The Individual Artist grant provides support for emerging artists to create a new body of work in a community setting. It acts to highlight the role artists play in Monroe and Livingston County through a “live and work” investment in these creators.

This competitive grant looks for proposals of high artistic merit that engage a segment of the community through a public program, such as an exhibition or performance that is open to the general public and/or the inclusion of community involvement in the development and creative process of the artist’s project.

Examples of previously funded Individual Artist grants include the workshopping of a new play or dance, the composition of a music score, and the creation of a series of paintings.

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) developed the State Community Regrant (SCR) Program, formally known as the Decentralization Regrant Program, in 1977 to ensure that New York State’s cultural funding reached every part of the state. The Genesee Valley Council on the Arts administers the program annually for Livingston and Monroe Counties.