Deadline: 1 April 2020
2020 is the 35th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to produce major performance art works in New York.
The Franklin Furnace Fund 2020-2021 is supported by Jerome Foundation and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Artists supported by funding from Jerome Foundation must live in the five boroughs of New York City or the state of Minnesota.
Franklin Furnace has no curator; each year a new panel of artists reviews all proposals. They believe this peer panel system allows all kinds of artists from all over the world an equal shot at presenting their work. Every year the panel changes, as do the definitions of “early career artist” and “performance art.”
Projects may begin as early as August 1, 2020. Artists who are awarded funding must present new works of performance art – though it is acceptable for these works to be shown in earlier iterations as works-in-progress.
Funding Information
Grants range between $2,000 and $10,000, depending on peer review panel allocation of funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- Are in the early stages of their creative development;
- Have a focused direction and are actively creating new work in performance art;
- Have yet to be substantially celebrated within their field, the media, funding circles or the public at large;
- Are vocational (as opposed to avocational, academic, amateur or educational) artists;
- Are not participating in any degree-granting programs (K-12, undergraduate, graduate) in any field;
- Generate new works and claim creative “authorship” and creative control in the creation of new work, and whose primary practice is centered in creation of new work through their roles as performance artists;
- Expand the aesthetic or social experience in the discipline in which they work and/or reclaim and revive traditional forms in original ways;
- Create works that are:
- Imaginative, rigorous, and well-executed;
- Compelling and has a distinctive vision and authentic voice;
- Connected with intended audiences/participants;
- Engaging aesthetically and experientially;
- Bold and risk-taking.
- Artists from all areas of the world are encouraged to apply; however, artists selected by the panel are expected to present their work in New York City;
- Full-time students are ineligible.
Ineligible Artists
- Would be identified as “mid-career” or established in any arts discipline
- Are engaged in the arts as a hobby or avocational pastime
- Are applicants who are or will be students enrolled in degree-granting programs
- Interpret, perform, critique, report on, edit, or design the work of others (e.g., singers, musicians, screenwriters, dancers, actors, instrumentalists, vocalists, arrangers, editors, journalists, designers in sets/lights/costumes/sound, or critics, among others) but who do not also generate new work
- Are managers, administrators, builders or technicians who do not also have a significant history of generating new work.
How to Apply
- Grant recipients are required to submit video and photographic documentation of their funded projects to Franklin Furnace for preservation in the institution’s event archives.
- The grant recipient is responsible for hiring a videographer and photographer, and Franklin Furnace can provide referrals if needed.
- Grant recipients must sign a release form allowing Franklin Furnace the non-exclusive right to share their project documentation on its website for educational purposes.
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, visit http://franklinfurnace.org/artists/franklin_furnace_fund/index.php
