Apply for Traditional Arts Apprenticeships (US)

An apprentice should have some background in the art form and indicate a commitment to practice the art form after the apprenticeship has been completed.

Funding Information

• Grant amount: up to $3,000 funds are awarded to the mentor artist.

Ineligible Activities

• Establishment of or contributions to an endowment;
• Fundraising projects that do not raise funds for the arts;
• Prizes, scholarships, or free tickets;
• Projects or programs to generate or attract audiences;
• Offsetting of debt, payment of fines, penalties, or legal fees;
• Activities that are primarily promotional or created for mass distribution, such as duplication of CDs, creation of portfolios, private gallery announcements, brochures, or websites;
• Self-published books;
• Student exhibitions, anthologies, publications, or performances, unless those activities document an arts education grant;
• Costs associated with any degree or professional certification, such as tuition, fees, and teaching materials;
• Projects or activities already completed or beginning before the eligible start date or documentation of previously completed projects;
• Documentation of projects except for arts education activities;
• Projects primarily recreational, vocational, or religious;
• Activities restricted to an organization’s membership;
• Costs for consecutive attendance at annual activities that are routinely within an arts organization’s budget including, but not limited to, conferences of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Americans for the Arts, American Folklore Society, or the Western Arts Alliance;
• Pageants, festivals, or celebrations unrelated to arts, ethnic, or cultural activities;
• Journalism;
• Historical or academic documentary film and electronic media arts that do not demonstrate significant artistic emphasis, consideration, and distinction;
• Scholarly or academic works in history, languages, archeology, and political science;
• Lobbying expenses or political activities;
• Hospitality expenses such as food and drink, alcohol, flowers, etc. Any such expenses included in a project approved for funding must be paid with applicant funds;
• Capital expenses for an individual; or
• Writing intended for youth.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicant (mentor artist) must be a practicing artist
• Applicant must be at least 18 years old. Apprentices may be under 18
• Applicant must be a United States citizen, legal resident, or refugee
• Apprentices must live in Idaho
• Final reports for past Commission grants and awards must be submitted and approved
• The length of the apprenticeship must not exceed ten months
• Apprenticeships must include a public presentation or demonstration.

For more information, visit Idaho Commission on the Arts.