CINTAS Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts
Direct application
Eligibility
About this scholarship
Visual artists of Cuban citizenship or direct Cuban lineage (Cuban parent or grandparent) working in painting, sculpture, installation art, media arts, or experimental film may apply for the CINTAS Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts. Performing artists are not eligible. An individual may receive a CINTAS fellowship a maximum of two times.
The fellowship awards $25,000.
Applicants submit artist and project statements, two recommendation letters, and up to ten digital work samples (with an image list) via a Google account. Sculptors should submit at least two views of each work. Film and media arts applicants submit linked samples with running time and role clarified. Fellows living abroad must provide a U.S. taxpayer identification number if awarded.
Since 1963, CINTAS has supported more than 185 Cuban artists and preserves their work through the CINTAS Fellows Collection.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- Artist statement
- Project statement
- Two recommendation letters
- Up to ten digital work samples with image list
- Maximum 10 digital images of work, with a detailed image list (exceeding 10 disqualifies the submission)
- Discipline-specific work-sample rules (e.g., sculpture/installation: 2+ views per work, 10 images from 5+ pieces, optional 3-min video; film: 1-2 samples via links with stated role; media arts: max 2
- Two letters of recommendation submitted directly by recommenders as PDFs
- Work samples submitted via the Work Samples Form (requires a Google/Gmail account)
- All forms completed fully, signed and dated; application accepted in English or Spanish
- Eligibility: applicants of Cuban descent (Cuban citizenship or Cuban lineage)
- Submit work samples through the Work Samples Form using a Google/Gmail account.
- Sculpture, installation, film, and media-art submissions have discipline-specific work-sample rules.
- Applications may be in English or Spanish.
- Performing artists are not eligible.