The Forward Art Prize is a $10,000 cash prize given annually to two individual women-identifying visual artists or women visual artist collaboratives in Dane County who show exceptional creativity in their work and who are deeply engaged in artistic practices that inspire new ways of thinking, new behaviors, or new ways of engaging communities.
Donor Name: Women Artists Forward Fund
State: Wisconsin
County: Dane County (WI)
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 06/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The prize is for individual women artists or women artist collaboratives only, not official organizations, because they know that the discoveries, actions, and ideas that shape the society often begin with the ground-breaking efforts of individual creative people.
The Prize is made possible through the Women Artist Forward Fund, which was created and designed specifically to elevate opportunities for outstanding women artists, expand the conversation about the influence of art in the community, and to help establish greater gender parity in the arts. The fund has been generously supported by individuals and foundations who recognize both the need and opportunity.
Application Criteria
To be eligible for the Prize, applicant must comply with all of the following:
- Must currently be a resident of Dane County, Wisconsin, and have resided in Dane County for the last 12 months (July 15, 2023 – July 15, 2024). You must be a resident of Dane County when the awards are given.
- Must identify as a woman and be a visual artist working in one of the mediums listed below.
- Drawing/Painting/Photography/Sculpture/Installation/Printmaking/Social Practice/Video/Mixed Media/Performance Art/Glass/Fiber/Wood/Metal/Clay
- Must be 18 years old or older by October 1, 2024.
- Must be a US resident.
- Must not be a student at the time the award is given (Fall 2024)
- As an individual artists or artists collaborative you must not have received arts funding, grants, or awards which have equaled or exceeded $10,000 in any one of the following years: 2023, 2022, or 2021.
If you are applying as a collaborative:
- You may NOT apply as part of a non-profit or a 501c(3) organization.
- All members of the group, up to four total, must fulfill ALL eligibility criteria as stated above or it will NOT be considered a valid application.
- One person must act as the contact person and fiscal agent and fill out her information at the beginning of the application. Each additional member of the group must complete the sections titled Collaborator #2, #3 and #4. Incomplete collaborative applications will not be considered valid for any and all artists listed in the collaborative.
- All supplemental information provided must be the work of the collaborative. This includes a collaborative resume, artists statement of the collaborative and work samples of the collaborative’s collective artistic practice.
For more information, visit Women Artists Forward Fund.
