The Hopper Prize

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Grants for Artists | The Hopper Prize

The Hopper Prize – https://hopperprize.org

The Hopper Prize is offering multiple individual artist grants totaling $5,000.00 USD awarded through an open call art competition juried by leading contemporary curators.

Program Highlights

$5,000.00 USD in total awards for visual artists

• 5 artists will each receive $1,000.00 USD in unrestricted grant awards

• 30 artists will have their work archived at hopperprize.org

• Selected submissions will be featured on our Instagram feed @hopperprize

• Additional exposure will be available to winners through our Journal: Insights into Contemporary Art (https://hopperprize.org/journal/)

Connect with Curators – https://hopperprize.org/#jurors

We work with leading curators to review your submissions. Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of these forward thinking exhibition makers. Jurors for the Spring 2019 awards are:

Leilani Lynch

Curator

The Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach

Rachel Adams

Chief Curator & Director of Programs

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Recent Winners – https://hopperprize.org/fall-2018-grant-winners-finalists/

We support artists working in all media, from diverse backgrounds, in wide-ranging geographic locations. Recent grant winners include:

• Alex Callender, Northampton, Massachusetts

• Alicia Eggert, Denton, Texas

• Daniel McCarthy Clifford, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Juan Giraldo, New York, New York

• Maja Ruznic, Los Angeles, California

• Letitia Huckaby, Benbrook, Texas

• Tracy Kerdman, Saugerties, New York

• Lebohang Kganye, Johannesburg, South Africa

• Christopher Meerdo, Chicago, Illinois

• Erik Parra, San Francisco, California

Eligibility

We are committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers. All artists are encouraged to apply. We accept submissions in all media.

Deadline

May 21, 2019

Simple Application

We made our grant application simple to reduce the stress of submitting your work and save you time. The application is short and can be completed in under 20 minutes.

To apply for a grant, you only need to submit this information:

• Name & Email

• Instagram Username (optional)

• Up to 10 Image or Video attachments

• Artwork captions

• Artist Statement & Biography (optional)

• $40 submission fee

Apply Now

Show us your work at https://hopperprize.org