The Fund for Artistic Development is dedicated to providing yearly grants to artists of exceptional potential and talent in order to further their artistic skills as well as providing general funding to allow them to maintain or pursue their artistic endeavors. The works of art created by artists all over the world have provided countless people with inspiration and joy and we as art enthusiasts are proud to provide this support. And if we prove successful with our initial offering, we hope to expand the fund to provide more aid and/or services at a later date.
The Fund for Artistic Development is currently funded by the personal funds of co-founder Charles Bunce, providing twenty-five hundred dollars in the form of a solitary annual grant given out to one talented artist. Two grants can be offered to artists at this time: a one year grant and a four year grant. As the fund ages, we hope to expand on what we can offer by upping the minimum amount given each year as well as being able to fund additional artists.
The grants offered by the Fund for Artistic Development include a one year grant and a four year grant. The one year grant is to be rewarded to artists who particularly enjoy art as a hobby and can use the money to further that hobby. The four year grant is particularly for those who are planning to make art a career and have yet to or are currently going to art school, helping to lessen the overall cost of attending. Exceptions to this are those who do art as a hobby but are about to head off to college, so the four year grant would help in letting the recipient pay for their hobby or even pay for credits in an optional art class while they are college bound. Four year grants also take priority to one year grants, and within four year grants, those heading to art school for a career take priority over those who are heading to college which receive a grant to support their hobby.
Overall, the purpose of the grants in either case is to provide for the artist a means of being able to purchase art supplies/equipment, pay for costs associated with hosting their artwork on the internet (subscriptions, hosting fees, ect.), to finance projects (such as the publishing of art collection books, instructional books, graphic novels, ect.), to allow for the hobbyist to pay for art classes while they attend college or independently if not enrolled in a college, and to lessen the burden on an artist financially while attending an art school. At this time, the grant money is sent directly to the recipient for use and preferred payment method shall be discussed with the candidate if the grant offer is accepted.
