2024 Ignite Fund Application
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Welcome to the 2024 Ignite Fund Application!
The Ignite Fund is a Regional Regranting Program administered by 3Arts and supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Ignite Fund provides $6,000 grants to Chicago-area artists and/or artist-led collectives producing community focused, public-facing projects that are centered in the visual arts. Annually, 10 grants will be distributed, for a total of $60,000 in funding.
OVERVIEW
The Ignite Fund will provide ten $6,000 grants for community centered, public-facing visual arts projects that represent experimental, unconventional, and accessible practices by Chicago-area artists and artist-led collectives.
The Ignite Fund prioritizes projects that are:
- Rooted in the visual arts in form and content
- Collaborative
- Inclusive of one’s community, or others, in process, creation, and presentation
- Based in the Chicago metropolitan area
- Accessible for all members of the intended audience
TIMELINE:
- Application Opens: April 15, 2024
- Info Session #1: April 18, 2024, 5–6PM (CT) Register HERE!
- Info Session #2: May 22, 2024, 12–1PM (CT) Register HERE!
- Application Deadline: May 29, 2024, 11:59PM (CT)
- Applicants Notified: September 2024
- Grantee Announcement: November 2024
- Grantee Gathering: November 2024
- Grantee Cycle Ends: November 2025
BEFORE YOU APPLY:
Before you apply, check out a few helpful resources on our website!
- Attend or review an info session!
- Read through our FAQ
- Review our project eligibility and selection criteria
QUESTIONS & ACCESSIBILITY:
Please contact us at info@ignitefund.org with any questions or accessibility requests.