Grant Writing for Artists

Simple tools and principles from an artist who writes grants

NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. WE WILL OFFER IT AGAIN SOON.

I didn't sign up to be a grantwriter. I wanted to be a choreographer. I discovered that, to make my work, I needed to find support. So I embarked on a painful learning process of trial and error, making every possible grant writing mistake. Eventually, I secured grants from funders like Creative Capital, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and The Rockefeller Foundation.

I want to share with you everything I've learned.

Session one: Based on 30 years of grant writing and art making, I will introduce artists to principles for writing simple, clear grants. No bull, no fancy powerpoints, just real-world tools for artists who write (or want to write) grants.

Session two: We will act as a fake grant panel, reading, scoring, and discussing real artist grant proposals. Sitting on the “other side of the table” is, by far, the best way to learn effective grant writing.