FAQS
WHEN DO APPLICATIONS OPEN?
Applications for the 2024 Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant Program will open on Friday, June 28, and close on Wednesday, August 28. Grant Awards will be announced in November, 2024.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Visual artists and arts educators who are based in Southern Oregon are eligible to apply to the Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant Program.
HOW DO INDIVIDUALS APPLY?
Google Forms is utilized for the application process.
HOW CAN GRANT FUNDING BE USED?
Use of grant funds by individuals may include original and new works of private/public art, the purchase of supplies and equipment for personal experiences, educational offerings, and more.
During the application process, individuals will indicate how funding will be used to improve their well-being as creatives, and/or how their projects may provide service to members of our community.
WHO REVIEWS APPLICATIONS?
Applications are reviewed and selected by The Haines & Friends Visual Arts Committee.
WHAT HAPPENS IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS AWARDED A GRANT?
Individuals will receive an email from the Program Director with a request to set-up a meeting over the phone. During this time, a discussion will take place about the application that was submitted in addition to explaining next steps and answering any questions.
Individuals who are awarded grants will also be required to submit a one page report that reflects goals that were met, how funding was used, etc. The deadline to submit this report is June, 2025. Please submit all materials to The Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant Program at hainesfoundation@gmail.com.
HOW LARGE ARE GRANT FUNDS?
The Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant Program offers grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.
The Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant Program is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples who lived here since time immemorial. In the 1850s, these tribes were displaced when colonization and the Gold Rush brought thousands of Euro-Americans to their lands, leading to warfare, epidemics, starvation, and villages being burned. Beginning in1853, treaties were signed, confederating these tribes and others together, who would be referred to as the Rogue River Tribe. These treaties ceded most of their homelands to the United States, and in return, they were guaranteed a permanent homeland reserved for them. At the end of the Rogue River Wars in 1856, these Tribes and many other Tribes from Western Oregon were removed to the Siletz Reservation and the Grand Ronde Reservation. Today, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians are living descendants of the Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa peoples of this area.
The Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant Program is committed to providing grant funding to visual artists and arts educators in Southern Oregon whose voices are all too unrepresented in the visual arts industry. A lens focusing on equity, diversity, and inclusion will filter our selection process for all applications submitted.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. If you are an individual with a disability who requires accommodation(s) in order to complete an application, then please contact hainesfoundation@gmail.com.