Arts SA is accepting applications from independent practising professional South Australian visual artists, craftspeople and designers in the first five years of practice for their Emerging Artists Mentorships grant category.

This category is designed to foster a learning environment for individual emerging artists to enhance their arts practice through a one-on-one professional relationship with a significant practitioner. Four grants of up to $10,000 are awarded per anum.

Mentorships are a valuable pathway to develop new artistic and conceptual skills and focus on career planning and professional capacity building.

A strong mentorship proposal will place an artist in a close working and career guidance relationship with a respected and outstanding mentor.

Mentorships are usually self-directed. Artists can plan, initiate and develop their mentorship proposals together with their selected mentor. Day-to-day mentoring arrangements should be negotiated with the mentor. Arrangements could comprise of practical one-on-one experiences or a series of meetings for career guidance and artistic and critical direction.

Funding can be sought for, but is not restricted to:

– Mentor's fees
– Materials, studios and equipment hire directly related to the mentorship
– Travel, accommodation (local interstate or international)

In addition to general criteria and eligibility contained in the Arts SA funding handbook, proposals will be assessed according to the following criteria:

– The extent to which the mentorship will enhance and further extend or develop the quality of the applicant's artistic practice and thereby further establish the artist's career and reputation.
– The extent to which the mentorship stands to contribute to the development of the artform, locally, nationally or internationally.
– The extent to which the mentorship will contribute to the development of arts and culture in South Australia and to South Australia's reputation as a centre of artistic and cultural excellence.

Applications are due 7 May 2010. Successful applicants will be notified 2 July 2010.

For more information and to apply visit here.

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