Foundation Trust Emerging Artist Application

Follow Your Art Community Studios

Foundation Trust
Emerging Youth Artist Fellowship Application

Thank you for your interest in Foundation Trust Emerging Artist Fellowship for youth artists. Through this fellowship, Foundation Trust seeks to advance inclusivity in the arts across cultural, neurological, and gender identities.

This Fellowship will support a cohort of 6 artists for a 9 month period by providing the following:

An open invitation to our weekly Teen Open Studio at Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS), located at 647 Main Street, Melrose. Meetings are expected to be on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8 pm throughout the school year, with opportunity for individual feedback on their work with a mentor as they build a portfolio for further education or employment.
An opportunity to work with a community group on a commissioned piece. This piece can be done during Open Studio times with access to mentorship support.
Opportunities throughout the year to meet with working artists in the community. Every effort will be made to connect you with an artist who works in a similar medium to you.
A piece in a gallery show at FYACS.

There is a fee of $500 for this program for accepted artists. This fee can be paid up front or monthly over the first 5 months of the program. Acceptance to this fellowship is not dependent on ability to pay; financial assistance is available. There is space on the form below to indicate whether assistance is required.

Applications are due by May 15, 2024. The FYACS and Foundation Trust selection committee will make acceptance decisions by June 1st. The first meeting will take place the week of September 2, 2024 and the program will conclude in mid-May, 2024.

Please complete the application as fully as possible. If you have questions, please contact the CYO Coordinator, Nicole Morse at cyo@fyamelrose.org.

Applicant Information

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Personal and Artist Statements

Please describe your personal identity as you define it and how your identity and culture is reflected in and informs your creative work.*

Artist Statement: Please tell us about who you are as an artist. Tell us about your interest in creating, how you think about the work you create, and where you hope to go with your work in the next year. *

Please share three images of your work from the past two years, and use the box below to tell us anything you'd like about each piece. *

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Please list a reference who can speak directly to your commitment to your creative work. This can be a teacher or community member.

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Fellowship Committment

The Emerging Artist Fellowship Cohort is a 9 month opportunity to focus on your artwork with the feedback and mentorship of working artists/educators, with a plan of developing a portfolio for advanced eduation/employment. There is an expectation that the artist will actively participate in group meetings, sharing work and providing feedback to other artists.

Please tell us about your ability to participate in such a group. This includes your willingness to give and take feedback as you develop your body of work, commit to meetings a few times a month, and what might get in the way of making full use of this piece of the fellowship. *

Applicant Financial Information

Although a large portion of the costs of the cohort program are funded by Foundation Trust, there is an offset fee of $500 per artist. These fees pay for mentorship/staff time, studio use, and in-studio supplies. Artists are required to purchase their own supplies for projects outside the studio. Financial need is not a barrier to participation in this program.

Should you be accepted to the cohort, would your family be able to pay the $500 fee associated with the program? If this would be a challenge, please indicate what would be helpful to alleviate this challenge (financial assistance, a payment plan, etc). *

Community Engagement
Part of Creative Youth Development programming is providing opportunities for youth artists to use their creative skills to connect with the community. As part of your fellowship, what way(s) would you be interested in contributing to the creative life of FYACS? Please check all that apply:

Helping with kids classes or a community eventDesigning posters, signs, etc for studioPhoto documentation of FYACS classes/eventsGeneral organizing/prep/cleaning of studio spaces and supplies

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Diversity Statement
We are striving to recruit artists from all backgrounds and modalities to build inclusive community. All are encouraged to apply. We believe our diversity is our strength and we value the unique perspectives and contributions that people of all backgrounds and life experiences can bring to our team. Therefore, we actively recruit people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, and those who do not speak English as their first language.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Employment is dependent on completing a background check. Follow Your Art Community Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

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Please contact cyo@fyamelrose.org if you have any questions. Thank you!