Advanced Arts Achievement Awards

• Eligibility: Graduating high school seniors and college students up to age 25
• Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
• Award Amount: $500-1000
• Award Dates: July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024

Application Due: April 17, 2023 by 5 PM

The Advanced Art Achievement Award is intended to assist exceptional young artists continue their artist studies. Applicants will be notified of the audition schedule at the time they submit their application. Use the Fine Arts Scholarship application form.

Note: the JAHC, through generous support from Behrends Mechanical, offers the Mac Behrends Scholarship in Creative Writing for a student enrolled in the University of Alaska Southeast Creative Writing program.. Application is made through submission to Tidal Echoes and the selection is made by the editorial board. For more information contact Emily Wall (emily.wall@uas.alaska.edu).

Need more information? Read the Fine Arts Scholarship & Advanced Arts Achievement Award Brochure.

Download the Fine Arts Scholarship Evaluation Form.

JAHC GRANT POLICIES

• Funds are for programs or projects that begin after the award date and must expended by the grantee within the project dates unless JAHC approves an extension before the project's ending date. Projects may not be funded retroactively. Projects may not already be receiving funding from CBJ.
• Funds may be used for artistic and professional development of an individual, or for the development of new programs that expand an organization’s contribution to the community. This grant does not fund endowments, building campaigns, capital improvements, fund-raising, marketing, or administrative costs.
• Requests for airfare may not exceed discounted advance purchase rates.
• JAHC will not award grant funds to support religious projects.
• JAHC reserves the right to conduct periodic reviews and audits of grant projects to determine if the grantee is spending money appropriately and is complying with grant guidelines and policies.
• Applicants may submit one application in a grant cycle, and may only receive an award every other grant cycle.
• Awards may fully meet but not exceed the amount requested in the application.
• Grantees must have a completed grant evaluation on file for any prior awards to be considered for a new grant award.

All promotional and printed materials about the project, including publications and books, must include this notice: This project is funded in part by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council and the City and Borough of Juneau. Copies of all promotional material must be submitted to JAHC.

GRANT REVIEW CRITERIA

Catalyst Grants are awarded based on the following criteria, listed in order of importance:

1. Compatibility with JAHC's core values: Community, Education, Enrichment and Creativity;
2. Artistic quality of the project.
3. Project represents a new initiative or project not funded through any other JAHC or CBJ funding sources.
4. Benefit and impact of the proposed project for the larger community;
5. Ability of applicant to manage arts /humanities programs, projects, events, based on past experience;
6. Likelihood of project succeeding within proposed budget;
7. Prior compliance with JAHC grant policies,
8. Applicant’s financial need according to submitted budget and rationale;
9. The application is complete and the applicant meets the general eligibility requirements.

Individual Artist Grants 

• Eligibility: All
• Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
• Award Amount: usually $1000
• Award Dates: July 1, 2023– June 30 2024
• Application Due: April 17, 2023 by 5 PM

The Individual Artist Grant is intended to assist experienced artists of exceptional talent to produce original works of art or career advancement. Artists in any creative discipline may apply. Grants may not exceed $1000, and applicants will be scheduled for a 15-minute interview with grant adjudicators at a time to be announced.

To qualify for an Individual Artists Grant, the applicant must:

• submit original work samples that demonstrate exceptional talent and professional commitment;
• have been a Juneau resident for the past year, currently residing here; and planning to reside in Juneau for the duration of the grant project;
• not have received an Individual Artist Grant from JAHC in the previous grant cycle;
• fulfilled all reporting requirements for any prior grant award

Projects may not already be receiving funding from CBJ under another grant or budget program. Funds may be used for the artistic and professional development of the artist, or for the development of a work of art by the applicant.

We suggest completing filling out this form and copying and pasting the sections into the online form. Then save your document for future reference. Unfortunately this online tool does not allow to go back in and make corrections and it does not print well.

Individual Artist Grant App

Individual Artist Grant_Evaluation_form

Use the application form below to apply. Please note that this form does not auto-save. To open the form in a new window, click HERE.

NOTE! UPDATED FORM!

Profit and Loss Statement (last year, this year to date), Balance Sheet (Last year, this year to date, and Budget next year maybe run from your accounting software and do not need to be parsed into the particular categories, provided they clearly show your financial status.

CBJ Major Grant CBJ Grant application 2023 (a good reference as you begin your online application).

CBJ Major Grant Evaluation Form

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