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Open Call for Artistic Production Grant 2025 (United States)

Deadline: 04-Nov-2024

The VIA Art Fund’s Artistic Production Grants are awarding individual artists, nonprofit organizations, and institutions to support new artistic commissions that take place outside museum or gallery walls, within the public realm, or in nontraditional exhibition environments.

Funding Information
  • Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions, in amounts ranging between $25,000 – $100,000.
Eligible Projects
  • Artistic Production Grants are awarded to projects that best exemplify the three core values of Artistic Production, Thought Leadership, and Public Engagement:
    • Artistic Production: They champion the production of new work from creation to exhibition, documentation, and dissemination that reflects artistic excellence and innovation. When possible, VIA Artistic Production grants are made with the intention to gift the work to a US-based cultural organization, ensuring that VIA-funded artworks live on to encounter new audiences under the stewardship of public institutions.
    • Thought Leadership: They support the work of both established and emerging voices in contemporary art that bring new knowledge and dynamic avenues of understanding to the field. The creative output of these thought leaders generates entry points for dialogue and collaboration and fosters vital intellectual exchange.
    • Public Engagement: They promote work that penetrates social, cultural, geographic, and economic barriers to inspire and educate diverse and expanded audiences. These initiatives act as platforms for inquiry and investigation, generating meaningful collective experiences for the public.
Eligibility Criteria
  • VIA awards grants to artists, nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions, art production platforms, and biennials or festivals working in the field of contemporary art in the United States and internationally.
  • VIA does not fund in-house museum or gallery exhibitions. The support is geared towards high-impact artistic commissions presented in nontraditional exhibition venues and those mounted in the public realm.
  • Projects must have a confirmed artist (describe in the LOI).
  • Project must have a confirmed exhibition venue (describe in the LOI).
  • If the project takes place in the United States, the featured artist(s) may be US-based or international. If the artist is internationally based, then the project must take place in the United States. If you are a nonprofit entity (American or international) applying for support for a project outside the United States, your proposal must feature the work of a US-based artist.
  • Projects must begin after The grant award notification dates.
  • Organizations applying must provide proof of nonprofit status.
  • Previous grantees must wait three full years from the date of their last grant award to re-apply for funding. Previous applicants who were invited to submit a full application but did not receive support must wait one full year to reapply. Previous applicants who did not progress past the LOI stage may not submit an LOI for the same project; they may, however, submit an LOI for a different project in the next cycle.
Application Requirements
  • You may apply directly to VIA as an artist for a project OR as an organization for a project you are presenting.
    • Artists should include in their LOI:
      • Your full name, address, phone number, and email.
      • A two-page description of the project written in the form of a letter, with details of the exhibition/project venue(s); an artist statement related to the proposed project; the amount of your request.
      • A balanced project budget.
      • A project timeline.
      • An updated CV and link to your website.
    • Organizations should include in their LOI:
      • Their full name, address, phone number, and email.
      • A two-page description of the project written in the form of a letter, with details of the exhibition/project venue(s); identified artist(s); a brief organizational mission and artist statement related to the proposed project; the amount of your request. Please be sure your letter answers the question: who is the artist at the center of your project?
      • A balanced project budget and organization’s current annual operating budget (not a P&L balance sheet).
      • A project timeline.
      • Proof of nonprofit status.

For more information, visit VIA Art Fund.