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Find similar grantsGrants to Artists (Foundation for Contemporary Arts) is sponsored by Foundation for Contemporary Arts. FCA awards unrestricted grants to artists in dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts. Artists are suggested and selected by their peers through a two-stage nomination process.
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FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund Frequently Asked Questions Grants to Artists are administered by a confidential nomination and selection process. Applications and unsolicited nominations are not accepted. In addition to the below, please read the FAQs for more information.
FCA awards Grants to Artists in the following fields: dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts. Artists are suggested and selected by their peers in a two-stage process.
Each year, FCA invites dozens of distinguished artists and arts professionals to serve as nominators and propose one exceptional individual, collective, or performing group whom they feel deserves and will benefit from an unrestricted $45,000 award. Nominators are selected by field, but are free to propose artists working in any of the five areas supported. They are asked to remain anonymous.
A selection panel chooses grant recipients on the basis of the merit and imaginativeness of their work and the effect such recognition and support might have at this point in their careers. Although most artists who receive support live and work in the United States, grants may be awarded internationally.
The number of selections made in any of the five fields is determined by the strength of the candidates and FCA's resources in any given year. The grants are not designated for specific projects. Rather, they are intended to provide recipients with the financial means to engage in whatever artistic endeavors they wish to pursue, to research and develop ideas, embark on projects, and complete projects already under way.
At the end of the year, artists are asked to describe how the grant was used. The 2025 Grants to Artists awards are $45,000 each; learn more about the twenty-three 2025 Grants to Artists recipients .
The participating Directors of FCA were joined in the grant selection process by creator and director of performance Mallory Catlett (2015 FCA Grantee); choreographer, director, and educator nora chipaumire (2016 FCA Grantee); poet and essayist Marcella Durand (2021 FCA C. D.
Wright Awardee); curator and writer Allison Glenn; choreographer, dancer, and educator Mina Nishimura (2019 FCA Grantee); and composer and performer Nate Wooley (2016 FCA Grantee).
The following Grants to Artists awards are endowed or funded by artist foundations: John Cage Award (made biennially) Merce Cunningham Award (made biennially) Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting Alvin Lucier Award for Music Richard Pousette-Dart Award (2023-2025) Robert Rauschenberg Award Cy Twombly Award for Poetry C. D.
Wright Award for Poetry 2016 grantee Tina Satter, performance still from FCA-supported Ghost Rings , at New York Live Arts, New York, 2016. Photo by Maria Baranova. 2017 grantee Adrienne Truscott, performance still from FCA-supported This , at New York Live Arts, New York, 2017.
Photo by Paul B. Goode. 2018 grantee EJ Hill, installation view of FCA-supported Excellent, Mollitia, Victoria, in Made in LA, at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2018.
Photo by Brian Forrest. 2016 grantee Jack Ferver, performance still from FCA-supported I Want You To Want Me , at The Kitchen, New York, 2016. Photo by 2013 grantee Paula Court.
Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting, 2026 C. D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2026 Roy Lichtenstein Award, 2026 Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2026 Robert Rauschenberg Award, 2026 Dorothea Tanning Award, 2026
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Artists are nominated by peers. Most recipients live and work in the United States, but grants may be awarded internationally. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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Grants to Artists (Foundation for Contemporary Arts) is funded by Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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