Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation Grant for Sculpture (US)

Eligible Expenses

• Materials, equipment and supplies
• Research
• Artist’s compensation fee (fee incurred by creating time to work)
• Travel (airfare, car rental, ground transportation, lodging, meals, per diem)
• Living expenses (including childcare)

Ineligible Expenses

• Expenses relating to the following are not eligible and your application will be rejected if your budget proposes to use the grant funds for any of these:
  • Loans or other debts; reimbursement of payments already incurred;
  • Purchase of land or building; tuition expenses;
  • Fees paid to third parties for promotion, marketing, or sale of work;
  • Health-related expenses (dentistry, hospitalization, etc.)

Eligibility Criteria

• You are eligible to apply for the sculpture grant if you meet the following requirements:
  • You are a sculptor.
  • You are a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, or you hold an O-1 Visa.
  • You are not currently enrolled in a degree-granting program.
  • You are not an employee, consultant, or board member of the Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation, or an immediate family member of such a person.

Selection Criteria

• The selection process for the JBSF Grant for Sculpture includes two rounds of panel review.
  • Round 1: Applicants will submit a Project Proposal, CV, and work samples, and will answer a series of questions.
  • Round 2: Applicants selected to advance will be required to submit a project timeline, itemized budget, proof of eligibility, and two letters of recommendation.

Application Requirements

• Applicants are required to submit image samples and corresponding details:
  • The applicant can submit up to 10 images (they encourage you to include no less than 5 images).
  • The samples should demonstrate your strengths as a sculptor and the promise of your proposal.
  • You may submit up to three views of the same work, including installation shots, in separate images. Please do not upload multiple images in one file (for example, one image of four different works in a grid).
  • At least 3 works must be recent (completed or well underway within the last 5 years)
  • They accept various file formats for images, documents, audio, video and film.
  • Specify if your work samples document an installation and if the work was intended to be experienced under specific conditions.
  • They discourage samples of work completed in undergraduate or graduate programs.
  • The submitted work samples may include one collaborative project.
• Artists selected to advance to Round 2 must submit one of the following documents as proof of eligibility:
  • U.S. Passport
  • U.S. Birth Certificate
  • Tribal I.D. Card
  • U.S. Naturalization Certificate
  • U.S. Permanent Resident Card
  • Non-resident O-1 Visa

For more information, visit Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation.