The Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Deaf Arts Grant is a program that provides financial support for emerging and established Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled and Hard of Hearing artists to further enhance their careers.
Donor Name: Deaf Spotlight
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000
Details:
Deaf Spotlight inspires and showcases Deaf Culture and Sign Languages through the arts.
Funding Information
- The number of grants given out each year is dependent on funding available. For 2023, Deaf Spotlight will award $1,000 each to 4 recipients. At least one recipient will reside in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, or Idaho), and at least one recipient will be a National selection outside of the Pacific Northwest region.
Grant awards may be used for:
- Direct project expenses (such as research or residency)
- Wages, salaries, and fees
- Supplies and materials (purchases that will assist for the completion or production of your work)
- Equipment or space rentals (for presentation or creation of your work)
- Insurance, licenses, permits
- Publicity and marketing
- Transportation (such as travel to workshops, seminars, and/or anything that will assist with art creation)
- Documentation by photographer or videographer
- Training (such as workshops, master classes, and/or coaching)
- Accessibility (such as interpreters, captions, etc.)
Eligibility Criteria
- In 2023, applications will be accepted by artists working in these art forms or disciplines:
- Literary: Comics and Graphic Novels, Experimental/Hybrid works, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Zines.
- Media: Animation, Augmented Reality, Film, Immersive Audio & Video Works, Podcasts, Screenplays, Sound Art, Teleplays, Video Art, Virtual Reality, Web-based Art.
- Performing: Costume Design, Dance, Music Composition, Musical Theater, Performance Art, Playwriting, Puppetry, Set Design, Sound Design, Spoken Word, Storytelling, Theater, Traditional/Folk Performance.
- Tactile: Craft, Furniture Art, Installation, Interactive Installation & Sculpture, Immersion, Mixed Media, Multi-Sensory, 3-D, Printmaking, Public Art, Textile Arts
- Visual: Bio Art, Craft, Digital Arts, Drawing, Ecological Art, Environmental Design, Furniture Art, Illustration, Installation, Interactive Installation & Sculpture, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Public Art, Sculpture, Textile Arts, Traditional/Folk Art.
- Any work with audio elements must be made accessible (transcripts, captions, audio descriptions, visual descriptions, etc.).
- To apply, you must:
- Identify as a member of an underrepresented racial group, such as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color (BIPOC).
- Identify as a member of an underrepresented racial group, such as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color (BIPOC).
- Identify as Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, or Hard of Hearing.
- Identify as an artist who makes original art
- Live in the United States or U.S. Territories. US citizenship is not required.
- Be at least 18 years of age by the time grant funds are dispersed (August 31, 2023)
Criteria
- Vision for grant award
- Shows a clear need for the grant award, and a clear plan for what they will do with the funding
- Experience and potential
- Shows potential and strength in previous work or current work
- Shows history of starting and completing work
- Artistic growth
- Demonstrates growing skills and deepening of craft, technique, or approach over time
- Shows growing scope, direction, themes, approaches in artistic or administrative work
Ineligible
- Grant awards may NOT be used for:
- Purchase of equipment unrelated to art needs (such as software or food)
- College or university tuition
- Government-run programs and degree-granting institutions, religious services, fundraising efforts, or gifts
- Political campaigns.
For more information, visit BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant Program.
