Artist Grants Pause
Over the past six years, Amplify has awarded over $200,000 in direct financial support through our Artist Grants program. It’s an honor to have awarded these grants to more than 150 artists, organizers, and artist collectives working across disciplines to make Omaha a better place.
As our organization continues to evolve and gather program feedback, we recognize the potential to assist our community in achieving more broad reaching, sustained support for artists.
For that reason, we’re pausing Artist Grants in 2024 and dedicating time, energy, and resources to investigating Amplify’s role in weaving more robust artist support systems, like fiscal sponsorships, affordable live / work space, and no cost opportunities for collective learning, into the fabric of our city.
During this time of research:
We’re excited to continue to provide Omaha-area artists direct financial support through Alternate Currents and our Generator Series.
We’re encouraging artists and organizers to expand their practices by connecting them to local, national, and international opportunities on our Open Calls listing page that includes links to guides and exercises designed to help craft compelling applications.
We’re actively working to partner with local businesses and civic organizations to cultivate more opportunities and fair compensation through public art initiatives in Omaha.
We know that artists shape the social and material realities of our city and we’re incredibly grateful to work with them to build systems that support their work alongside other arts organizations, arts workers, the philanthropic community, and city government. Like they say, “it takes a village” and we’re looking forward to better understanding Amplify's role in helping our village grow.
Please feel free to reach out to Lauren, Melissa, and Peter, the Amplify team (info@amplifyarts.org), with thoughts or questions about Amplify’s Artist Grants pause.