Artistic Merit
60% Weight
Demonstrated excellence, technical proficiency, and a distinct, compelling voice in the chosen medium.
Artist Grants
Grantmaking supports deserving, nontraditional artists whose work shows artistic merit, financial need, outside-the-box experimentation, and active engagement with injustice.
Application Requirements
Evaluation Criteria
Innovation
20% Weight
Unconventional, innovative, or experimental approaches that push boundaries and offer new perspectives.
Addressing Injustice
20% Weight
Work that highlights, challenges, or critically examines societal imbalances, biases, and power structures.
Current Priorities
Thematic areas for artist support.
Climate
Art that engages ecological crisis, sustainability, and humanity's changing relationship with the natural world.
Ocean
Explorations of marine ecosystems, coastal resilience, maritime histories, and the symbolic power of the sea.
Power
Investigations into structures of authority, historical narratives, and the dynamics of control.
Application Requirements
Applicants should prepare materials that help the Board understand the artistic practice, project need, and intended use of grant funds.
Ask About Applying- PortfolioUp to 10 images or 5 minutes of video or audio documenting recent work.
- Resume / CVExhibition history, education, awards, and relevant professional experience.
- Artist StatementA concise overview of creative practice and thematic concerns.
- Project ProposalDescription of the work to be created, including timeline.
- Budget & NeedProjected expenses and a statement articulating financial need.