The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) program, administered by NYFA, will distribute a total of $250,000 in funding to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.
Donor Name: New York Foundation for the Arts
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territory: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/14/2022
Grant Size: up to $20,000
Details:
The AWAW EAG will support environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. Projects that explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices are encouraged to apply.
The intended impact of the project is an important factor in the selection process. Environmental art projects that qualify for this program may focus on the following themes, but are not limited to:
- Regeneration
- Eco-social engagement
- Decarbonization as decolonization
- Ecofeminism
- Climate change / climate collapse
- Systems-restoration
- Interspecies relationships
- Natural or built systems
- Recycling and repurposing
- Clean energy production
- Bioplastics
Funding Information
The program will provide up to $20,000 to support projects on environmental issues led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be 18 years or older on or before April 12, 2022
- Applicants must be the project lead, but collaborative projects are eligible and encouraged to apply
- Applicants must have residence in one of the 50 states, a Tribal Nation, a U.S. Territory, or the District of Columbia on the grant deadline
- Applicants must be a US citizen, permanent legal resident, or O-1 visa holder
- Applicants cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind
- Applicants can be past recipients of any of NYFA’s and AWAW’s grant programs
- Recipients of the grant are open to accept additional funds from other donors
- NYFA and AWAW employees, members of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above cannot apply.
For more information, visit New York Foundation for the Arts.
