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BLACK ROCK ARTS FOUNDATION GRANTS
Grants for Community-Building, Interactive Art Projects
About Our Grants
Since 2002, we have provided grants to artists in support of interactive installations and performances across the country. We continue to increase the total dollar amount dispersed and number of grant recipients.
Our grant recipients represent a range of ideas and interactions worth celebrating. Some of our grantees set out to create highly interactive, publicly engaging work in the spirit of the art experienced at Burning Man. Others extend existing collective art projects, continuing the momentum and reach of their works. Others still employ a valuable connection with the emerging Burning Man Regional Network, expanding our geographic reach, while nurturing individual artists' capacity to create works in and with their own local communities. Seed and challenge grants given in this cycle help artists obtain further support.
This is an incredibly optimistic time for us. We see in our artists and their projects a reflection of our community of artists, supporters and donors. The Black Rock Arts Foundation is truly grateful to our donors and members, whose contributions make our grants possible.
Applications for our 2010 cycle are available now. Applications will be due January 15, 2010 at 5:00 pm, PST. Grantees will be announced March 15, 2010.
What kind of work do we fund?
We fund highly interactive, community-driven works of art. We fund art that is accessible to the public, civic in scope and prompts the viewer to act. We like art that can be experienced in more ways than visually. We are fans of art that is meant to be touched, heard or experienced, as well as viewed. We prioritize funding art that involves the audience in its creation and presentation. Does this sound like your artwork? Apply for a grant in 2011!
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Information on previous year's Grant Recipients :