Barbara Deming Memorial Fund

Small artist support grants ( $500 - $1500 ) to individual feminist women in the arts  who are citizens with primary residence in the U.S and Canada. We are interested in funding projects which you have begun or are well underway, and for which you have substantial work to show.

We welcome applications from women artists and writers (cis and transgendered) who:

• Exhibit high quality and originality in their work
• Use feminism as their central interpretive lens
• Value both personal and political changes that stand against the limitations  and controls exerted against women and aim at optimum freedom and  agency for women  
• Validate differences that overlap with gender such as race, ethnicity and class
• Express an inclusive vision of social justice while focusing on justice for women

The Application cycle begins January 1 st and ends January 31 st  annually.

Below are the materials you will need to submit:

Basic Application:  

• Project description (max 400 words)
• Budget
• Description explaining why you are applying to a feminist fund (max 100 words)
• Resume (max 2 pages)
• Project Samples