Artist Grant
Are you an occupationally active artist living in Northern Norway? Then you can apply for the Samfunnsløftet Artist Grant.
Application deadline 16 November 2023.
About the artist grant
Each grant consists of up to NOK 150,000 and is given to up to 30 professional creators of art in Northern Norway. This should help the artists immerse themselves in their work, working on a project described in the application. The aim is to contribute to innovation and the development of artistic practice.
Application criteria
- Describe a concrete project for which you wish to use the grant
- The project must be completed within two years of grant approval
- You must have an organization number
- You must have a work and residential address in Northern Norway
- The application must contain the following attachments:
- CV showing education and artistic business activities
- Portfolio/documentation of artistic work
Who can apply?
- Professional artists of all nationalities with residential addresses in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark, or Svalbard.
- The applicant must have an organization number, and must work and have their company registered in Northern Norway.
- The grant is aimed at independent and professional creators of all types of art, such as music, performing arts, film, photography, literature, visual arts, and handicrafts. Art critics may also apply for the grant.
- The grant is given to the individual artist and cannot be applied for by groups or on behalf of another artist.
Q & A
A broadly composed jury with representatives from various art disciplines will, based on an overall professional judgement, assess the applications and award up to 30 grants.
The jury emphasizes:
- Artistic level
- Willingness to explore own practice
- How the grant may contribute to artistic development and production
- Theme and content
- Genre and breadth of expression
- Distribution between established and new artists
- Geographical diversity
The jury consists of:
- Jury leader Vilde Fjeldheim Wold i Samfunnfsløftet Spare Bank 1 Nord-Norge
- Brynjar Rasmussen, artistic leader, Scene Nord, Vadsø
- Therese Bakkevoll, writer, Tromsø
- Eva Charlotte Nilsen, director and filmmaker, Vesterålen
- Marte Fjellheim Sarre, actor, dancer and coreographer at The Sámi National Theatre Beaivváš. Kautokeino
- Neal Cahoon, Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lapland and former curator at Pikene på Broen
- Kristoffer Nohr Unstad, songwriter and musician. Works as a producer in DKS, Nordland. Bodø.
The money must go towards expenses in the project described in the application and must be linked to the artistic process. This also includes payment to the artist for their own work. The grant cannot be used for publication, printing or distribution of music or books, marketing, performances, exhibitions or the like.
No. If you are a working artist (with an organization number and residential address in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark, or Svalbard) you may apply.
Choose the art group that best matches your professional artistic activity. If there are several matches, choose the one where the main weight of your activity lies.
You may apply for and in theory receive artist grants several times. At the same time, the assessment of your application will include considerations of previous grants. It must be clearly stated in a new application how the current project differs from previous ones and why you are eligible for additional grants.
Yes, you may. It will be up to the jury to assess whether the application and the project are of such a nature that they are eligible for further support from Samfunnsløftet.
The application deadline is 16 November 2023, and the awards will be made on 11 December 2023.
As the recipient, you are responsible for complying with your personal tax obligations. More information can be found at skatteetaten.no. If you are unsure, you can clarify questions with the tax office, since they must assess several specific circumstances.
The project must be completed and reported within two years of grant approval.
All recipients must report on the grant received. A link to the report form will be in the e-mail you receive upon award, together with other information about documentation requirements and the like.
All applications must have attached:
- CV showing education and artistic business activities.
- Portfolio/documentation of artistic work, which gives the jury the best opportunities to evaluate you and the project against the call text.
Yes, you may use the grant to develop a new project or complete a project that has already been started.
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