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Creative Capital
Artists submit proposals for new work in visual arts, performing arts, film, literature, technology, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms to compete for unrestricted project grants up to $50,000 and professional development services.
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Get matched →Creative Capital Awards and Grants empower individual artists with unrestricted project funding and professional services to bring bold, innovative, and impactful new works to life. The Creative Capital Award is the only national open call grant program dedicated to funding artists creating new work in every discipline, including visual arts, performing arts, film, literature, technology, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.
Grants are awarded by discipline via a national, open call, external review process. Through the open call process for the Creative Capital Award, Creative Capital Foundation will also select recipients of the State of the Art Prize. All applicants to the Creative Capital Award are automatically considered for the State of the Art Prize and are evaluated using the same criteria; there is no separate application process.
Open to individual artists creating new work in all disciplines. Creative Capital Awardees may not apply for the State of the Art Prize. State of the Art Prize winners may apply to future grant cycles for the Creative Capital Award.
Creative Capital Foundation hosts regional and national artists gatherings, inviting awardees to come together with industry experts, cultural producers, arts professionals, and philanthropists to preview new projects, discuss opportunities and challenges, and celebrate the artist-centered community.
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Since 1999, Creative Capital Foundation has recognized boundary-pushing artists working across an array of disciplines at catalytic moments in their careers. The Creative Capital Award has funded over 1,000 visionary artists. Awardees have presented at leading venues including MoMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, LACMA, Broadway, Venice Biennale, Sundance Film Festival, Walker Art Center, and SXSW. Awardees have received other prestigious honors including 169 Guggenheim Fellowships, 39 MacArthur "Genius" Fellowships, 6 Pulitzer Prizes, 3 Academy Awards, and 15 Academy Award nominations.