Creative Pinellas Return of Professional Artist Grants

Press release professional artist grant

Monday, January 6, 2020

Creative Pinellas announces the return of their Professional Artist Grant, designed to support and sustain Pinellas County’s creative community and to enhance the County as an arts and cultural destination. The program provides an unrestricted financial award to Pinellas County artists of outstanding talent and ability who bring recognition, awareness and interest to our community, inspire other artists and art lovers, and help make Pinellas Count a vibrant arts and cultural community.

The online application period opens Monday, January 6, 2020 and closes on February 24, 2020 at 11:59pm. Up to 10 Grants of $5,000 each are open to artists of all genres including literature, interdisciplinary, media arts, music composition or performance, theatre/musical theatre and visual arts. An additional $5,000 Artist Laureate grant may be presented to one of the grantees who is recognized by Creative Pinellas as being able to be a model partner and collaborator, sharing their skills and expertise and supporting the organization’s mission over the course of the grant period.

 For more information about Creative Pinellas, artist grants and all programs, please visit creativepinellas.org or contact Sherri Kelly, Manager of Communications and Brand Relations at sherri.kelly@creativepinellas.org.

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