Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
About this opportunity
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants programme provides year-round, rapid funding for innovative or experimental work in performances, exhibitions, screenings, poetry readings and installations. It covers sudden opportunities to present work with too little time to seek other funding, and unbudgeted expenses for nearly complete projects with committed dates. About 100 applications arrive each month and roughly 15-20 grants are made. Founded by Jasper Johns and John Cage in 1963, the foundation has long supported artists working outside commercial structures.
Application tips
Apply 8-10 weeks (no earlier than 10 weeks) before your project's public presentation date. Applications received less than six weeks in advance may not hear back until the project is underway. You must have confirmed dates at the time of application. Apply through Submittable.
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