Supporting & Elevating Tampa Bay Performing Artists
Palladium Creative Fellowships provide financial support and institutional support to artistically and culturally diverse performing artists across Tampa Bay. Fellows receive funding, professional resources, and access to the Palladium’s full-service theater environment to develop bold new creative work.
Since launching in 2021, the program has supported a growing cohort of artists whose projects span jazz, dance, classical, world music, opera, and beyond.
Palladium Creative Fellowships support and foster artistically and culturally diverse performing artists, provides a full-service theater as a space to develop their work, and showcases the range of talent that lives and works in our community.
The goal of the Creative Fellowship program is to elevate artists in our community and give audiences an insight into their creative projects and performance goals.
Overview
Fellowships offer financial awards of up to $2,500 to support:
- New Creative Works
- Advancement of existing projects
- Multimedia experimentation
- Professional artistic development
Fellowship Benefits
- Up to $2,500 in unrestricted funding*
- Networking with current and past fellows
- Access to Palladium staff and institutional resources
- Marketing, technical, administrative, and rehearsal support
- In-kind value of full Palladium services is valued at approximately $5,500
- Potential performance date of completed project presented by the Palladium**
*Stipend determined by selection committee based on project scope.
**Palladium retains ticket revenue for any Creative Fellowship projects selected for performance.
Due to the Palladium’s projected closure in summer of 2026 for the renovation of Hough Hall, the 2026 Creative Fellowship awards will be for project and professional development only. Performance dates are not available at this time.
Who May Apply
Applicants must:
- Reside in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Manatee, or Sarasota Counties
- Propose work in one of the following genres:
Jazz | Blues | Dance | Opera | Classical | Chamber | Contemporary | World | Pop/Rock | Singer-Songwriter | Multidisciplinary performance
Additional Guidelines
- Artists may submit more than one proposal
- Artists may receive a Fellowship in no more than two consecutive years.
- Prior group recipients may apply individually (and vice versa).
Application Requirements
Applicants will submit:
- Professional bio
- Artistic goals (300 words max)
- Project Proposal (500 words max)
- Budget outline
- Work samples
- Community engagement plans (if applicable)
Applications for the 2026 Palladium Creative Fellowships have closed. Thank you to all who applied. Look for the 2027 application in late summer 2026.
THANK YOU – The Palladium Creative Fellowship program is made possible with support from The Gobioff Foundation, Smith & Associates Real Estate, The Hough Family Foundation, Margaret Ewell Dickins Family Foundation, Jenny Carey and Jamie Shephard, St. Petersburg College Foundation, and The City of St. Petersburg.
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Creative Fellowships keep our most talented local performing artists working in our community. We are the only theater in the region serving as an arts incubator, supporting performers in our community as they create new works, advance existing works, implement new media, and develop new ideas.
MEET OUR FELLOWS
2026 Cohort
Since 2021, the Palladium has supported an expanding community of Creative Fellows whose work reflects the depth and diversity of the Tampa Bay performing arts landscape.
