2015 Rocket Grants Call to Artists + Info Sessions

Rocket Grants, a program of Charlotte Street Foundation and the Spencer Museum of Art, opens call for proposals to artists, curators, collectives, collaboratives, partnerships, and artist-run spaces residing within an 80-mile radius of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Rocket Grants, funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, announces its open call for 2015 Grant Awards. These grants are designed to fuel the dynamism of the Kansas City region’s art ecology by providing direct support for innovative, experimental, artist-driven, and artist-centered projects. Supported projects may include visual art, performance, film screenings, video, new media, writing, programming, social practice, and interdisciplinary projects.

The Rocket Grants program for 2015-16 will provide grants in the amount of $60,000 total, with individual/group project awards of up to $6,000 each. Proposals are due March 23, 2015. For details, visit rocketgrants.org.

Outreach Events will be held during the application period to launch this sixth round of program funding. These free informational sessions will include presentations by the program coordinator, as well as previous and current Rocket Grant recipients. The objective is to best prepare artists in the 80-mile region for the application process.

The Spencer Museum of Art will host an Outreach Event in conjunction with a portrait session for the Lawrence Inside Out project on January 18, 2014. At the event, 2012 recipient Karl Fundenberger will present about Cyclotrope Cinema, and fellow 2012 recipient Dave Loewenstein will read from the publication arising from his Give Take Give project. Additional work will be on display in the reception area and the following artists will be present to discuss and answer questions about their work. Jarrett Mellenbruch, Haven (2010), Judith Levy, NV in KC (2011), Amber Hansen, The Story of Chickens (2011), Jessie Christian, Hard 50 Farm Zine Mobile (2013).

Other scheduled events:

Saturday, January 17, 2015, 3:00 PM at PLUG Projects, 1613 Genesee Street, KCMO 64102.

Monday, January 19, 2015, 7:30pm at CSF Studio Residency Town Pavilion, 1100 Walnut, 6th floor, KCMO 64105.

Thursday, February 5, 2015, 7:00-8:30 PM at InterUrban ArtHouse, 8001 Conser St, Suite 290, Overland Park, KS 66204.

Thursday, February 12, 2014, 6:00-7:30 PM at Vine Street Studio, 2033 Vine Street, KCMO 64108.

See more details on Rocket Grants and the events in the full Press Release.