Ida B. Wells Fund is proud to invite submissions for the 2nd annual Ida B. Wells Disrupting the Master Narrative Fund.
Donor Name: Ida B. Wells Fund
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/27/2022
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
They are looking for projects that “disrupt the master narrative,” and are seeking artists who aim to produce work that embodies the following attributes:
- Commitment: Creative processes and products embody conviction to the cause espoused through the work.
- Communal Meaning: The creative work facilitates collective meaning that transcends individual perspective and experience.
- Disruption: Art challenges what is by exposing what has been hidden, posing new ways of being, and modeling new forms of action.
- Cultural Integrity: The creative work demonstrates integrity and ethical use of material with specific cultural origins and context.
- Emotional Experience: The creative work facilitates a productive movement between “heart space” – the emotional experience that art evokes – and the “headspace” of civic or social issues.
- Risk-Taking: The creative work assumes risk by subverting dominant norms, values, narratives, standards, or aesthetics.
- Coherence: Strong ideas expressed with clarity advance both artistic and social purposes.
- Openness: The creative work deepens impact by remaining open, fluid, transparent, subject to the influence, and able to hold contradiction.
- Stickiness: The creative work achieves sustained resonance, impact, or value.
- Resourcefulness: Imaginative use of available resources drives artistic innovation and demonstrates responsible social and environmental practice.
Funding Information
- Five applicants will be selected to receive an investment of $15,000 each to support an original short film that explores the theme “disrupting the master narrative.”
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be:
- At least 21 years old upon submission of their application.
- A working artist with at least two years of professional experience.
- A U.S. Citizen, permanent legal resident, or an O-1 Visa holder.
For more information, visit Ida B. Wells Fund.
