Deadline: 8-Mar-21
The Futures Fund 2021 is a regranting initiative organized by The Luminary and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in order to support innovative, experimental and future-focused artist projects throughout the St. Louis region.
The Futures Fund was founded in 2019 to provide essential support to artist projects that exemplify the unique possibilities of St. Louis, deeply engage its past, present and possible futures, and model new ways of working within region.
Funding Information
- The Futures Fund will award a total of up to $60,000 in grants between $2,500 and $8000 each.
- The Fund expect to award approximately 12 grants with an average award of $5000.
Eligible Projects
- Projects that are initiated by individuals and collectives within the St. Louis region
- Projects that take place within 40 miles of Downtown St. Louis
- Projects that have a strong visual arts component and visual impact
- Projects organized and implemented by (but not limited to) visual artists, curators, writers, cultural organizers, collectives, collaboratives, or artist-run spaces
- Projects that are open and accessible to the public at large
- Projects that are innovative to the St. Louis area
- Projects that exemplify the unique possibilities of St. Louis and deeply engage its past, present and possible futures
- Preference will be given to projects that achieve one or more of the following:
- Exemplify equity, collectivity, and collaboration
- Respond to the urgencies of the moment with distinct new models or approaches to arts organizing
- Have a longstanding impact and visibility
- Develop an innovative or unconventional approach to an idea
- Engage the unique contexts and possibilities of the St. Louis region
Eligibility Criteria
- The artist/lead organizer must have a social security number in order to receive payment of the award.
- Additional collaborators and/or participants do not need to be U.S. citizens or have social security numbers.
Ineligible Projects
- Projects organized by existing incorporated businesses (includes LLCs, B Corps, state non-profits, 501(c)(3) organizations, and 501(c)(4) organizations), universities or schools (private, public, charter), religious institutions
- Projects seeking to get support retroactively or seeking reimbursement
- Projects that are in support of one individual artist and their solo practice
- Existing or ongoing programming such as an exhibition series, or regularly occurring project
For more information, visit https://theluminaryarts.com/programs/futures-fund