The Media Artist + Activist Residency (MAR) provides grants of $25,000 to women, trans, and gender nonconforming media artists working in close collaboration with social justice organizations in Greater Philadelphia to document, reframe, and/or amplify the issues and campaigns addressed by the organization.
Donor Name: Leeway Foundation
State: New Jersey, Pennsylvania
County: Bucks County (PA), Camden County (NJ), Chester County (PA), Delaware County (PA), Montgomery County (PA), Philadelphia County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The residency aims to reveal and extend the ways that artists and artistic processes can work within social justice organizations to achieve social change. Artist and organizations will apply collaboratively with proposals for a project that embeds the artist in the work of the organization for one year. Five residencies will be awarded, with each residency providing $15,000 to the artist, and $10,000 to the organization.
Media Arts for Social Change
Leeway supports artists and cultural producers involved in art for social change that positively affects and engages communities and audiences. Creating social change must be integral to the ideas, beliefs, and goals that are woven throughout your art and your process of creating and sharing your art.
Leeway understands Media Arts as an expansive category including but not limited to:
- film and video (narrative, documentary, experimental)
- audio
- podcast
- music or sound work with digital elements
- installation/projection
- animation
- interactive design
- digital art
- games/gaming
- web-based content
- multimedia/multidisciplinary work.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility for Media Artists: As an artist, you are eligible to apply if you:
- Are a media artist
- Live in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County
- Are at least 18 years old
- Identify as a woman, trans, and/or gender nonconforming person
- Are working collaboratively with a social justice organization (and are not on the staff or board of that organization)
- Eligibility for Organizations: You are eligible to apply if your organization is:
- A social justice organization with a 501(c)3 status and/or fiscal sponsorship
- Located in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County
- Working with an operating budget less than $1.5M
- Collaborating with a media artist (who is not on the staff or board of your organization).
For more information, visit Leeway Foundation.
