The Media Artist + Activist Residency provides grants of $25,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming media artists working in close collaboration with social justice/cultural organizations to document, reframe, and/or amplify the issues and campaigns addressed by the organization.
Donor Name: Leeway Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/26/2023
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
The residency aims to reveal and extend the ways that artists and artistic processes can work within cultural and 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.
The Intentions/Goals of the Residency
Media artists will embed themselves inside the intentions, culture, and protocols of social justice organizations and the neighborhoods and communities they serve. Media artists will interweave their perspective, process, and strategies into the workings of the organization that may not have previously looked to artists as key assets for sparking innovation, improving problem-solving, and enhancing communication. Meanwhile, artists will acquire and hone skills, aptitudes, and ethical awareness that are key to working intimately with community organizations.
Media Arts for Social Change: What they mean
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
- installation/projection
- animation
- interactive design
- digital art
- games/gaming
- web-based content
- multimedia/multidisciplinary work.
Funding Information
Five residencies will be awarded, with each residency providing $15,000 to the artist, and $10,000 to the organization.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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/cultural organization.
For more information, visit Leeway Foundation.
