From the North Carolina Arts Council

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Arts Council will accept applications for the 2015-16 Artist Fellowship awards for choreographers and craft, film, and visual artists until Nov. 2.

The Artist Fellowship program, now in its 35th year, supports creative development and the creation of new work for artists in North Carolina. The Artist Fellowship allows artists to set aside time to work and to buy supplies and equipment.

The fellowship award is $10,000. Fellowship guidelines can be found at http://www.ncarts.org. North Carolina artists who have been year-round residents of the state for at least a year immediately prior to the application deadline may apply. Students are not eligible.

The N.C. Arts Council’s fellowship program is one of the country’s premier programs for artists support with fellowship totally more than $4.5 million awarded to more than 600 artists across disciplines.

The fellowship program is also the foundation of the Arts Council’s support for artists, including the regional artist program grants, Creative Capital workshops, North Carolina Heritage Awards, Artist Directory and the Mary B. Regan community artist residency grant.

You can see the work of the 2014-15 winners in choreography, craft, film, and visual arts at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston-Salem in an exhibition openingSaturday, Oct. 3. For more details on the exhibition and programming, go to www.secca.org or visit the Arts Council’s blog at www.NCArtsEveryday.org.

Applicants will submit the Artist Fellowship application electronically using the online application system. Complete details about the fellowship are available on the Arts Council home page atwww.ncarts.org. Click “Artist Fellowship Deadline is Monday, Nov. 2.”

The North Carolina Arts Council works to make North Carolina The Creative State where a robust arts industry produces a creative economy, vibrant communities, children prepared for the 21st century and lives filled with discovery and learning. The Arts Council accomplishes this in partnership with artists and arts organizations, other organizations that use the arts to make their communities stronger and North Carolinians-young and old-who enjoy and participate in the arts. For more information visit www.ncarts.org.

If you have questions, craft, film and visual artists should contact Jeff Pettus atjeff.pettus@ncdcr.gov or 919-807-6513; and choreographers should contact Andrea Lawson at Andrea.Lawson@ncdcr.gov or 919-807-6511. General inquires can be directed to Amy Hoppe at amy.hoppe@ncdcr.gov or 919-807-6501.