June 12, 2013

The Artist’s Resource Trust (A.R.T.), a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, today announced the August 1, 2013 deadline for applications. In 2012, grants of $125,000 were awarded to 20 individual artists and 8 arts organizations throughout New England, selected from a pool of 117 applications. A.R.T. annually awards grants to mid-career New England visual artists who are in financial need and to nonprofit organizations wishing to commission or purchase work by mid-career artists living in New England. Since its inception in 1996, A.R.T has awarded grants totaling more than $2 million to support art in New England. The committee that reviews applications and awards grants is comprised of accomplished artists, curators and museum directors. The fund rewards excellence in art and recognizes mid-career artists both financially and through validation by their peers.

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