​James Renwick Alliance for craft
​Chihuly fund

GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR CRAFT PUBLICATIONS​

The James Renwick Alliance for Craft is committed to supporting institutions and individuals who are working to improve the research and exhibition of high- level American craft through publication. Our JRA Chihuly Fund is a designated grant program that was first established for the organization by American blown glass sculpture artist, Dale Chihuly specifically to support and produce printed publications based in cataloguing or presenting otherwise the work of mid-level career artists working in fine craft. Publications include printed or online exhibition catalogs, art-theory, history, or criticism books and the like. The fund has been supported since through individual donations and broader fundraising campaigns.

JRA Craft is delighted to announce that application to the Chihuly Fund is now being made available
through our website. Grants will be made by an ad hoc committee of the organization. Grants of various
levels will be made at the discretion of the JRA Craft Board committee, for up to and no more than
$5,000.​

Eligibility to aplly 

• ​You must be a 501 (c) 3 United States organization with a focus on art and craft, or an individual working in the United States in direct partnership with a 501 © 3 organization which has this focus.
• Your grant request is related to producing a printed publication for the exhibition of or research based on, mid-level, fine craft-focused, work in the United States.
• The source of the publication must include significant focus on at least one mid-level career artist.
• The publication must be printed within one calendar year of the request being granted. No exceptions without direct approval from JRA Craft.
• The grant request is for no more than $5,000.
• You have not received a grant from JRA Craft in the last two calendar years.

There is no specific deadline for applications. Funding is determined on a rolling basis, throughout the calendar year. Consideration of funding will be based on

•  Compatibility with the mission of the fund and the values of the JRACraft organization.
•  Feasibility of project completion within the stated time frame.
•  Inclusion of at least one mid-career artist in the publication.
•  Credibility of scholarship and artistic merit.
•  Impact of the publication source on the fine craft field overall.
•  Awards will be made or rejected within 3 months of application submission.

*All awarded grants require a report on how the funds were used within 2 months of the publication. Additionally, JRACraft requires acknowledgement within the publication’s first pages (and any accompanying website) and should receive 2 copies of any printed catalog or an electronic copy of any digital catalog for its resource library.

If the source of the publication is cancelled, any awarded funding that does not fulfil its mission as outlined, must be returned in full. JRA Craft must be notified at least 4 months in advance of any cancelled or postponed exhibitions.

APPLY FOR THE CHIHULY FUND

Paintbrush Tower, 2014, Glass, 10½ x 9 x 9' by Dale Chihuly