Artist Prize
Cash prize celebrating the impact of artists with a social practice, cultural organizing background or social justice focus in their work.
Community connection through art. Details for the reimagined Artist Prize will be unveiled in Summer 2024. Questions and accessibility requests can be directed to program director, Chrissy Deal at chrissy@bonfils-stanton.org.
Since 1984, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation has celebrated the impactful contributions of artists and leaders in the community. Initiated by our benefactor, Charles Edwin Stanton, the Annual Awards originally recognized achievements across Arts and Humanities, Community Service, and Science and Medicine. Over time, as our focus sharpened on arts & culture, the awards evolved to honor Artist, Community Service in the Arts, and Arts in Society categories.
In 2024, honoring four decades of tradition, we introduce a new chapter with the Artist Prize. The award will honor socially-engaged artists who champion change and social justice through their work. The cash prizes will be awarded biennially, alternating each year with Livingston Fellowship, continuing our commitment to celebrating transformative leadership in all forms.
Details to be announced Summer 2024.
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We work in partnership with grantees, other funders, community leaders and others engaged in the creative economy.
Make your Application online using the link to our portal below.
Applications close.
A panel will review your application and a decision will be made.
Program director, Chrissy Deal, welcomes your questions at chrissy@bonfils-stanton.org or 303.825.3774.
Individuals can nominate up to three candidates.
At the close of the nomination period, the Foundation will notify eligible candidates of their nomination and share a copy of each nomination and endorsement received on their behalf. Nominees, outside of self-nominations, will be able to provide additional information they feel may be relevant to their candidacy. Responses will be entirely optional and not required in order to advance in the selection process. For this reason, nominators may wish to notify the candidate in advance of recommending them for the fellowship.
The fellowship is quite competitive, so it is not unusual for individuals to be nominated several times over the years.
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Eligible candidates must be leading a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, or Jefferson county. Bonfils-Stanton Foundation’s leadership decided to focus solely on arts and culture and leadership for deeper impact in 2012. In recent years, the Foundation has taken steps to gradually align the Livingston Fellowship Program’s geographic area more closely with that of our grantmaking portfolio which focuses on the city of Denver.
Nominees will be updated of their status in the selection process via email by early November 2022. The Board of Trustees of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation will approve the 2023 class of Livingston Fellows in early 2023.
Visit our website for additional information about the history of the Livingston Fellowship program, stories from fellows and their fellowship activities.
Absolutely! If you can’t find what you’re looking for on our website, please reach out to Chrissy for more information.
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