The Creative Capital Foundation selected 55 artists and collectives for its annual grant award from a pool of over 5,600 applicants.
Each grant provides $50,000 of unrestricted project funding alongside multi-year professional development and opportunities for community building.
Among the grantees, 14 are visual artists, 15 work in performing arts, 12 are in the film and moving image sector, three were awarded for projects in technology, and five received grants for literary projects.
A customized collection of grant news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.
Teach for America is a social venture that hires graduating seniors from some of the most selective colleges and offers them with five-week training courses before unleashing them for a minimum of two years in some of the country’s worst classrooms.