A Blade of Grass

✨You have a few more days to apply to our first Field Funds open call! Applications to support artist-led gatherings are open through this Sunday, June 30, 2024 11:59 PM ET!

If you have any questions or want to hang out while you complete your application, please join our office hours session tomorrow, June 27 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET! RSVP link here: https://linktr.ee/ABladeofGrassOrg

🗓Also, be sure to check out our upcoming Field Funds open calls! We’ll be accepting applications to support Accessibility and Translation in August + Documentation and Archiving in October.

ID 1: On a pink sticky note, a colorful logo reads: A Blade of Grass Field Funds with the header:Open Calls. Underneath the header, the following schedule is listed: Artist-led Gatherings: Applications open through June 30, 2024 at 11:59PM ET, Closing Soon! Accessibility & Translation: Applications open August 1 — 31, 2024. Documentation & Archiving: Applications open October 1 — 31, 2024. Bright butterfly and heart stickers are scattered throughout the borders.

ID 2: On a yellow sticky note, a colorful logo reads: A Blade of Grass Field Funds. Besides the logo, bold font reads: Open Call: Artist-Led Gatherings. Below, text reads: Applications close June 30,11:59 PM ET! Have application questions? Drop into our zoom Office Hours tomorrow, June 27 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET!

If you’re interested in our Field Funds: Artist-led Gatherings Open Call but have questions about the application process, we invite you to register for our Zoom office hours here: https://linktr.ee/ABladeofGrassOrg

ID 1: :On a yellow sticky note, a colorful logo reads: A Blade of Grass Field Funds. Below, text reads: RSVP to Field Funds Office Hours!�Drop in to ask our team questions about the application process.

ID 2: On a yellow sticky note, the header text reads “RSVP at the link in bio!” The following schedule is listed below: June 4 - 2:00-3:00 PM ET, June 12 - 2:00-3:00 PM ET, June 20 - 1:00-2:00 PM ET, June 27 - 1:00-2:00 PM ET

Our first Field Funds Open Call focuses on supporting socially-engaged practitioners in gathering their communities and we’re answering a few top FAQs!

Visit our website to learn more and apply for our Artist-led Gathering Open Call! Applications close Jun 30, 2024.

https://abladeofgrass.org/fieldfunds/

🌱$500 grants
🌱Supports gatherings of 3 or more people, in person or online
🌱4-5 recipients will be selected randomly from eligible applications each cycle
🌱Funds disbursed as quickly as one week from applications closing
gatherings should take place before Dec 31, 2024

ID 1: On a blue sticky note, text reads: Field Funds Artist-Led Gathering Open Call, FAQ: What is an artist-led gathering?

ID 2: In response to the question on the previous slide, on a blue sticky note, text reads: ​​This is an opportunity for artists and practitioners to bring together gatherings of 3 or more people, whether in person or online. This could be a standalone event or part of a larger project folks are already working on. There's no requirement for the gathering to be public—folks may use the $500 as they see fit to research, chase curiosities, or simply build connections.

ID 3: On a yellow sticky note, text reads: Field Funds Artist-Led Gathering Open Call, FAQ: What types of gatherings are eligible?

ID 4: In response to the question on the previous slide, on a yellow sticky note, text reads: Eligible proposals include artist-organized events that can be held in person, online, or a combination of both. These events can serve various purposes, such as: Facilitating continued conversations about socially engaged practices, bringing artists together to organize or share resources, gathering a community to explore potential projects or conduct research, reuniting participants of a previous project for celebration, reflection, or reunion.�All proposed gatherings should be scheduled to take place by December 31, 2024.

ID 5: On a blue sticky note, text reads: Field Funds Artist-Led Gathering Open Call, FAQ: What kind of costs would be supported?

ID 6: In response to the question on the previous slide, on a blue sticky note, text reads: Travel for participants, food and hospitality, promotion, documentation, venue rentals, honorariums to artists and/or participants, fees to a facilitator, fees to accessibility service providers (ASL interpretation, CART or live transcription, image description, etc.), COVID safety measures for events (testing, masks, hybrid options, etc.)

We’re sharing a few Field Funds FAQs!

Visit our website to learn more and apply for our first Field Funds: Artist-led Gatherings: https://abladeofgrass.org/fieldfunds/

🌱$500 grants
🌱4-5 recipients will be selected randomly from eligible applications each cycle
🌱Funds disbursed as quickly as one week from applications closing

ID 1:On a pink sticky note, a colorful logo reads: A Blade of Grass Field Funds. Below, text reads: Field Funds supports both the public components of a project and the often unseen work that makes collaborative creative practice possible such as research and relationship-building. We believe all parts of the creative process are valuable—from seeding new ideas to sharing work with audiences and archiving fleeting experiences. Swipe for Field Funds FAQs

ID 2: On a blue sticky note, a colorful logo reads: A Blade of Grass Field Funds. Below, the headline text reads FAQ: Why $500?

