individual artist fellowships grants

Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded for artistic quality to Delaware creative artists working in the visual, performing, media, folk, and literary arts.

Due to high numbers of applications and limited funds, the program is highly competitive. Fellowships are designed to enable recipients to purchase equipment and materials, allocate working time, or fulfill other needs that will allow them to advance their careers (excluding foreign travel and lobbying). Fellowship recipients are required to present examples of their work to the public during their Fellowship year. Applicants select between Emerging or Established categories. The Masters Fellowship is available in select disciplines on a three-year rotating basis to artists who meet specific criteria.

Twenty disciplines are offered in Fiscal Year 2027:

• Dance: Choreography

• Folk Art: Music*

• Folk Art: Oral Literature*

• Folk Art: Visual Arts*

• Jazz: Composition

• Jazz: Performance

• Literature: Creative Nonfiction

• Literature: Fiction

• Literature: Playwriting

• Literature: Poetry

• Media Arts: Video/Film

• Music: Composition

• Music: Contemporary Performance (hip-hop, popular, R&B)

• Music: Solo Recital (classical)

• Visual Arts: Crafts

• Visual Arts: Painting

• Visual Arts: Photography

• Visual Arts: Sculpture

• Visual Arts: Works on Paper

• Visual Arts: Interdisciplinary (for visual artists whose practice includes multiple disciplines or media, and/or working with new technology)