Creative Research Grants
Overview
In 2024, FCA launched Creative Research Grants to fund the artistic exploration and development of experimental artists. Grants of $10,000 are awarded to artists for activities that inform and enhance artistic practice, encourage new creative directions, realize cultural exchanges, initiate or deepen collaborations, and/or facilitate the learning of artistic forms and traditions—whether related to or independent of any defined outcome or planned public presentation. The program values and supports critical exploratory phases of the artistic process.
The second cohort of 35 experimental artists and collectives each received a $10,000 grant to support their artistic exploration and development over a period of 18-months. Activities proposed by the grantees include research and field work; collaboration with artists and across disciplines and cultures; focused study and studio time; material exploration and experimentation; development of new techniques and instruments; and travel across the United States and to 15 countries and territories. Read our recent announcement.
Creative Research Grants are made possible by a generous bequest from the estate of Margo Leavin.
