WaveMaker Grants Cycle 4 will provide a limited number of cash awards totaling $60,000 to visual artists, curators, creative/arts writers, cultural organizers, collectives, collaboratives, partnerships, and artist-run spaces currently residing in Miami-Dade County. The three grant categories are:
New Work/Projects: Grants of up to $6,000 each, to artists, curators, and writers—as individuals or groups—to support the creation and presentation of new work/projects.
Long-Haul Projects: Grants of up to $6,000 each, to artists, curators, and writers—as individuals or groups—to support the continuation or completion of existing, long-term projects. This category emphasizes the value in the time, focus, and determination required to take-on and ultimately complete long-term artistic endeavors.
Research & Development / Implementation: Grants of up to $2,000 each, to support research and development for ambitious new projects that require a longer period of planning. Upon completion of the R & D phase, grantees will be invited to submit a short-form proposal to receive up to an additional $4,000 to implement their projects. All implementation proposals must be approved before distribution of funds.
(WaveMaker Grants Cycle 3 R&D Grant winners will still be eligible for up to $3,000 for their Implementation proposal)
Whether receiving funds to conduct research or to continue a substantial body of work, all projects must engage or be made accessible to the public in Miami-Dade County via process, presentation, production, or publication. Manifestations may include exhibitions, performances, events, lectures, workshops, screenings, readings, publications, residencies, programming of artist-run-spaces, online projects, etc. Support for curatorial or publication (print or online) projects must be for original projects with significant collaborations with artist(s) in Miami-Dade County and substantially contribute to contemporary art discourse in our region. Projects that connect or engage artists from different communities/areas throughout the County are strongly encouraged.
Grantees will be required to submit a brief report after the completion of their projects. Ten percent (10%) of each grant will be withheld until final reports are submitted and approved.
Wednesday, October 11: Information Session @ Locust Projects
Monday, October 16: Information Session @ Homestead Chamber of Commerce
Monday, October 23: Information Session @ Opa Locka Community Development Corporation
Tuesday, November 7: Info Session @ ABRA Gallery
Tuesday, November 21: Budget Session @ Locust Projects
Wednesday, November 22: Submissions open via Submittable
Wednesday, January 24: Submissions close online at 11:59 PM EST
Late applications will not be considered.
Please make sure you have reviewed the 2018 WaveMaker Grants Guidelines and Eligibility and have prepared your 2018 WaveMaker Grants Budget!
The preferred format is the Excel file (.xlsx). This spreadsheet is formatted to calculate your line items automatically and can easily adjust to modifications.
The Word file (.docx) can be used if you do not have access to Excel; please keep your line item descriptions and notes to one line so as to avoid problems with table formatting.
If you cannot access either Excel or Word, you may print and fill out your budget by hand using the PDF. You would then need to scan the document and save it as a .pdf. (Please see specifications for naming your file in the Budget Instructions document)
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