Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation: 2021 Connie Boochever Artist Fellowships

The Connie Boochever Artist Fellowship recognizes and supports Alaska emerging artists of exceptional talent. Fellowships are awarded by the Connie Boochever Endowment through the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation and administered by the Alaska State Council on the Arts. A select number of $2,500 fellowships will be awarded biennially with specific disciplines funded in alternating years. The 2021 category is Performing Arts, Theatre and Music. Uses of fellowship funds are very broad but must be spent on activities related to the fellow's creative career.

Eligibility is limited to emerging artists living in Alaska and pursuing an art form on an ongoing basis. Applicants must be legal residents of Alaska, 18 years of age or older, and not be full-time students or enrolled in any art-related degree or certification program. Emerging professional artists are defined as principal creators of new work who take risks and embrace challenges, have a developing voice or body of work that reveals significant potential, are rigorous in their approach to creation and production, have some evidence of professional achievement but not a substantial record of accomplishment, and are not recognized as established by other artists, curators, producers, critics, and arts administrators.

Applications must include a resume and work samples: six images are required with a maximum of 10 acceptable. Video and audio files may be included as links to work online in narrative responses but not as replacements for work sample uploads. Work samples should reflect high quality work completed within the last two years. Fellowship recipients must expend funds by June 30, 2022, maintain Alaska residency throughout the fellowship year, maintain complete financial records, and acknowledge funding support in brochures, news releases, programs and other printed material. Recipients will be notified by November 30, 2021.