Registration deadline: March 3
Application deadlines: April 1, July 1

This category provides support to organizations that offer exhibitions and installations of the work of living artists. A minimum of four exhibitions, scheduled during the applicant's request year, is required. Exhibitions must demonstrate a sound intellectual premise and advance the public's understanding of contemporary art practices. To better engage the public, exhibitions that propose creative approaches to documentation, interpretation, and marketing are encouraged. Material that provides a curatorial explanation of each exhibition is required of all applicants.

Funds are available for fees to participating artists, materials, curator fees, catalogue expenses, and essayists' fees. The applicant organization, and not the artists, should be responsible for shipping or preparatory expenses of their artwork, and press or publicity costs.

Requests for both solo and group exhibitions are eligible. The exhibition space must be separate and distinct from other areas at the organization.

Application Instructions

The on-line application form includes the following questions, and a project budget. Required support materials are listed below.

Application Narrative Questions

1. Exhibition Plans
Describe the exhibition plans for the coming season, placing them in the context of the organization's mission or long-range plan. Why were the proposed exhibitions chosen?

2. Curatorial Overview
Describe the curatorial overview. List the individuals responsible for selecting this year's programming, briefly noting their qualifications. If an open call was issued, how many applications were received? How does this response compare to previous years?

3. Artists' Role
What role do the visual artists have, in general, within the organization?

4. Artists' Fees and Related Support
How are fees determined and what is the range of fees for all artists that participate in the exhibition program? What other resources are directed to exhibiting artists?

5. Audience/Marketing
Describe the audience and efforts to expand the audience. Summarize marketing and interpretive efforts specific to the proposed exhibition program. If you have been successful in attracting a new audience due to a change in programming, how will this segment be maintained?

6. Finances/Board Involvement
Summarize fundraising plans to support this exhibition program. In what ways is the Board involved in this effort?

Support Materials

Support materials must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the program by the application deadline. Support materials will not be returned.

1. Upcoming schedule of confirmed exhibitions, listing exhibition dates, title of exhibition, curator/s and artists. Indicate projected fee payments

2. Up to 20 total images on CD-ROM of a representative sample of work in the proposed exhibitions  

3. Representative sample of brochures and marketing flyers