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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 goal is to continue this expansion, funding 40 individual grants, by the end of 2009.
2008's recipients represent a range of ideas and interactions worth celebrating. Some of 2008's 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. Some projects 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.
What kind of art do we fund?
INTERACTIVE ART
We fund interactive 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.
What is INTERACTIVE ART?
- Art that requires human interaction to complete the piece.
- Art that prompts people to interact with one another.
- Art that responds to participants and to its environment.
- Art that causes people to reflect on the larger community.
- Art that challenges the viewers’ traditional perspective on art.
- Art that belongs to the public and exists for the benefit of all.
Who can apply?
Black Rock Arts Foundation gives grants to individual artists or artist collectives that create interactive artworks destined for communities in the world at large; there are no geographic restrictions placed on those who can apply.
How to Apply
We are no longer accepting applications for our 2008 grants. We will make the application available for next year's grant cycle in winter of 2008. Please email info@blackrockarts.org if you'd like to be added to a email list that will announce our 2009 grant cycle. Thanks for your interest in our grants!