The Guggenheim Fellowship is among the most competitive grant applications, seeing an average of 2,500 applicants every year. Our approach emphasizes the process over the outcome, setting a tone for applying year after year. Applying to the Guggenheim Fellowship is a significant investment, but if you meet the eligibility profile, the benefits of applying are the same as with any significant opportunity:

+ Requesting references helps you maintain important relationships. 
+ Writing about your career develops your vocabulary for your art and your work as an artist in public, generating valuable context for your work.
+ Describing a future project can be useful for getting the project off the ground, with or without a Guggenheim.
+ Applications are peer-reviewed, developing visibility for your work among viewers who may not see it otherwise. 
+ And to state the obvious but important fact: You will not win a Guggenheim if you don’t apply for a Guggenheim

Who is this cohort for?     

+ Midcareer and advanced professionals
+ Artists working in painting, sculpture, the graphic arts, installation, new media, photography, fine arts, performance artists, choreographers, filmmakers   
+ First time Guggenheim applicants 
+ Experienced Guggenheim applicants who’ve not yet won a Guggenheim 
+ Applicants who want the accountability of a structured cohort
+ Applicants seeking consistent guidance and support through the application process   
+ Applicants open to sharing the application experience in community with others

For more information about whether applying for a Guggenheim is a good next step for you, take a look at this checklist.

We hope you’ll join us! 

For questions about the cohort, please email Virginia at virginia@theartistsoffice.net

About the cohort leaders
Virginia, Elana, and Corrina have extensive experience working in the art world and have collectively helped over 1000 artists and art workers navigate their careers, including guidance on the Guggenheim application.   

Virginia Broersma
Virginia Broersma is an artist whose engagement with the art community involves curating, writing, collaborative projects, public art, and organizing support for artists along with her studio practice. She founded The Artist’s Office in 2018 where she works with artists on the “office work” of being an artist including applying to grants, residencies, and other open calls. Broersma has received several grants for her studio work and helped other artists apply for and receive grants, public art projects, shows, and residencies.

Elana Mann
Elana Mann is an artist, activist, and grant writer. Her art and activism centers the act of listening, an approach that she also applies to her clients. As an artist she has received numerous awards, grants, and residencies, including the California Community Foundation Fellowship and the City of Los Angeles Master Artist Fellowship (COLA). As a grant writer/editor/application mentor, she works with individual artists and non-profits such as JOAN, Human Resources, and Arts at Blue Roof, among others.

Corrina Peipon
Corrina Peipon is an artist, curator, writer, and educator. She founded Continuous Project in 2018 as a platform to help creative people navigate their opportunities and challenges; to teach art students and working artists; and to advocate for the empowerment of art workers. She is an associate professor at ArtCenter College of Design and the co-founder of Contemporary Art League, a trade cooperative building unity, solidarity, and equity in the contemporary art field in Los Angeles County. 

Back to all Workshops / Events