ABOUT THE IDEA FUND AND REGIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM:
The Idea Fund is a re-granting program administered by DiverseWorks in partnership with Aurora Picture Show and Project Row Houses and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Idea Fund provides grants for artist-generated or artist-centered projects that exemplify unconventional, interventionist, conceptual, entrepreneurial, participatory, or guerrilla artistic practices.
The Idea Fund is one of 32 Warhol Foundation Regional Re-granting Programs developed and facilitated by arts organizations in Alabama, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Greensboro, NC, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Newark, Oklahoma, Omaha, Philadelphia, Portland, ME, Portland, OR, Providence, Raleigh, Saint Louis, San Francisco, San Juan, PR, Seattle, and Washington D.C.
The Regional Regranting Program, launched in 2007, aims to support vibrant, under-the-radar and self-organized artistic activity by partnering with leading cultural institutions in communities across the country. The program reaches a sizable population of informal, non-incorporated artist collectives, and supports their alternative gathering spaces, publications, websites, events, and other projects. Together, this network of programs has funded more than 800 artist’s projects.
Partners in the Regranting Network
- Máquina simple, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Wherewithal Grants, Washington, D.C
- Wavemaker Grants, Miami, FL
- Visual Arts Fund, Minneapolis, MN
- Verdant Fund, Mobile, AL
- Thrive Grants, Oklahoma City, OK
- Velocity Fund, Philadelphia, PA
- The Satellite Fund, Cleveland, OH
- Pivotal Fund, Greensboro & Raleigh, NC
- The Open Fund, Milwaukee, WI
- The Kindling Fund, Portland, ME
- Interlace Grant Fund, Providence, RI
- Flourish Fund, Detroit, MI
- Rocket Grants, Kansas City, MO
- The Propeller Fund, Chicago, IL
- The Precipice Fund, Portland, OR
- Power Plant Grants, Indianapolis, IN
- Populus Fund, Omaha, NE
- Platforms Fund, New Orleans, LA
- Newark Artist Accelerator, Newark, NJ
- Lightning Fund, Los Angeles, CA
- INSITE Fund, Denver, CO
- Futures Fund, St. Louis, MI
- Current Art Fund, Knoxville, TN
- Collective Power Fund, Seattle, WA
- Collective Futures Fund, Medford, MA
- Night Bloom Grants, Tucson, AZ
- Nexus Fund, Atlanta, GA
- Grit Fund, Baltimore, MD
- Fulcrum Fund, Albuquerque, NM
- Alternative Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Grants
The Idea Fund is pleased to announce the seventeenth round of funding for artist-centered projects. The Idea Fund will award a total of $60,000 in Round 17 to artists or collectives in the Greater Houston Area with grants of $5,000 and $2,500 each.
The Idea Fund Partners
