Power Plant Grants are run by Big Car Collaborative and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Apply for 2024-2025 Round 1 by Monday, Sept. 9, 11:59 p.m. EST at powerplantgrant.org
A panel of three judges, two Indiana-based and one out-of-state, will award six artists or artist teams project grants of $10,000 — with a total of $60,000 granted per cycle.
The goal is to energize the Indianapolis arts community and support visual artists by encouraging them to grow by taking chances, realizing untapped potential, trying experimental projects, collaborating with each other, and bringing work to unusual places – all without a lot of red tape.
Eligible applicants are visual and or multidisciplinary artists who create original work in painting, drawing, sculpture, book art, ceramics, fiber, printmaking, digital and media works, film, video, photography, performance art, sound art, social practice and or hybrid or interdisciplinary practice of any or all of the above.
Artists must be over 21 at the time of the application, and may not be full-time students.
Employees or board members (or immediate family members of employees or board members) of Big Car Collaborative are not eligible for this opportunity.
Teams and partnerships are eligible. Nonprofit organizations are not.
Eligible projects are ones that can be primarily supported by grant funds. Much larger projects that would require far more funding are not eligible.
Previous Power Plant Grant recipients awarded in the previous year are not eligible to apply for this current round.