ID 3: In response to the question on the previous slide, text on a blue sticky note reads: We are working to support practitioners at a range of scales, from Field Funds to the A Blade of Grass Fellowship. Making these grants $500 maximizes the resources we have to reach the most people. We do not expect Field Fund recipients to produce a public event or completed project with these funds. Instead, we hope to help recipients develop, enhance, and document the important work they're already doing.

ID 4: On a pink sticky note, a colorful logo reads: A Blade of Grass Field Funds. Below, the headline text reads FAQ: Who can apply?

ID 5: In response to the question on the previous slide, text on a pink sticky note reads: US-based Artists, creative practitioners, and culture bearers with a demonstrated history of creating socially engaged art. Applicants may come from any artistic discipline and background as long as they can show that their practice significantly gathers or involves a community or public as a core component of their work. We are foregrounding the term artist, but we understand that practitioners do not all use the same language. Applicants are invited to self-identify in the application form.

ID 6: On a yellow sticky note, a colorful logo reads: A Blade of Grass Field Funds. Below, the headline text reads FAQ: How will proposals be selected?

ID 7: In response to the question on the previous slide, text on a yellow sticky note reads: A Blade of Grass staff will review applications to ensure they meet the eligibility criteria. Recipients will be randomly selected from all eligible applications through a computer program. This process means all eligible applications have the same chance of being funded. For this reason, there is no need for applicants to make a case for why a project is deserving of support, instead we ask applicants to speak directly and concisely to how they will specifically use $500.

Our Artist-Led Gathering open call is live! Head to the link below to access the application!

🌱$500 grants
🌱4-5 proposals will be selected for funding each cycle
🌱Eligible proposals will be entered into a computer program where final selections will be made randomly
🌱Grants will be disbursed as quickly as one week after applications close

https://abladeofgrass.org/fieldfunds/
ID 1: At the top left corner of the graphic, a colorful logo reads: A Blade of Grass Field Funds. Next to the logo, text reads: Field Funds Open Call: Artist-Led Gatherings. In the center of the graphic in large font, text reads: Apply Now! Link in Bio. Applications close June 30 11:59 PM ET. All text is dark purple and sits on a blue square, with stickers in the shape of flowers and circles surrounding it.

ID 2: In the center of the graphic, in large font, text reads:July 8 - Selected applicants notified. Applicants who do not hear from us by 6:00 PM ET on July 8 have not been selected. All text sits on a blue square, surrounded by ripped tape, affixed to a yellow background.

We’re thrilled to share the open call for our Field Funds micro-grant pilot program to support socially-engaged practitioners to gather in their communities. Apply now through June 30. Link in bio.

🌱$500 grants
🌱4-5 proposals will be selected for funding each cycle
🌱Eligible proposals will be entered into a computer program where final selections will be made randomly
🌱Grants will be disbursed as quickly as one week after applications close

Visit the link below to apply for our Artist-led Gathering open call!
https://abladeofgrass.org/fieldfunds/

We’re so excited to introduce our new team and announce the launch of our new micro-grant program, Field Funds, the first of a trio of programs we’re piloting this year! Head to the link below for an update from our ED, to preview a question by Chloë Bass for our upcoming publication, and for more info on Field Funds!
https://abladeofgrass.org/lay-of-the-land/introducing-our-team-and-field-funds/

Field Funds program identity by Iris Lee

ID 1: A logo reads: A Blade of Grass Field Funds in colorful letters, below, text reads: $500 grants tending to practitioners' emerging ideas and ongoing work. At the bottom of the graphic the website www.abladeofgrass.org/fieldfunds is listed. Stickers in the shape of hearts and butterflies surround the text.

ID 2: Our team, Ixtzel, Lu, and Lee, pictured together! Lu, an East Asian person stands in the center front, she is smiling and has her black hair pulled back and wears a white button up shirt, a tan cropped jacket, and large round glasses. Lee, a white man, stands behind Lu smiling. He has a shaved head, brown beard, striped purple shirt, and silver hoop earring. Ixtzel, a Mexican woman, stands behind Lu, next to Lee. Ixtzel has loose black hair, a blue button-up, a black vest and white sneakers.

ID 3: Large black text against a white background reads: Where did you learn to work? How does that impact you and the way you work now? Underneath the quote, smaller text reads: Excerpt from a questionnaire conceived by Chloë Bass for our upcoming publication.