grants

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Ashoka: Ashoka Fellows, Ashoka Changemaker Schools, and AshokaU Changemaker Campuses

Awesome Foundation

Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design (exhibition grants and research grants)

Creative Capital
Creative Capital helps artists realize specific projects while building their capacity to sustain their careers for the long-term.

Due: Applications for Moving Image and Visual Arts projects due February 1-28, 2018
Need: Title, short description (50 word), long description (250 word), and answer a selection of questions.

Harpo Foundation Grants for Visual Artists 

LEAP Award

The Pollination Project 

Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program

Surdna Foundation

Regional Grants

Kansas City, MO
Rocket Grants
Rocket Grants for unconventional artwork in surprising places. Kansas City Region only (80-mile radius). Grants for experimental, artist-driven projects, that are cross-disciplinary and public-facing. Rocket Grants were launched by the Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City, MO and the Spencer Museum of Art at KU in Lawrence, KS, with funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Each year around ten projects are selected to receive up to $6,000, including eight Full Project Awards, and two Research & Development Awards.
2016-17 Deadline: March 21, 2016