Administered by Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) as part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program, the Precipice Fund awards grants to unincorporated visual art collectives, alternative spaces, and collaborative projects.
Donor Name: Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA)
State: Oregon
City: Portland
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Precipice Fund aspires to cultivate a grantmaking culture that emphasizes community over competition and recognizes collaboration and connection.
Precipice Fund awards grants to visual art projects. Interdisciplinary projects in performance or other media are only eligible if visual art is clearly central to the project, and/or the project engages visual art discourse or reflects an expanded definition of visual art practice.
Funding Priorities
The Precipice Fund prioritizes projects that:
- are innovative and experimental, as defined and expressed by the artists/applicants
- are artist-run, artist-centric, or artist-driven
- generate opportunities and platforms for other local artists
- challenge or break from traditional or established notions, models, and forms of practice, presentation, and organization
- are accessible to or engage public(s) via process, presentation, production, or publication
- are presented in unconventional or nontraditional sites, spaces, and contexts
- are considering audience diversity and public access
- contribute to the critical depth and creative vibrancy of art communities in Portland and its surrounding areas
- are led by and/or center underrepresented artists or communities, including Black, Indigenous, Brown, people of color, Disabled, Deaf, neurodivergent, queer, trans, non-binary, immigrant, refugee, and other communities historically marginalized by dominant cultures and mainstream art worlds. Note: If a project is proposing to center or serve a particular population or community, then it must be evident that the artists/collaborators proposing the project are representative of that community.
Funding Information
In Round 14, the Precipice Fund will award grants of $500 to $5,000 each, for a total of $60,000 in funding.
Grant Period
Grant cycles are for one year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects must be rooted in the visual arts
- Projects must be produced by independent, unincorporated entities. Proposals from or in partnership with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or for-profit commercial enterprise are NOT eligible
- Projects must be collaborative (minimum of two (2) and maximum of six (6) applicants, with one person serving as the Primary Contact).
- The Primary Contact must reside in the Portland, Oregon area.
For more information, visit PICA.
