Awards $8000 to support the public realization of connective, collaborative, and/or experimental artist-led projects that fulfill one or more of the following focus areas:

• projects that manifest new and inventive models to present/nurture/deploy visuals arts in Iowa

• projects that support under-resourced artists and creative communities

• projects that engage with vulnerable or underutilized resources, structures, systems, or ecologies

• projects that would likely not otherwise be eligible for financial support due to their multidisciplinary, ephemeral, or risk-taking nature

Proposed projects must:

• be grounded in the visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, social practice, performance art, film/video, photography, textiles, ceramics, cross-disciplinary, public art, etc.)

• go beyond an individual studio practice, incorporating activities and formats including but not limited to: exhibitions, performances, installations, interventions, digital platforms, broadcasts, workshops, spectacles, screenings, and publications (again, as long as they are firmly rooted in the visual arts)

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Awards $3000 to support artists in the early stages of an ambitious project that will fulfill one or more of the following focus areas:

• projects that manifest new and inventive models to present/nurture/deploy visuals arts in Iowa

• projects that support under-resourced artists and creative communities

• projects that engage with vulnerable or underutilized resources, structures, systems, or ecologies

• projects that would likely not otherwise be eligible for financial support due to their multidisciplinary, ephemeral, or risk-taking nature

R/D proposals must:

• support progress towards a future publicly-realized project in the visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, social practice, performance art, film/video, photography, textiles, ceramics, cross-disciplinary, public art, etc.)

• incorporate activities that expand your ability to pursue a future project (such as learning a new technical skill, building relationships with potential collaborators/partners, conducting research through reading/ interviews/site visits, creating prototypes, etc.)

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