Artists who have applied and been accepted for a residency with Green Olive Arts will receive an official acceptance letter which can be used in requesting funding. A prospective budget for accepted residents is also available upon request to aid in this process. Green Olive Arts makes no claim as to the likelihood of funding from these resources for your particular needs, but we do encourage artists to pursue these options and organizations to learn about the process.

Crowd Funding:

Crowd funding is the practice of raising funds for a project or venture through many small gifts from a large number (crowd) of people, typically via the internet. Inviting people to become part of the story of your art residency through crowd funding is a practice that is on the rise…as are the number of websites out there offering competitive and creative plans. See a starter list of the most commonly used sites below:

Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Pozible, GoGetFunding, GoFundMe

Arts Council Funding:

Municipal and educational governing bodies invest in the arts. Chances are pretty good that the local arts council of your city or state may be interested in helping to send local artists into other contexts to make their art so that when they return, the city benefits culturally. The same is sometimes true at universities, where their may already be a program through which artists can apply for funding for art travel/residency. For example, if you are a California artist, visit the California Arts Council website for grant opportunities.

Private Foundation Grants:

There are numerous private foundations started by individuals and groups whose sole interest is to empower creatives and culture-shapers in their work for the good of humanity. It is not uncommon for these foundations to have a fairly specific culture, geographic location, social issue or even artistic medium in their funding profile.

Embassy Sponsored Creative Exchange:

Offering your skills, stories, workshops, exhibition, or other professional asset to your country’s Embassy or cultural attache can grow into an amazing opportunity to share across cultures in exchange for full or partial funding. In Morocco, the American Language Centers also offer such an exchange for any strong English speaking artists traveling in-country. This usually entails cutting into your residency time OR lengthening your stay beyond your project proposal by up to 5 days to accommodate traveling to and presenting at multiple ALCs in-country. Contact us about these opportunities to begin the dialogue.

Resources:

FULBRIGHT Scholar Program -With the support of the United States government and through binational partnerships with foreign governments, the Fulbright Scholarship Program sponsors U.S. and foreign participants for exchanges in all areas of endeavor, including the sciences, business, academe, public service, government, and the arts and continues to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

Also consider the the Fulbright Flex Awards available to U.S. scholars currently unable to spend extended periods of time abroad, an option more conducive to shorter seasons of artist residency

Lighton International Artist Exchange Program (LIAEP) – Support for visual artists and arts professionals to travel to international residencies and artist communities and for foreign visual artists to travel to and work in the United States.