Deadline: 13-Dec-21
The New England Foundation for the Arts is seeking applications for its Public Art Learning Fund to strengthen the field of public art in New England by providing professional development support directly to artists.
The Public Art Learning Fund aims to strengthen the public art field in the region by supporting artists in further developing the skills, resources, and connections they need to build a more vibrant and equitable community of practice in the region. Learning in partnership with grantees, NEFA strives to learn how they may be able to better support a more equitable and sustainable public art ecosystem throughout the region.
Funding Priorities
The Public Art Learning Fund gives priority to timely opportunities that are:
- Specifically expanding an artist’s public art practice: NEFA will look for clarity on desired learnings and application to artist’s public art practice.
- Equitably contributing to more just and inclusive public artmaking in the region: Artists at various stages in their public artmaking practice from urban, suburban, and rural communities across all six states in New England are welcome to apply.
Funding Information
The Public Art Learning Fund provides grants of $500 to $2,000 to support professional development opportunities for New England artists to strengthen their public art practices. Through the Public Art Learning Fund, NEFA intends to foster the continued development of more equitable, inclusive, and vibrant public spaces and public life throughout New England.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be an artist who resides full-time and makes work in one of the six New England States (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
- Applicant must be an artist whose artistic practice engages the public realm or who can demonstrate that they are in the process of expanding their artistic practice towards public artmaking
- Applicant must have a Creative Ground profile.
- Proposed professional development opportunity must:
- specifically relate to strengthening the applicant artist’s own public art practice
- take place during the grant period.
For more information, visit https://www.nefa.org/PublicArtLearningFund