Jerome Project Grants 
2012 marks the 22nd year of the Ceramic Artists Project Grant Program. The intent of the program is to support Minnesota ceramic artists at relatively early stages in their careers, as they accomplish short-term, specific objectives.

The 2012 grants have been awarded.  Please see information below on the recent recipients of the grant.  Information regarding future grants will be available in September of 2012.

The program provided three grants of $6,000 each in 2012 for projects to take place between April 1 and December 31, 2012.

Projects may include, but are not limited to: experimenting with new techniques and materials, working or studying with a mentor, purchasing equipment to facilitate an aesthetic or technical investigation, providing studio time, studio rental, supplies, technical support, collaborations between ceramic artists and artists working in other media, education or exhibition opportunities, and travel.

Artists must submit a final report at the end of the grant period. An exhibition of work produced during the grant period will take place at Northern Clay Center at the conclusion of the grant.

Eligibility

Eligibility is restricted to clay artists who have completed all formal academic training by the start of the grant period (April 1, 2012), who are not enrolled either full- or part-time in degree-granting institutions (including B.A., M.F.A., and teaching certification programs), who are not employed full-time as ceramics teachers at the college level, and who meet residency requirements. The project grants require at least six months of residency in Minnesota prior to the application deadline.

Artists who have previously received a Jerome NCC Artist Project Grant cannot apply again until three years after the date of their award. (A 2011 award recipient cannot apply again until the 2014 Project Grant cycle.)

Schedule

The application deadline will be 5:00 pm on February 24, 2012. Completed application forms and materials must be received at Northern Clay Center in hard copy by this date and time. THIS IS NOT A POSTMARK DEADLINE.

Application Process

Applications must include a detailed project description, along with a detailed budget. Applicants must describe the difference this project will make in their development as professional artists.

NCC will only accept digital images in 2012. Please click here for specific information regarding image size and format. No faxed, e-mailed or late applications will be accepted.

Please join us on January 9 from 6 to 7 pm for an informational session on all NCC-administered grants.

Jerome Application


Selection and Notification

Application materials will be reviewed by a three-member panel, who will select the recipients on the basis of perceived merit. Funding will be extended to three projects, at $6,000 each. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the selection process in April 2012. Projects must be started and completed between April 1 and December 31, 2012.


2012 Jerome Fellowship Artists
Northern Clay Center is please to announce the recipients of 2012 Jerome Ceramic Artists Project Grants.  A total of $18,000 was awarded to the following artists: Marion Peters Angelica of Minneapolis, MN ($6,000); Nathan Bray of Oakdale, MN ($6,000); and Dustin Yager of Minneapolis, MN ($6,000). 

The primary medium for each of these artists is clay.  However, their individual explorations range from geologic and organic forms to mid-range pottery to installation and performance-based dinnerware.

This grant program, sponsored by the Jerome Foundation, Saint Paul, MN, reflects the Foundation's interest in supporting the work of individual "emerging" artists, or artists who are at relatively early career stages.  

This year’s selection panel included David Allyn, NCC's 2011 winter McKnight Artist-in-Residence, as well as the ceramics department head at the Steel Yard in Providence, RI; Ryan Fletcher, a participating artist in NCC’s current exhibition, Functional Redesign, as well as a resident artist at Red Star Studios in Kansas City, MO; and Richard Vincent, studio potter from North Branch, and artist host on the Upper St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour.

Future grant rounds will depend on continued Jerome Foundation funding.  Information about future grants should be available from Northern Clay Center by Fall 2012.