A Blade of Grass - Fields Funds Grant 2025

📖 About A Blade of Grass - Fields Funds

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. This program addresses specific needs common to socially engaged art, including:

• Artist-led gatherings
• Accessibility and translation
• Documentation and archiving

Opportunity Details

• Date Published: September 17, 2025
• Application Deadline: September 30, 2025
• Category: Entrepreneurs, Fully Funded, Grants
• Opportunity Location: United States
• Sponsor Organization: A Blade of Grass

🎁 Benefits of A Blade of Grass - Fields Funds

• Each year, A Blade of Grass distributes $25,000 to artists and creative practitioners across the country.
• This includes 50 grants of $500 each.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for this opportunity, applicants must:

• Be currently located in the United States and able to receive taxable income.
• Propose a use for $500 that supports their eligible creative practice and aligns with the open call’s theme.
• Be an individual artist or collaborative with a demonstrated history of creating socially engaged art. (Note: Applications from nonprofit organizations or commercial businesses are not accepted.)

Additional Requirements

Eligible applicants must demonstrate that their practice:

• Applies creative strategies and interventions to make society more just, kind, safe, and free.
• Involves and builds relationships with communities and collaborators in meaningful ways.
• Employs processes and skills beyond those used in creating studio artwork or traditional performance, such as advocacy, dialogue, facilitation, organizing, and research.

🗓️ Application Date and Process

• Application Deadline: September 30, 2025
• To apply, visit the A Blade of Grass - Fields Funds Application Portal.
• Complete the application form available here.

🌟 Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an artist or collaborative group actively engaged in socially impactful art practices. They should have a clear vision for utilizing the grant to further their creative work and align with the program’s goals of fostering justice, kindness, safety, and freedom through art.

For more details, visit the official website.

• Each year, A Blade of Grass distributes $25,000 to artists and creative practitioners working throughout the country with 50 grants of $500 each.