Deadline: 01-Aug-20
The Leeway Foundation is seeking applications for the Art and Change Grant (ACG) program to provide project-based grants of up to $2,500 to women and trans artists in Greater Philadelphia to fund art for social change projects.
Leeway supports artists and cultural producers involved in art for social change that positively affects and engages communities and audiences. Creating social change must be integral to the ideas, beliefs, and goals that are woven throughout your art and your process of creating and sharing your art.
Art for social change is art with a vision and an intentional analysis. It is an artistic or creative cultural practice that may operate in traditional or nontraditional mediums, modes, or disciplines. Art with a vision impacts people in many ways. It can:
- Raise consciousness
- Alter how they think about ourselves, our society, or our culture
- Create a vision of a more just world
- Be a tool or strategy for organizing and movement building
- Preserve or reclaim traditional cultural practices using your artistic practice as a form of resistance or empowerment
- Create space for expression and build a sense of community
- Challenge racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, ableism, or other oppressions
- Question mainstream culture and beliefs
- Shift or transform the perception of power and/or privilege and the dynamics associated with justice, equality, and/or accountability
- Engage and utilize a reciprocal process — where there is teaching and learning simultaneously and the consent for engagement is mutual, as is the benefit for yourself as an artist and the community you are engaging
The Foundation encourages you to apply if you are a woman or trans artist who:
- Has an art for social change project or opportunity that impacts a larger group, audience, or community.
- Has financial need and limited or no access to other financial resources.
- Has a project supported by or in collaboration with a Change Partner (a person, organization, or business that is a part of the project in some way).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants are only allowed to submit one application per grant cycle.
- The Art and Change Grant is not for organizations, corporations, or fundraising activities.
- The Art and Change Grant cannot be used for activities that begin prior to when the grant is announced.
- You are eligible to apply if you:
- Live in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County
- Are at least 18 years old
- Identify as a woman and/or trans person
- Have a Change Partner
For more information, visit https://www.leeway.org/grants/art_and_change_grants/