Artist Project

Education and working practice

• Applications can only be submitted by visual artists who have been professionally active for at least 1 year:
  • If you have completed a Bachelor’s degree programme (HBO) with a visual arts curriculum, the date on your diploma will be considered the start of your professional practice. If there is an interim period between your graduation from the Bachelor’s programme with a visual arts curriculum and the start of your Master’s programme, this period will be considered as part of your professional practice.
  • If you have not completed a Bachelor’s degree programme (HBO) with a visual arts curriculum, the date on which you first presented work in professional art circles will be considered the start of your professional practice.
• It is not permitted to apply for or use a contribution while enrolled to study at educational institutions for e.g. Bachelor’s, Master’s, postgraduate, postdoctoral or PhD programmes. The exception is part-time programmes (not Bachelor’s programmes) of less than 20 hours a week.
• In order to be eligible for a contribution, you must be artistically and substantively active within the visual arts field, and in this capacity, part of the professional art practice in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.

Costs eligible for the grant

What is eligible:

• The cost of materials specifically related to the project.
• Rental of equipment and materials.
• If equipment is purchased that is strictly necessary for the project, the depreciation costs can be included in the budget.
• Travel expenses for a return flight, train journey or mileage allowance to and from the main location as stated in the application. Local travel expenses are part of the contribution covering time investment.
• Hiring third parties (including travel and accommodation expenses, if applicable).
• Residency expenses: Please note that the contribution covering time investment is halved if a residency fee is included in the budget, or if it becomes apparent that the residency covers the following expenses: accommodation and meals.
• In the case of an artist’s book, the contribution may only be used for a special publication that can be considered an autonomous work of art in its own right and is produced in an edition of no more than 3 copies. The Artist Project grant may not be used for other publications, but the Publication grant is available for such projects.

What is not eligible:

• Regular expenses, such as ongoing housing costs and child care are not eligible for a grant.
• The grant is not intended for work for an organisation, for regular work activities, exhibition costs or other costs of presenting work.
• The grant cannot be used to put previously produced work back into production, to frame work or transfer it to a different medium.
• Costs associated with a stay abroad and that are covered by the contribution for time investment include accommodation, meals and local travel expenses. An application can be made for these costs for third parties involved with the project.
• The Artist Project grant may not be used for a working period in a guest studio in the Netherlands or abroad if this studio is offered in the Mondriaan Fund’s Residency
• The Artist Project grant may not be used for activities or a project at institutions/art venues receiving long-term financial support from one of the Rijkscultuurfondsen (public cultural funds) or the Basic Cultural Infrastructure (BIS), unless it concerns non-standard programming.

Financing

• A fixed contribution cannot be awarded to an artist who received an Artist Start grant less than 1 year prior.
• Applicants are obliged to contribute at least 10% of the total sum being requested from the Mondriaan Fund. This can be in the form of a personal investment, contributions from third parties, an interest-free loan from Fonds Kwadraat or a contribution raised through crowdfunding.
• If the application involves another party, such as an art venue, museum, gallery, company or client, the financial contribution from this party must be in acceptable proportion to the contribution requested from the Mondriaan Fund. Cultural institutions are expected to subscribe to the Fair Practice Code. Compliance with the Fair Practice Code automatically means that the institution implements the Guideline for Artists’ Fees.

Previous applications

• An Artist Project grant may not be applied for during the term of another financial contribution from the Mondriaan Fund if the fund board is of the opinion that the contribution would cover the same costs.
• Within any 48-month period, an artist may be awarded support for a maximum of 24 months. For the remaining period, an applicant can only apply for a flexible grant amount towards project costs (as part of an Artist Project grant).
• An artist who was previously rejected for the Artist Project grant on the grounds of artistic performance is not permitted to apply for the following grants within a period of 12 months after the initial application date: Artist Project, Residency, Publications.