Puppets, Masks, and Crankies: Shifting the Story, $7,000- Sheila Gaskins, Tara Cariaso, and Maura Dwyer
PalatePALETTE, $7,000- Krystal C. Mack, Matt Freire, Sharea Harris, Émile Joseph Weeks, and Erin Nutsugah
Community Weaving Studio, $7,000- Ọmọlará Williams McCallister and Najee Haynes Follins
Funktopia Nation, $6,000- Petula Caesar, Jonathan Gilmore, Stevanie Williams, Jermeka Warren, Ben Pierce, Myles Gilmore, Phil Thomas, Mary Ellen Mink, Stephanie Edwards aka “Safiyatou.” Tamika Peters, and Chris Ashworth
What The Water Gave Me/Things My Mother Taught Me, $5,000- Alexis Araminta Renee, Kirby Griffin, Nia Hampton, and Alexis Renee
Latin(X)equis | Baltimore, $5,000- Hoesy Corona and Stephanie Mercedes
TERRA: LAND + BODY COLLECTIVE, $5,000- Jonna McKone, Se Jong Cho, and Elena DeBold
HellBond: Dancing with the Spirits, $5,000- Jia Le Ling and Michael Young
Stay tuned for in depth descriptions of the projects and how you can engage with all that they have to offer over the next year.
Grit Fund supports projects that add to the vibrancy and development of Baltimore’s arts and culture. We focus on funding projects that bring artists and community members together to explore a sense of place and shared space. We are searching for jurors to be part of our team that reviews the grant applications and decides who will be our Grit Fund 2022 Project Grant Recipients.
The deadline for applying to be a juror is February 14th, 2022, 11:59 pm EST.
The deadline for applications is October 12, 2021, at midnight EDT.
The Peale is thrilled to announce that it will release Emergency Recovery Grants (ERG) for Baltimore City and Baltimore County-based artists, through Grit Fund. With the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and as a part of the Regional Regranting Program, Grit Fund-ERG will provide $500 mini-grants to Baltimore City and Baltimore County-based artists whose income and opportunities have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The ERG Fund totals $60,000 and will provide 120 grants to artists.
Since 2015, Baltimore’s artists have found support for their projects through Grit Fund. Ranging from out-of-school time programs that connect our youth to STEAM opportunities, and art-meets-journalism projects that communicate hidden stories of Black Baltimore, to community festivals that recapture and remind us of the strength of our city’s diversity, Grit Fund has been a dynamic, accessible, and much needed funding source in Baltimore City. Ever responsive to the community it serves, Grit Fund pivoted in 2020 to offering need-based support to artists.
Emergency Recover Grants will be available starting September 14, 2021. We anticipate a large number of applications will be submitted. Grit Fund-ERG will close when all funds are exhausted.
The deadline for applications is October 12, 2021, at midnight EDT.
Key Facts and Dates
Grit Fund will disperse $60,000 in emergency funding
Applications are open September 14 – October 12, 2021
Application deadline is October 12, 2021, at midnight EDT
Applications will be reviewed as a batch
These unrestricted $500 mini – grants may be used for Baltimore City and Baltimore County based artists’ immediate needs such as housing, utilities, food, childcare, healthcare, etc.
About the Andy Warhol Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program aims to support vibrant, under-the-radar artistic activity by partnering with leading cultural institutions in communities across the country. The program allows the Foundation to support informal, non-incorporated artist collectives and to support their alternative gathering spaces, publications, websites, events and other projects. For more information about the Andy Warhol Foundation visit its website.
About the Peale
The Peale is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit corporation established to restore the historic Peale Museum building as a center to celebrate the unique history of Baltimore, its people, and places. By creating a more inclusive cultural record of the city, the Peale aims to help people everywhere see Baltimore in a new light. For more about the Peale, visit its website.
Extra! Extra! We’re thrilled to announce that the Peale has received a Green Grant from BGE to add gardens and greenery to Watchhouse Alley, the areas between the Peale and its neighbors on Holliday Street. The additional green spaces will not only help nature by encouraging pollinators to visit but will also help beautify the community! We’re super grateful to BGE for this opportunity! Read more about the BGE Grant.
The project will create:
An engaging space, connecting to the streets beyond. The Peale Center is improving and extending an existing garden by bringing in new plants and trees. It will also add seating to the area. Between a coffee shop planned for the museum and the nearby Ida B’s Table, a highly praised restaurant, Proctor expects the alley to be a destination itself, as well as a gateway to the museum and other neighborhood businesses.
An invitation to birds and butterflies. A group of artists first revived the long-neglected garden as part of a 2017 exhibition about the effects of light pollution on birds, supported by a BGE Green Grant. Today, the goal is to extend the pollinator plantings to attract beautiful flying creatures to the neighborhood.
A place for stories and exploration. The garden area will be the perfect place to tell stories about Baltimore culture and natural history; about where birds go when they migrate and how we can help bees and butterflies; and about the vibrant community that is Baltimore today. It also will be a place for hands-on learning and workshops.
A place for experimentation. Initially, many of the plants and trees will remain in pots. Staff and volunteers will be able to move them around to determine the best permanent locations. They also will monitor which creatures – human and otherwise – visit and enjoy the plantings.
A safer place. Vintage-style gates to be locked during the museum’s off-hours will help prevent the accumulation of garbage and vandalism and protect against fires.
