CINTAS Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts

The CINTAS Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts is an award for creative artists of Cuban descent working in visual and media arts. It supports disciplines such as painting, sculpture, installation, media arts, and experimental film and aims to advance the careers of emerging and established visual artists. Fellows are asked to submit representative work samples for archival purposes and the Foundation preserves fellows' work in the CINTAS Fellows Collection. The fellowship has been awarded since 1963 and may be granted multiple times to an individual (maximum two fellowships).

$25,000 award for creative projects in visual or media arts; fellows are encouraged to submit work samples for archival inclusion in the CINTAS Fellows Collection.

Applicants must be of Cuban citizenship or direct lineage (Cuban parent or grandparent) and be creative artists in visual or media arts; performing artists are not eligible. Fellows living abroad must provide a U.S. taxpayer identification number.

Access the application and work sample forms via a Gmail account; submit up to 10 digital images with an image list, provide multiple views or videos for sculpture, submit film/media samples with links and role clarification, and indicate running times and applicant's role for all samples.