Idea Capital Awards 2027 — $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000 Stipends for Experimental New Projects by Metro Atlanta Artists, Deadline 1 November 2026
A grassroots Atlanta funder that pools donations to give experimental artists stipends.
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Catalyst Award $1,000 stipend (emerging artists or small, early-stage projects), Vanguard Award $2,500 (more established artists or projects further along) and the special Susan Antinori Visual Artist Award $5,000 for fresh, experimental work in traditional 2D and 3D media; panellists decide which award a project gets. The number of awards depends on annual fundraising. Funds cover materials, equipment, fabrication, artist fees and professional fees for new work.
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Working artists and cultural producers aged 20 or over living in metro Atlanta, in any discipline and at any career stage, including curators, nonprofit administrators and educators; individuals, producers and artist collaboratives, not institutions. Students may apply for work outside the academic process; thesis projects are not eligible. One individual application per cycle; past awardees wait three years. The project must take real risk in form, process or content; applicants do not request an amount.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- Due 11:59 pm on Sunday 1 November 2026
- Language
- English