Kentucky for at least one year prior to application.
Kentucky Foundation for Women
1215 Heyburn Building
332 W. Broadway
Louisville, KY 40202-2184
502-562-0045
kfw.org/artenr.html
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation offers individual grants to visual artists who are committed to a full-time artistic career. Eligible applicants must have worked as artists for at least 20 years and have demonstrated financial need. Painters, sculptors and printmakers are welcome to apply. Interested applicants must contact the foundation by regular mail in early September; the application deadline is December 15 each year. There is no information available on the foundation's website regarding the amount of funding granted.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Inc.
380 W. Broadway
New York, NY 10012
212-226-0581
gottliebfoundation.org