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Are you an Afrodescendant artist ready for the next step in your career? The Darryl Chappell Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2027 mentee cohort.
Over six months, each selected artist works one-on-one with an experienced mentor for up to 12 hours of direct mentorship. Together, they strengthen artistic practice, set clear goals, and build toward a sustainable career.
“Participating as a mentee in the Darryl Chappell Foundation Mentorship Program has strengthened my practice through thoughtful dialogue, critical feedback, and a deeper understanding of how to navigate my practice outside of photography.”
Harlan Bozeman, Mentee
Key Dates
Applications close: January 4, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Decisions sent by: March 5, 2027
Pairings begin: as early as April 2027
Programs
Artist-in-Residence
Our artists-in-residence program provides time, space, resources, and mentorship for artists to pursue projects of their choosing while building community with fellow artists. We offer this support through a network of nonprofit partners who share our mission and align with our core values.
Artists Talk
Artists Talk Series are free and open to everyone. The Artists Talk Series are moderated and very interactive forums where artists highlight their experiences, lessons learned, works of art and share their aspirations. Plenty of time is also offered for questions from the public to artists regarding their journey and/or their latest works of art.
Empowering Afrodescendant Artists Through Professional Mentorship
Connect emerging Afrodescendant artists with experienced artists in our supportive six-month mentorship program. Through mutual agreement between mentor and mentee, we create meaningful partnerships that foster knowledge exchange, professional growth, and lasting connections within the artistic community. Mentors participate as paid professionals or volunteers.
Fund for Community Art
The Fund for Community Art is a program that provides financial resources directly to visual artists through the Foundation’s nonprofit partners across the United States and Puerto Rico for artists to work on public works of art within their local communities. Artists make their works of art accessible to the community by creating and producing art right where the community lives and works.
The program funds projects such as public murals, community public art displays – including photography, youth community projects involving artists and other local arts creative initiatives working directly with local visual artists.