Creative Capital: Free Grant Information Session

This session is free, but space is limited. Please pre-register by contacting Polly Morris at pmorris@lyndensculpturegarden.org.

Ruby Lerner, President and Executive Director of Creative Capital, will be present to answer questions regarding Creative Capital’s current and upcoming grant rounds. Creative Capital supports artists creating adventurous and imaginative work in Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Literature, Performing Arts and Visual Arts. In 2012, Creative Capital will be considering proposals in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts. The online Letter of Inquiry form opens on February 1, 2012 and closes on March 1, 2012.

Far from a traditional funder, Creative Capital is committed to working in long-term partnership with the bold and groundbreaking artists that they fund, making a multi-year financial commitment while providing advisory and professional development services. Acting as a catalyst for the development of exceptional and imaginative ideas, Creative Capital supports artists whose work is provocative, timely and relevant; who are deeply engaged with their artforms and demonstrate a rigorous commitment to their craft, yet are also boldly original and push the boundaries of their genre; who create work that carries the potential to reshape the cultural landscape.

Any working artist with at least five years of professional experience who is a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident and at least 25 years old is eligible to apply. Selected grantees receive up to $50,000 in direct support and a suite of services valued at more than $37,000.

For more information on Creative Capital, including past recipients and current work, please visit www.creative-capital.org.

“Creative Capital has been the single most nourishing and impactful foundation from which I have ever had the privilege of receiving support. The model of strategically giving support over time so the artist receives it at exactly the moments when she needs it most ensures that it will make a lasting difference. I am quite certain that the level of my career and my way of functioning in the world as an artist was bolstered immeasurably by this nurturing support.”
– Pamela Z, 2002 Performing Arts grantee

This session is co-presented by the Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN), Milwaukee Film and 371 Productions.