$7,500 Halstead Grant

If you are a veteran who likes to make jewelry, you may want apply for the $7,500 Halstead Grant for Jewelry Artists. The grant is given out each year, helping a jewelry artist to invest in their passion and grow their small business. This grant is ideal for those who want to kick-start their jewelry making career. You can apply for the Halstead Grant for Jewelry Artists online. To apply, click here.

Halstead is a company that was started over 40 years ago. Being a part of the jewelry business, they believe in helping talented jewelry makers to bring their creations to market. They created the grant program to help new and seasoned jewelry makers turn their passion into a lucrative business. If you are a veteran who has a talent for making jewelry, you may be able to turn it into a career with the help of their grant. This grant program was started in 2006, and has been helping jewelry artists ever since.

About the Halstead Grant for Jewelry Artists

There are many people around the country who have a talent and interest in making jewelry. Some of them make it for fun, while others make it to sell at flea markets and online. This grant can help talented jewelry artists to expand what they do and capitalize on it. Each year, the Halstead Grant is awarded to one jewelry artist, who can use the funds to turn their jewelry making passion into a business.

The grant is $7,500 in cash, but you also get $1,000 worth of merchandise. The merchandise is all related to the jewelry making business, so you can use it to for creating more pieces. Halstead offers a full line of jewelry making merchandise, including sterling silver, gold, chains, beads, jewelry wire, and sheet. If you are awarded the grant you will also get recognition within the jewelry industry.

The grant is awarded to someone each summer. While all jewelry artists may apply, they tend to give the grant to someone who primarily works with silver.  This is a great opportunity for a veteran jewelry artist who already works with silver, or who would like to move in that direction.

How to Apply

You can apply for the Halstead Grant for Jewelry Artists online or by mail. There is no fee to apply. You do have to be a designer who is in the United States in order to qualify for the grant. The grant application window closes every year on August 1. You can download the application from their website, fill it out, and then submit it to them online or mail it in. If you send it through the mail, you will need to make sure that it is postmarked by August 1. The winner will be announced in August.

Halstead offers additional information to help those who are interested in applying, as well as those who want to expand or start a jewelry making business. You can read about past winners  to see what their experience was and the type of jewelry they created, as well as get industry news, information on how to price your jewelry, how to reach your target market to sell your jewelry, and more.

The Halstead grant is open to all jewelry artists, including veterans, who want to start or grow their business. If you have been making jewelry and would like to turn it into a business, this grant may be exactly what you need to help make it happen. The grant provides enough funding for you to cover business start-up expenses, and you will be getting merchandise that you can use to create jewelry to add to your inventory.

When applying for the Halstead grant, you will need to provide information about what type of jewelry you create. You should be prepared to show pictures and even provide a couple of samples. The information you submit should express your passion for jewelry making and what you would like to use the funds for. The grant provides a good way for you to start a jewelry making business, or to grow the one you already have. The grant is open to those who currently have a business and those who would like to start one.

$25,000 Aftermath Project Photography Grant

Veterans have a unique perspective. They have seen things that many others may only read about in books, especially if they have served during war time or in conflicts. If they also have a passion for photography, this unique perspective may help them qualify for the $25,000 Aftermath Project Photography Grant. You can apply for the grant online. To apply, click here.

Most people only see one side of war or conflict. They don’t know the other side and what it is like to be a veteran or a soldier who is part of the conflict or fighting, or to witness the aftermath of conflict. The focus of the Aftermath Project Photography Grant is to help shed light on that other side that most people never get exposed to. The grant has been awarded for years, helping people to share the other side of the story and shed light on what it’s like to be there after the conflict takes place. With the experience veterans have, they can offer a unique perspective that may even be therapeutic for themselves.

About the Photography Grant

The most important thing when it comes to this grant is that you have a passion for photography. If you enjoy sharing the world and views with people through images, this may be the perfect grant for you. The Aftermath Project awards a $25,000 grant each year to someone who will share the aftermath of conflict, destruction, or war, after the incident has taken place.  The person will share the story through the photographic images that they took. The winner will not only receive the grant funds to support their project, but their photography will be put on display at a photo festival.

The aftermath of what should be shared through your photographic images is the rebuilding period. You should be able to share with people how those involved in the conflict were able to rebuild, restore their society, and address the wounds from war or conflict.  Since 2008, the Aftermath Project has been awarding photographers who can share the stores in the aftermath of destruction and war. The grant amount used to be $20,000, but in 2018, they announced that they were raising it to $25,000.

To apply, you need to submit a proposal of what your project will entail. It can focus on a wide variety of issues, such as conflict, war, international issues, urban rioting, ethnic conflicts, and more. It just needs to focus on the aftermath of some type of conflict situation, either domestically or abroad.

How to Apply

The proposal you submit must include what the focus of your project will be. It also needs to include a proposed timetable of any trips that will be necessary to complete the project. If you are also trying to get a book contract for this project you must disclose it when applying. If they find out later that you have a book contract, or other type of funding contract, you could lose the award.

When you submit your application, you must include the signed application form, the project proposal, and a portfolio of no more than 30 images. Your proposal should be no longer than two pages. You do not have to have images related to your project. Your project could be something you have not started on yet, and that is acceptable. You just need to submit some good images to show your photography skills.

This photography grant is open to people worldwide, including veterans. Winners of the grant will have to give the Aftermath Project 30 prints from the project that they used the funding for. If you are awarded the grant, you will be notified by mail. The winner will receive half of the funds immediately, and then another 40% of the funds mid-way through the project, with the final 10% being given after the images are submitted to the Aftermath Project.

Veterans who have a passion for photography may be great candidates for this grant. Many of them have seen conflict and aftermath situations around the world. With their keen eye, they can help share the aftermath with the rest of the world by using their photography skills. This photography grant is open to amateur photographers and professionals alike.