Applications NOW OPEN for 2025 Wherewithal Grants

 

2025 Wherewithal Grants Info Session: Wednesday, October 16 at 6:30pm  Deadline: Tuesday, November 12

The application portal for the next cycle of Wherewithal Grants is now open! DC-area artists may apply for support in areas of Project & Presentation or Research depending on which best supports your practice at this time. The deadline for applications is November 12. $7,500 Project & Presentation Grants support ongoing or new projects that embrace unconventional or D.I.Y. values and will be presented publicly in the DC-area during the grant period. Project & Presentation grants are intended to directly support artists presenting work in spaces beyond commercial galleries, museums, or established non-profit art spaces. $5,000 Research Grants are for DC-area artists to further their practices through ideation, research, and experimentation. Grant funds compensate you for your intellectual labor, support payment for other artists and thinkers for their time and contributions, and other research-related expenses. The application deadline is Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 11:59pm. Applications will be reviewed by an independent panel of artists and arts professionals with up to 10 grants awarded. The grant period is from January–December 2025. For full details, visit wherewithalgrants.org. Below, find links to RSVP for the Virtual Information Session on Wednesday, October 16 and sign up for one-on-one meetings between October 22 and November 8. Please email Regrants Manager Nathalie von Veh at nvonveh@wpadc.org with any additional questions. DETAILS & APPLICATION HERE Virtual Information Session The Information Session is on Wednesday, October 16 from 6:30–7:30pm and will take place over Zoom. This is for DC-area artists and collectives to learn more about current grant opportunities ahead of the deadline on Tuesday, November 12. It will be recorded and accessible afterwards. RSVP Here. Sign up for Office Hours If you have questions specific to your application, we encourage you to meet one-on-one with Regrants Manager Nathalie von Veh. Meetings will take place virtually between Tuesday, October 22 and Friday, November 8 and will each be 20 minutes long. Reserve a meeting slot here. About Wherewithal Grants Wherewithal Grants are a funding source for artists in the DC-area. Generously funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as part of its Regional Regranting Program and managed by WPA, these grants are intended to support a wide range of experimental and multidisciplinary practices, particularly those that emphasize collaboration and discourse. Since launching in 2019, Wherewithal Grants has supported 146 visual artists with a total of $340,000 in grants.