Laurie Jo Reynolds at the Tamms Year Ten picnic which she organized in 2009. Image courtesy of the Illinois Times
If you want to shut down a continuous solitary confinement prison like Laurie Jo Reynolds, or transform a neighborhood like Theaster Gates, or generate international outrage like Pussy Riot, AND you need $20,000 in unrestricted funds, then you’re in luck (for once). A Blade of Grass will select seven artists in a program tailored toward art-making and clear social change.
Throughout this fellowship, A Blade of Grass will be facilitating community evaluations and grantee interviews, as it has in the past. Ideally these will build up to broader conversations and public programming.
You need:
- A website
- A CV
- A 500-word letter of interest outlining your proposal for a socially-engaged project, with art “as a catalyst for social change”
- Projects must collaborate with non-artists
- Projects must have local relevance
- Projects must feature artists in leadership roles
DON’T SEND:
- Proposals for creating objects for display
- Exhibition proposals
- Proposals for personal studio development, unless social practice-related (although you may alot for living expenses if necessary)
Due:
December 2, 2013
Apply and read the full guidelines here:
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