Awards and programs
Masterwork's programs fund original ideas, widen access to the arts, recognize emerging talent, and preserve the insight of a creative life.
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Masterwork publishes dates and details with each call for entries. This guide shows what each program is for.
| Program | Designed for | What it supports | Right now |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Life in the Arts | Anyone who wants to learn from a lifetime of artistic practice | An ongoing multimedia series honoring people who have dedicated their lives to artistic pursuit. | Browse the interview archive and meet the artists behind the work. |
| Community Arts Awards | Local organizations bringing arts programming into their communities | Community Arts Awards support arts programming that reaches people where they live, learn, gather, and create. | Review past awardees and watch for the next application announcement. |
| Emerging Artist Award | Promising artists building the next stage of their practice | The Emerging Artist Award recognizes and supports promising young artists at an important point in their development. | Meet recent awardees and watch for the next official nomination or application notice. |
| Premier Award | Artists and arts organizations developing an original work | Masterwork's Premier Award funds the creation of new original work across music, dance, theatre, and visual art. | Read recent award stories and watch for the next official call for entries. |
Interview series
An ongoing multimedia series honoring people who have dedicated their lives to artistic pursuit.
Community grant
Community Arts Awards support arts programming that reaches people where they live, learn, gather, and create.
Artist award
The Emerging Artist Award recognizes and supports promising young artists at an important point in their development.
Artist award
Masterwork's Premier Award funds the creation of new original work across music, dance, theatre, and visual art.
Applying for an award
Choose a program, read the current call, and follow its instructions. Past opportunities remain available in the archive.
Compare the enduring purpose and audience.
Use the official eligibility, materials, and deadline on one page.
Follow the method named in that call. If no call is open, join the newsletter or check back.
Recent recognition
These stories come from Masterwork's published archive and keep the artist or organization at the center.
The Masterwork Music and Art Foundation is pleased to announce that Premiere Stages at Kean University is the recipient of our Premier Award in Theatre! This year’s award has been expanded from $10,000 to $15,000 in…
Read the storyOur Community Arts Grant Awards are designed to support the incredible artists and organizations bringing creative excellence to our local communities. This year, we offered four grants to creators across the…
Read the storySave the date for our 65th Anniversary Celebration - Sunday, May 17, in Morristown, NJ!
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