Applications for Amplify’s 2024 Alternate Currents Cohort are Open October 9th - November 19th!
Alternate Currents (AC) is a two-year program designed to support artists and organizers working to thoughtfully challenge dominant systems, forge collaborations, and engage with their communities. An alternative to a conventional MFA, AC cohort members work together to understand how justice in the arts is interpreted, documented, and enacted.
One of only a few programs across the US which prioritizes free access to a cohort learning experience and funding outside larger institutional systems, AC cohort members learn together, share resources, publish their work, organize exhibitions and panel discussions, and receive funding to support their work.
In their first year, cohort members:
Organize and lead monthly site/studio visits.
Share articles, videos, and podcasts to contextualize group discussions during site/studio visits.
Publish their work in a collaborative group publication.
Collectively identify projects to pursue for exhibition at Generator Space in 2025.
Receive a $1,500 grant to support their work.
In their second year, cohort members:
Organize and carry out projects or exhibitions at Amplify’s Generator space and panel discussions related to their projects or exhibitions.
Invite artists, organizers, arts workers, and educators from outside of the cohort to participate in projects, exhibitions, and panel discussions.
Receive a $1,500 grant to support their work.
Receive additional funding in the form of Generator Grants to support projects, exhibitions, and panel discussions.
Artists and organizers working in any discipline with experience or interest in developing creative work that challenges dominant systems, forges collaboration, and/or engages community are encouraged to apply!
Email info@amplifyarts.org anytime with questions!
In the application, you’ll be asked to respond to a few prompts:
First, you'll tell selection panelists more about your background and your work; the questions that motivate your practice and why they’re important; and how you challenge dominant systems, forge collaborations, and/or engage with community in your work.
Second, you’ll share more about your approach to collaboration and what you need to feel comfortable working in a group setting; how you hope your experience as an Alternate Currents cohort member will help your practice evolve; and why you would like to have this experience now.
Last, you’ll share examples of your past or current work that illustrates the ways your practice challenges dominant systems, forges collaborations, and/or engages with community.