Deadline: 25-Jun-21
The National Performance Network (NPN) is seeking applications for its Take Notice Fund.
This pilot grant program will award 30+ artists and culture bearers per year through a competitive application process. Grant funds are unrestricted and intended to support an artist’s creative practice and/or wellbeing.
NPN envisions a world in which artists of color living and working in the South have the power, resources, and opportunities to thrive. The Take Notice Fund honors BIPOC artists living and working in Louisiana, providing funding to advance their artistic practices.
Funding Information
- Grant in the amount of $5,000 to support the artist’s creative practice and wellbeing (e.g., artistic projects, materials, residencies, professional development, artists’ fees, cost-of-living, etc.)
Eligible disciplines include
- Dance: Choreographers and dance-makers creating new original work in any dance genre (ballet, hip hop, experimental, etc.
- Music: Composers and sound artists creating new original work in any musical genre (chamber, experimental, jazz, etc.)
- Theater/performance art/spoken word: Primary creators of devised work, performance or spoken word artists creating original work, and playwrights
- Film/media: Filmmakers and video, digital production, and new media artists (web-based, computational, virtual, interactive, data and/or technology-driven, etc.)
- Literature: Fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, poets, and playwrights
- Visual arts: Visual artists in any discipline (including public art, social practice art, and graffiti/street art)
- Black Masking Indians: Artists and culture bearers who create beaded, sequined, and feathered suits to honor the tradition and celebrate on Mardi Gras, St. Joseph’s Day, and Super Sunday.
- Other culture bearers: A member of a community who practices their community’s artistic or creative expressions. Knowledge of these arts or skills are most often passed from person to person within the cultural group, and the art itself expresses the community’s values or aesthetics.
Eligibility Criteria
The Spring 2021 Take Notice Fund is open to all BIPOC artists/collectives and culture bearers, at any career stage, who are primary residents of the state of Louisiana. Please see below for a list of eligible disciplines.
- Artists who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color (BIPOC)
- Applicants must be Louisiana residents, living/working in LA for 5+ years
- Artists at any career stage may apply, but must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application
- Artists must meet NPN’s definition of generative artist, defined as those who are currently active in conceiving and creating new original work and the originators of their works of art. We are not able to support artists whose work focuses on the interpretation, performance, or development/production of the creative work of others.
- Individual artists as well as ensembles/collectives/collaboratives may apply.
For more information, visit The National Performance Network.
For more information, visit https://npnweb.org/programs/take-notice-fund/