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Jerome Project Grants
2010 marks the 20th year of the Ceramic Artists Project Grant Program. The intent of the program is to support Minnesota ceramic artists at relatively early stages in their careers, as they accomplish short-term, specific objectives.The program will provide three grants of $6,000 each for projects to take place between April 1 and December 31, 2010.
Projects may include, but are not limited to: experimenting with new techniques and materials, working or studying with a mentor, purchasing equipment to facilitate an aesthetic or technical investigation, providing studio time, studio rental, supplies, technical support, collaborations between ceramic artists and artists working in other media, education or exhibition opportunities, and travel.
Artists must submit a final report at the end of the grant period. An exhibition of work produced during the grant period will take place at Northern Clay Center at the conclusion of the grant.
Eligibility
Eligibility is restricted to clay artists who have completed all formal academic training by the start of the grant period (April 1, 2010), who are not enrolled either full- or part-time in degree-granting institutions (including B.A., M.F.A., and teaching certification programs), who are not employed full-time as ceramics teachers at the college level, and who meet residency requirements. The project grants require at least six months of residency in Minnesota prior to the application deadline.Artists who have previously received a Jerome NCC Artist Project Grant cannot apply again until three years after the date of their award. (A 2009 award recipient cannot apply again until the 2012 Project Grant cycle.)
Schedule
The application deadline is Friday, February 26, 2010, by 5 pm. Completed application forms and materials must be received at Northern Clay Center in hard copy by this date and time. THIS IS NOT A POSTMARK DEADLINE.Application Process
Applications must include a detailed project description, along with a detailed budget. Applicants must describe the difference this project will make in their development as professional artists.NCC will accept slides and digital images. Please click here for specific information regarding image size and format. No faxed, e-mailed or late applications will be accepted.
Jerome Application Form
Selection and Notification
Application materials will be reviewed by a three-member panel, who will select the recipients on the basis of perceived merit. Funding will be extended to three projects, at $6,000 each. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the selection process in April 2010. Projects must be started and completed between April 1 and December 31, 2010.2010 Jerome Resident Artists
Northern Clay Center is please to announce the recipients of 2010 Jerome Ceramic Artists Project Grants. A total of $18,000 was awarded to of Elizabeth Coleman of Minneapolis, Roxanne Jackson of Minneapolis, Pete Scherzer of St. Paul. This program is sponsored by the Jerome Foundation in St. Paul, and reflects the Foundation's support of individual “emerging” artists—artists who are at relatively early stages in their careers. 2010 marks the twentieth year of the Jerome Foundation's support for clay 
artists through Northern Clay Center.
This year's selection panel included Cary Esser, 2009 McKnight Ceramic Artist Residency recipient and professor and chair of ceramics at the Kansas City Art Institute; Marko Fields, 2008 McKnight Ceramic Artist Fellowship recipient and resident artist/professor at Concordia University in St. Paul; and Ursula Hargens, 2006 Jerome grant and 2009 McKnight Ceramic Artist Fellowship recipient. The ceramic work of the 2010 recipients will be included in the 2011 Jerome Artist Exhibition, which is slated to open in early January.