Deadline: 24-Aug-20
The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) is seeking applications for the Public Art for Spatial Justice to support public art that creatively expresses and embodies a more just version of what’s possible in public.
Public Art for Spatial Justice grants support Massachusetts artists and artistic collaborations to create public art in Massachusetts that fosters public imagination and contributes to more just futures for the public spaces and public culture.
Funding Information
- Public Art for Spatial Justice grants range from $5,000-$10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Lead Applicant must be a Massachusetts-based artist or artistic collaboration
- Lead applicant may be an individual(s), fiscally sponsored collective, and/or 501c3 organization
- Individual artist applicants and payees must be 18+ years old
- Artistic collaborations applying may consist of 2-3 individual artists working together, or more formal collectives/collaborations that have fiscal sponsorship or 501c3 status.
- Recognizing the intersectionality of artists’ identities, they acknowledge that artists may also identify as cultural practitioners, activists and community-rooted collaborators, and may be self/community-taught, institutionally trained, or a combination of both. All are welcome to apply.
- Note: Public Art for Spatial Justice Grants are taxable income to individual recipients and reportable to the IRS. Grantees will receive a 1099 from NEFA if total payments exceed the minimum requirements set by the IRS within a calendar year.
Proposed public art project must:
- Be located in the state of Massachusetts
- Engage the public realm and be available to the general public
- Projects may include public-facing elements that are engaging both physical and/or virtual spaces. Ideally projects will engage physical places/spaces, but they recognize public health standards continue to evolve during this pandemic. They will work with grantees to determine safe protocols to meet current public health standards.
- Creatively cultivate expressions of and/or embodiment of spatial justice through public artmaking. Projects of all artistic disciplines – visual, performative, rooted in ritual, etc.- are eligible.
Not Eligible
- Applicants based outside of Massachusetts
- Proposed projects based outside of Massachusetts
- Current Public Art for Spatial Justice grantees are not eligible to apply for another Public Art for Spatial Justice Grant at this time. As they pilot this timely opportunity, they want to make sure others have a chance to apply, too!
For more information, visit https://www.nefa.org/CreateSpatialJustice