Artist Fellowship - Arts Council of Kern

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MICRO-REGION 1

(Kern County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, and Ventura County)

Central California Region Program

The Central California Region grant program is open to artists who live in one of 17 counties across central California: Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Ventura.

If you live in one of the counties listed above, you’re in the right place! Click on the link below for detailed information.

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applications due

May 5, 2023

The Arts Council of Kern’s mission is...

This program will support artists at key career stages. It is intended to recognize and increase artists’ capacity for continued contribution to the field and our state. Through unrestricted funding and state-wide recognition as a California Arts Council Artist Fellow, this program is meant to uplift individual artistic practice. Artists and cultural practitioners from all disciplines are eligible to apply, with the intention of supporting diverse geographies and communities.

Click Here to Apply for the Emerging Artist Fellowship

Click Here to Apply for the Established Artist Fellowship

Click Here to Apply for Legacy Artist Fellowship

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Questions about the

Central California
Micro-Region 1 program?

Please contact the Arts Council of Kern
info@kernarts.org | 661.324.9000

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Arts Council of Kern

was founded in 1977 as the Local Arts Agency, a partnership between the County of Kern and the State of California. Two years later, ACK was incorporated as a public nonprofit 501(c)(3). The ACK was developed to advocate for and pay artists for work in and with our county’s communities, agencies, and commissions while also serving as a communication link between Kern’s creative community and State and County organizations on key issues facing the arts in our region.

Because of our long partnership with the County of Kern, the ACK serves as their regranting organization, dispersing funds for arts capacity building. The ACK also works closely with the City of Bakersfield and with other municipalities to bring arts and culture programs to underserved and culturally isolated populations. The ACK seeks to address its diverse population and to provide support for traditionally underrepresented groups in the arts community.

We’re looking for

Volunteers & Art Instructors

The Arts Council of Kern is looking for volunteers and instructors of all art forms for our events and art programs!

For volunteering opportunities contact info@kernarts.org