Artist Support, Projects and Residencies

• Artists & Communities|
• Mid Atlantic Creative Fellowships|
• Living Legacy Jazz Award|
  
• State Fellowships Administration

Artist Support, Projects and Residencies programs contribute to a thriving, stable and supportive environment for artists in the mid-Atlantic region.

Programs include:

• Artists & Communities supports partnerships between visiting artists and non-profit organizations engaged in community-based creative projects.  The program supports residencies by visiting artists from District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania at organizations located throughout the Foundation’s nine-state territory.  The purpose of the program is to stimulate public participation in artistic processes and to support artists financially and artistically in their careers.  The program encourages artists and community groups to collaborate in designing projects that result in community participation and the creation of new works of art.
  
• Mid Atlantic Creative Fellowships are offered annually to two artists from each of MAAF’s member states for residencies at artist retreat centers or other  artist-focused organizations that are able to provide the special facilities or equipment necessary to create new work and explore new ideas and concepts.
  
• The Living Legacy Jazz Award is given annually to a mid-Atlantic region jazz master who has had a distinguished performing career, made a special commitment to jazz education, and worked to impart his or her unique knowledge of the art of jazz to emerging young artists.  A cash award is presented in a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
• State Fellowships Administration. The Foundation provides administrative services for individual artist fellowship programs for the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.  Foundation staff convenes panels that review approximately 1,800 applications annually.  The states participating in this partnership annually award over $800,000 to the fellowship winners.