2021 Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant

Art Jewelry Forum announces the 2021 Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant for mid-career artists. Established by San Francisco-based jewelry collector Susan Beech, this grant recognizes a mid-career artist who has made a substantial contribution to the field and provides resources to develop and implement a significant jewelry-related project that the artist would not otherwise have the ability to undertake.

The grant is open to makers between the ages of 35 and 55 at the time of the proposal deadline who have an active and ongoing record of activity in the field. The proposed project should be about jewelry, loosely defined, with a specific outcome to be completed within a two-year time frame. Examples include creation of a new body of work, a book or catalog, research and development including travel study, performance art involving jewelry, or an educational or social initiative involving jewelry. Previously submitted proposals may be resubmitted.

The grant recipient will receive $20,000, paid over the two years of project implementation. Grant proposals must include an artist biography, a project proposal outlining the project and explaining how the grant will support the artist's work and career, a detailed budget, and a project portfolio of five to ten images supporting the proposal. The jury includes grant founder Susan Beech, maker and educator Daniel Kruger, and Emily Stoehrer, curator of jewelry at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The application deadline is January 10, 2021 at midnight MST.