This page is only a preview of the questions asked on our online application form. This is not the application.

To apply, please visit our Grant Criteria page and use our online application form.

Section 1. Contact Information
 
1. Project Title            

2. Primary Contact (first and last name)       

3. Organization (optional)         

4. Contact Information
Street Address            
City
State
Zip     
Daytime Phone            
Alternate Phone
Email
Website   

5. Have you previously applied for a Black Rock Arts Grant?
Yes     No     If so, when?      
 
 
Section 2. Project Interactivity 
 
Please describe your art project.

6. How will it manifest itself physically? What will it look like, sound like, etc? Where will it be displayed? When will it occur?

7. How is your project interactive? Consider the audience, the physical environment, and the community as a whole.

8. Who is your audience? Who will participate in the project’s interactive aspects?

9. How will your project encourage interaction? How will you engage your audience?

10. Is the project collaborative? In what ways? Who will help you create your art project? If relevant, also discuss briefly the roles of partners or volunteers.
 

Section 3. Timeline

11. Please provide a brief narrative of the projected progress of your project.

12. Please describe the progress of your project in a time line, either included with your application, or emailed, as a Word, Excel or PDF document, to grants@blackrockarts.org. Please note your Project Title in the subject line of
the email.
 

Section 4. Project Goals

13. What is the fundamental purpose of your project, or your Mission Statement?

14. How will your project engage your community?

15. How does this project further the mission of the Black Rock Arts Foundation?
 

Section 5. Professional Development

16. Please list your relevant accomplishments. You may include past projects, your experience with similar projects not your own, corresponding websites or other resources. 

17. How will this project grow your capacity as an artist?
 

Section 6. Funding

18. How much funding are you requesting for the project described in this  application? 

19. How will you use your funding from BRAF?

20. How will you raise any remaining needed funding?

21. What other funding sources are you approaching?

22. It is required that you submit a budget, detailing the project’s expenses, either included in your application, or emailed to grants@blackrockarts.org with the Project Title in the subject line of the email.

 
Section 7. Supplemental Materials

We recommend you include supplemental materials such as maquettes, press kit, drawings, technical sketches, digital images, etc. Please do not submit examples of past work; only submit images and materials relating to this project. We suggest no more than 5 images. If submitting video, we suggest submitting no more than 5 minutes of video.
 
You may email or mail us, or upload your supplemental materials to be viewed. (Videos must be uploaded.)
 
 
23. Are you submitting supplemental materials (sketches, photos or visual aids)?

Select one of the following choices:

No, I am not submitting supplemental materials.

Yes, via email. Email your supplemental materials to: grants@blackrockarts.org, with your project's title in the subject line 

Yes, via mail. Mail to: Black Rock Arts Foundation, 2010 Grants, 3450 Third Street, Suite 2A, San Francsico, CA 94124. Please make your project's title clear on your supplemental materials.

Yes, I have uploaded my supplemental materials (list urls here)