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- Entry fee
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- Award
- $8,000
- Location
- Minneapolis
About
Overview
Jearica Fountain is a 2026 Early-Career Project Grantee receiving $8,000 for 'What Are We Building For: Visions Beyond Survival,' a Minneapolis billboard project amplifying Indigenous voices and visions of liberation through public art and dialogue. It reimagines life beyond oppression, inspiring future decision making and action.
About the Artist
Jearica Fountain is an Indigenous visual artist whose work is rooted in activism, education, and empowerment. She creates art that encourages viewers to expand their thinking, embrace new ideas, and connect with their communities. Her work focuses on dismantling colonial structures and addressing their lasting impact on Indigenous peoples and other marginalized groups, exploring connections between racial justice, human rights, climate justice, authentic representation, and community wellbeing.
About Forecast Grants
Forecast has been offering early-career artist grants supported by Jerome Foundation since 1989. Forecast is dedicated to providing professional development and learning opportunities to assist emerging artists as they experiment and hone their practices and cultivate careers in the field. Forecast mid- and early-career grants support independent projects, leadership development, professional development, risk-taking, multidisciplinary approaches, and collaborative problem-solving in public art.
- Award
- $8,000
- Theme
- Indigenous voices and visions of liberation amplified through public art and dialogue, reimagining life beyond oppression.
- Eligibility
- early-career artists
- Audience
- early-career artists
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