Fellowship
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Program Description 
The Huntingdon County Arts Council makes available a fellowship every two years for an established or emerging artist of outstanding talent to set aside time for creative work, to purchase supplies and materials (other than capital equipment), and to achieve other specified career goals. The fellowships are competitive. The maximum award is $1000. The award is split into two parts. The first part (maximum $500) is awarded at the outset of the grant period, and the second is awarded during the second year after a public display (or equivalent appearance) of the results of the fellowship and the report which is described on the following page. Awards are given to individuals whose work has achieved or is coalescing into a distinctive and personal creative statement. Craftspeople who do both traditional and contemporary functional and non-functional crafts are eligible for support. The results of the work must be subjected to public display or a concert appearance, or equivalent, to complete the awarding process.
Eligibility
Artists must be Huntingdon County residents for a minimum of two years prior to application. Students and others enrolled in an undergraduate degree or certificate granting program of any kind are not eligible. A person may submit only one fellowship application each year. Applicants who receive Fellowships in a given year will not be eligible to apply during the immediately following fellowship award period.
Grant Conditions
Fellowship recipients must use the grant only in the manner outlined in their application. Any out-of-state travel connected with the fellowship project must be justified in the project description. Work produced under a fellowship remains the property of the artist. In general, the Council does not fund the following:
1. Capital expenditures, unless they are a core component and necessary for the execution of fellowship goals. Expenses have to be identified in the application and require Council approval.
2. Activities for which academic credit is given
3. Activities that have already been completed
4. Activities that have a religious purpose
5. Performances and exhibitions not available to the general public
6. Performances and exhibitions outside Pennsylvania
7. Prizes and awards
8. Benefit activities
9. Hospitality expenses, i.e., receptions, parties, gallery openings
10. Payments to lobbyists
11. Competitions The Internal Revenue Code provides that the full amount of a fellowship grant is taxable to its recipient. Recipients are also responsible for any tax obligations under state and local tax laws.
Application Procedure
Applicants must identify the project in a narrative statement on the application form. In addition, there must be a budget displayed on the form. Although the applicant may request the full maximum of $1000, the Council may award a smaller amount.
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