Created in 1993 to further FCA’s mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists and poets who:

• Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
• Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates

Emergency Grants is a year-round, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.

Each month FCA receives an average of 100 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 15-20 grants in the range of $500 to $3,000 each. Applicants may request any amount in that range and, if granted, may receive full or partial funding. The average grant is currently $2,200.

ELIGIBILITY

• Artists who make innovative, experimental work are eligible to apply. FCA considers all elements of an application in context to determine if an artist’s work aligns with our mission to support experimental practices.

  To understand if an applicant’s practice aligns with FCA’s mission, staff members and panelists review: work samples, how the proposed project is described, any explanation the artist gives about the experimental nature of their approach or process, the venue at which the work is being presented, and the context in which the applicant has been working. Does the work push against, expand upon, or break from established artistic practices and/or does the work subvert mainstream norms, narratives, or aesthetics? Do the venues at which the artist’s work has been or will be presented have a history of presenting experimental art or a mission to do so? Does the applicant identify with a community of experimental art makers?

• Applicants must be living in the United States or U.S. territories and have a U.S. Tax ID Number (SSN, EIN, ITIN, or other).
• Applicants must have committed performance or exhibition opportunities, and be able to provide specific dates at the time of application.
• Applicants must be individual artists, or an individual representing an artist collective, ensemble, or group. Curators, producers, workshop organizers, organizations, or arts presenters are not eligible to apply.
• If multiple artists are working collaboratively on a project, the artist who received the invitation to present work and/or who is organizing the presentation opportunity should submit the application.
• Artists enrolled in any degree-granting program or school are not eligible to apply. This includes high school, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs.

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