The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

16 March 2018

New! The Velocity Fund, artist grants in Philadelphia supporting cross-disciplinary approaches

FROM ARTBLOG

In the greater funding landscape for the arts, it’s rare to find money for independent artists’ projects. That’s why Artblog is excited to announce the brand new, Philadelphia-specific grant source, The Velocity Fund!

Created to offer opportunities for independent visual artists working in cross-disciplinary or experimental formats in Philadelphia, The Velocity Fund will award grants up to $5,000 to 10-15, single-year projects in 2018. Applications are open now until June 1, 2018, and grants will be announced in September, 2018, for projects to be undertaken and completed by Fall, 2019.

Established in 2017, The Velocity Fund is a special fund of Temple Contemporary, the award-winning community-centered art space at Tyler School of Art, with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program.

The Velocity Fund is the Warhol Foundation’s twelfth Regional Regranting Program in the U.S. and only the fourth Regranting Program in the Eastern U.S., joining Baltimore, Portland, ME, and Miami as other cities working with The Foundation to award individual artist grants.

By Roberta Fallon

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The Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program was launched in 2007 in celebration of the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. This unprecedented program donated over 28,500 photographs by Andy Warhol to educational institutions across the United States. More than 180 college and university museums, galleries and art collections throughout the nation participated in the program, each receiving a curated selection of original Polaroid photographs and gelatin silver prints.