CHF 2019 Art-Business Accelerator Fellowship

The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists (CHF) is a national nonprofit organization that promotes the financial independence of professional working artists by providing targeted business training, entrepreneurial learning, community building, and one-on-one support.

CHF will award admission to 20 Fellows for its 2019 virtual Art-Business Accelerator, an intensive online program offering customized business training, network-building opportunities, publicity, and one-on-one support. The yearlong program consists of monthly strategic workshops and labs focused on key issues including contracts, negotiations, sales, marketing, and relationship management, facilitated by subject-matter experts. At the end of year one, each Fellow will have established a viable business objective and developed an investment-grade business plan for an entrepreneurial project. A select group of 2019 Fellows may be chosen to continue to a second year of the program. Artwork submitted by Fellowship applicants may be featured in CHF's 2019 online Accelerator art catalogue.

Fellows receive admission to the virtual yearlong course, customized support from CHF's Accelerator team and individual consultations with experts, free all-inclusive access to CHF's comprehensive digital learning portal, PR exposure via CHF's digital media and social channels, sales support through CHF's online Accelerator art catalogue and group exhibitions, introductions to industry leaders and invitations to regional/local events, opportunities to collaborate with other Fellows, and automatic inclusion in The Artist Federation. To be considered, applicants must be professional painters, artists working on paper, and/or sculptors who have had their art exhibited and/or published professionally, are pursuing specific opportunities or projects for which business support would make a substantive difference, are United States citizens or permanent residents, and have not previously been awarded a Fellowship or grant from CHF. Applicants using photography, film, and/or video will be considered if these are not the sole media. The program is delivered via remote technology, so Fellows must have either a laptop or desktop computer. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. MDT on September 30, 2018. The application fee is $35.00. Applicants must submit a resume/CV and up to ten images of their work. The 20 selected Fellows will be named in November 2018, and the program will begin in January 2019.