Announcing IEA's 2024 Project Grants

Proposals due on Sept 30, 2024.

The IEA Grants Committee seeks proposals from members who have an established track record as wax-media artists. 

We are looking to fund two $750 proposals for new projects that, if funded, would likely support the artist’s continued professional growth.

Click here for details and application link.

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS 

The Melissa M. Lackman IEA Mentoring Grant

This new grant initiative is for artists of any age who are in the early stages of their career as wax-media artists and who are seeking assistance to support their artistic and professional growth by engaging with an IEA Mentor.

Our 2024 Mentoring Grant have been awarded. Congratulations, all!

Sara Hemmer will work with Mentor Michelle Belto for a full year
Carol Lelivelt will work with Mentor Caryl St. Ama for a full year
Holli Levy will work with Mentor Jodi Reeb for a full year
Susan Sarver will work with Mentor Ursi Lysser for a full year


Eileen Bochsler will work with Mentor Dietlind Vander Schaaf for a half year
Anne Fjeld will work with Mentor Kelly Milukas for a half year
Mimm Patterson will work with Mentor Michele Randall for a half year
Jennifer Rowe will work with Mentor Isabelle Gaborit for a half year
Lynne Sarnoff-Christensen will work with Mentor Lonnie Zarem for a half year
Mindy Tillery will work with Mentor Victoria Foster Harrison for half year


Congratulations to the 2023 Project Grant Awardees!


We thank all IEA artists who applied for this grant opportunity. We were very impressed by the quality of the submissions we received this year. Narrowing the many worthy applications down to just a few was a challenging task.


We are pleased to announce that the following artists will receive $750 to support their exciting proposals:


Alison Fullerton

Amanda Pierce

Melissa Rubin

Lonnie Zarem


Congratulations!

We look forward to seeing your projects and sharing your work!


International Encaustic Artists is offering the following grant opportunities.


Applicants should be IEA members in good standing and be willing to maintain membership for one year following following a grant.  Each grant recipient must be willing to submit a written report of the residency or project.

For further information email: grants@international-encaustic-artists.org

Click on the specific Grants in the right-hand menu
to read more about our winning artists.

Awards & Grants

International Encaustic Artists provides limited funding opportunities for members at all stages of their careers. International Encaustic Artists is committed to the growth and development of its members.

The IEA Emerging Artist Grant is offered to artists new to encaustic who wish to seek opportunities for furthering their knowledge and skills in the medium.

The IEA Artist Project Grant is a $750 award for mid-career artists, to be used to support the completion of a project, such as preparing for an exhibition or installation, or the creation and/or completion of a body of artwork.

The IEA Residency Grant is a program which offers a self-directed artist two weeks living and working in a creativity inspiring environment.  IEA will pay fees to Castle Hill (Truro Center for the Arts, Provincetown, RI) for one two week residency for one artist for the the future Encaustic Conference.

COMING SOON!!  The IEA Education Grant is a program for artists who are early in their careers and would benefit from guidance in their career direction - either working with a mentor or for other educational opportunities.  

The La Vendéenne Awards recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement and practice of fine encaustic art. The La Vendéenne [la-vahn-day-en] Awards are named in honor of a fourth century female encaustic artist, Laia, whose buried remains were found—along with the tools of her encaustic art—in the La Vendée region of France.

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