Artists involved in the creative industries are a vital component of an area’s job creation and retention. The Broward County Cultural Division and the South Florida Regional Planning Council offer a Micro Credit program (revolving loan funding) to assist with financing Broward-based artists and their projects. In addition, the program offers an Artist as an Entrepreneurial Institute (AEI) to assist an artist’s business expertise to operate their unique enterprise.
1. Read the pages in this web site.
2. Attend a workshop
3. Complete Part I: Application (PDF)
4. Complete Part II: Attachments
5. Submit Application & Attachments
The Artist Micro Credit Program is designed to assist Broward-based practicing, professional, and emerging artists, to advance their work and careers. A premise of the program is that “gaps” exist in traditional lending markets and that some creditworthy artists, and their artistic businesses, cannot qualify for financing. This program provides assistance to eligible individual artists and arts-related businesses, who cannot obtain funding from conventional sources.
| Micro Credit Loan Amounts |
On a funds-available basis, the program will award established amounts ranging from: $1,000 up to a maximum of $5,000.
*Applicants are eligible to submit only one application within an eighteen (18) month funding period, AND may only re-apply after repayment of any outstanding loans to this program are completed.
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| Training/Application Workshop |
Informational workshops on the Artist Micro Credit Program application process are available for applicants to become familiar with the policies and guidelines. Attendance at a workshop is highly recommended.
Workshop Notification:
Press Release will be issues.
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Workshops will also be highlighted on our home page a week in advance
The Broward Cultural Council’s Micro Credit Committee will review each application. Loan decision authority rests with the Micro Credit Program Committee. The Committee is comprised of staff from the South Florida Regional Planning Council, the Broward Cultural Council, local artists, micro-enterprise lenders, and business development analysts.
For more information about the Artist Micro Credit Program and the Artist as an Entrepreneurial Institute contact:
James Shermer, Grants Administrator
Broward Cultural Division
100 South Andrews Avenue, 6th Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-1829
954-357-7502 ● 954-357-5769 Fax
jshermer@broward.org
Cheryl D. Cook, Economic Development Specialist
cherylc@sfrpc.com
Joyce Hall, Financial Specialist
South Florida Regional Planning Council
3440 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 140
Hollywood, FL 33020
954- 985-4416 ● 954-985-4417 Fax
jhall@sfrpc.com
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