The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art (BICA) is seeking applications for its Generator Fund to support visual arts–based projects.
Donor Name: Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art (BICA)
State: New York
County: Erie County (NY), Niagara County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
That includes work in media like painting, sculpture, installation, photography, social practice, performance art, video, zines, and more.
Types of Grants
- Kinetic Grants (up to $5,000)
- For short-term, public-facing visual arts projects—like exhibitions, performances, installations, workshops, or publications.
- Potential Grants (up to $10,000)
- For long-term, collaborative, or platform-building projects—like artist-run spaces, recurring events, media platforms, or other structures that extend beyond a single outcome.
Eligible Expenses
- Artist fees
- Materials and supplies
- Space rental
- Printing, tech, transportation, etc.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Generator Fund is open to individual artists and artist-led groups who meet the following criteria:
- You must live and work in Erie or Niagara County, NY.
- You can apply as an individual artist, an informal group, or an unincorporated collective.
- You may be a professional, emerging, or experimental artist—they welcome a wide range of practices and experience levels.
- Who is not eligible?
- 501(c)(3) organizations are not eligible to apply.
- If you’re receiving a solo exhibition honorarium from BICA in the same fiscal year, you’re not eligible for a Generator Fund grant. BICA employees are also not eligible.
- If you received a Potential Grant last round, you cannot apply for another Potential Grant this cycle (but you can apply for a Kinetic Grant!).
For more information, visit BICA.
