County Executive Calvin Ball has made available 50 Individual Artists grants at $1,000 each to Howard County-based artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through a new partnership with the Howard County Arts Council. The HoCo RISE COVID-19 Artist Relief Fund is supported through CARES Act funding.
The application for these grants opens September 11, 2020. The deadline for the Relief Fund is rolling and will be reviewed in order of applications received. The application process will be closed once funding for the program is exhausted and will only be reopened should new funding become available.
Please download and review the HoCo RISE Emergency Grant Guidelines for Individual Artists below before applying.
NOTE: Only complete applications submitted online will be reviewed. Incomplete or hard copy applications will NOT be reviewed.
FY21 HoCo RISE Emergency Grant Guidelines for Individual Artists
*Please note that if you do not already have one, you will need to create a free account on hcac.gosmart.org in order to apply