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Applications are now available for the 2016 Anne McKee Artists Fund grants.

Grant monies are generated by the Fund’s annual fine art auction which was held on February 1^st, with the donating artists receiving 50-percent of the proceeds from the sale of his or her work and the McKee Fund receiving the remainder to go toward grants to Florida Keys artists for select projects.

The McKee Fund awards grants each year, in amounts of up to $2,000, to assist with project-based endeavors by individual visual, performance, and literary artists who live in Monroe County.  Grant monies are intended to cover costs specific to the project for which they are proposed.  Typically acceptable expenses include project materials, framing, publishing expenses and advertising.  The Fund also designates grants to be awarded to students and young adults to assist in the development of their talents in the arts.

Founded by longtime Key West resident and art patron, Anne McKee, the not-for-profit Fund has awarded more than $220,000 in grants since its inception in 1994.  “This annual event is unique among the Keys’ fine art auctions because it is supported by local artists with the sole purpose of benefiting local artists.” said Roberta DePiero, Past President of the Anne McKee Artists Fund’s volunteer Board of Directors.

Applications and instructions are available online at www.MckeeFund.org.  Applications will also be available at the Florida Keys Council of the Arts, 1100 Simonton Street, Key West and at Sugarloaf Lodge, 17001 Overseas Highway, Sugarloaf Key.

Completed applications must be emailed no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2016.  Grant recipients will be notified of their application status on or before Saturday, April 30, 2016.

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