Rauschenberg in front of the Fish House, Captiva, Florida, 1979. Photo: Terry Van Brunt
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is bringing together its SEED grantee organizations and Artist as Activist fellows for a week of networking and skill-sharing. The convening takes place at the Rauschenberg Residency campus in Captiva, FL.
Courtney will be joining the summit to offer support to the attendees while better assessing how Fractured Atlas can serve the needs of their growing enterprises.
SEED
SEED supports innovative arts organizations located outside of the art-resourced hubs of New York and California. Leadership from these organizations -- representing multiple disciplines -- met each other for the first time at the gathering, quickly establishing meaningful relationships, some of which have resulted in new artistic collaborations.
SEED is a combination of risk capital and value added support to early stage, groundbreaking projects in ten cities across the United States: Atlanta, Boise, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Phoenix, Portland, Providence, and New Orleans. Past grants have focused on innovation in arts and culture. Identified by local cultural leaders, the foundation provided grants to small- to mid-size arts organizations at their earliest operational stages, even before those organizations may have had structures in place to execute other fundraising activities. The grants allowed leadership to shore up their capacity so that they could focus instead on expanding and enriching their local cultural landscape.
Artist as Activist
Artist as Activist provides game-changing resources to artists of all disciplines, including visual, performing, media, design, and other creative professions, who address important global challenges through their creative practice. The program is comprised of three distinct grant opportunities: individual fellowships to U.S.–based artists and art collectives with a demonstrated commitment to applying their creative work toward a social or political action; travel & research grants for similarly focused artists; and general operating support to organizations that have been exemplars in supporting artists who work at the intersection of art and change.