Administrative Agency:

State Agency: Department of Education & Early Development, Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA)

Program Goals:

Career Opportunity Grants are designed to help professional artists at various stages of their careers take advantage of impending concrete opportunities that will significantly advance their work or careers.

Resource Provided:

ASCA provides grants of up to $1,000 to eligible artists.

Eligibility:

Professional artists working in the visual, literary, media, or performing arts, who are requesting support for unique, short-term opportunities (not the routine completion of work in progress) are eligible to apply. Alaska Native artists may apply. The applicant must be a resident of Alaska at the time of application.

Program Contact:  (Primary Contact listed first.)

Andrea Noble
Alaska State Council on the Arts
Department of Education & Early Development
411 West Fourth Avenue, Suite 1E
Anchorage, AK 99501-1843
Phone: (907) 269-6610 (888) 278-7424 (toll free)
Fax: (907) 269-6601
e-mail: andrea.noble@alaska.gov
Web site: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/aksca/