APPLICATIONS FOR THE KINDLING FUND ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED, CHECK ONLINE IN FALL 2024 FOR FURTHER INFO.

YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT OUR LATEST GRANTEE PROJECTS HERE.

APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ONLINE VIA SUBMITTABLE.

THE KINDLING FUND IS ALWAYS FREE TO APPLY.

AN OUTSIDE JURY OF THREE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL ARTS LEADERS ADJUDICATES OUR GRANTMAKING PROCESS. THE JURY IS ANNOUNCED WITH THE AWARDEES.

FOR REGULAR CYCLES OF THE KINDLING FUND, WE STRIVE TO COMPOSE THE JURY OF ONE MAINE-BASED ARTIST AND PAST GRANTEE, AS A COMMITMENT TO LOCAL ARTIST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. ONE IS A PEER FROM THE WARHOL FOUNDATION REGIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM REPRESENTING ONE OF OUR SISTER FUNDS. THE FINAL IS A REGIONAL ARTS ORGANIZER OR CURATOR DEMONSTRATING NATIONAL EXCELLENCE WHO WE THINK WILL BE AN EXCITING VOICE TO INTRODUCE MAINE ARTISTS TO. ALL ARE SELECTED AS THEY REPRESENT DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC VISIONS FOR AWARDING ARTIST-DRIVEN PROJECTS WITH RESOURCES.

PAST JURORS AND AFFILIATIONS:

2023 KINDLING FUND: JENNY IBSEN (2022 GRANTEE, PORTLAND); DANIEL FULLER (INDEPENDENT CURATOR, WRITER, AND EMORY COLLEGE FACULTY); NANDO ALVAREZ-PEREZ (CO-FOUNDER OF THE BUFFALO INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, THE GENERATOR FUND)

2023 KINDLING FUND: BEN SPALDING (2022 GRANTEE, PORTLAND); TIMOTHY BELKNAP (THE ICE BOX PROJECT SPACE, PHILADELPHIA); CAMILA BOHAN INSAURRALDE (COLLECTIVE FUTURES FUND AT TUFTS, GREATER BOSTON)

ARPA MAINE PROJECT GRANTS ROUND 2: JERRY ‘GENIUS BLACK’ EDWARDS (GEM CITY, SOUTH PORTLAND); GALEN KOCH (THE FIRST COAST, LUBEC/NOMADIC); GABRIEL CHALFIN-PINEY (LUNDER INSTITUTE AT COLBY, WATERVILLE)

ARPA MAINE PROJECT GRANTS ROUND 1: ELIJAH TRUE (L/A ARTS, LEWISTON); GABRIELLA CHASE (PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART, PORTLAND); JJ PEELER (BARE PORTLAND/BOWDOIN, PORTLAND)

2022 KINDLING FUND PROGRAM SUPPORT RELIEF GRANTS: ADRIANE HERMAN (2019 KINDLING FUND, CAPE ELIZABETH); EKREM SERDAR (SQUEAKY WHEEL, BUFFALO); DANNY ORENDORFF (THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN, TX)

2020-21 VISUAL ART RELIEF GRANTS: ADJUDICATED DURING OUR PANDEMIC CLOSURE BY THE SPACE STAFF

2020-21 MUSICIAN RELIEF GRANTS: ADJUDICATED DURING OUR PANDEMIC CLOSURE BY THE SPACE STAFF

2020 KINDLING FUND: LEAH TRIPLETT HARRINGTON (NOW & THEN, BOSTON); DANIEL QUINTANILLA (2017 KINDLING FUND GRANTEE, CAMDEN, ME/MEXICO CITY); CHRISTINA VASSALLO (THE SATELLITE FUND AT SPACES, CINCINNATI)

2019 KINDLING FUND: MYRON BEASLEY (2018 GRANTEE, BATES COLLEGE, PORTLAND/LEWISTON); ABIGAIL SANTINSKY (THE COLLECTIVE FUTURES FUND AT TUFTS, GREATER BOSTON); ROB BLACKSON (TEMPLE CONTEMPORARY AND VELOCITY FUND AT PHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY, PHILADELPHIA)

2018 KINDLING FUND: DEREK JACKSON (2017 KINDLING FUND, PORTLAND); XANDER MARRO (THE DIRT PALACE, PROVIDENCE); KATY VONK (VISUAL ARTS FUND, MIDWAY CONTEMPORARY, MINNEAPOLIS)

2017 KINDLING FUND: ANNE MARIE PURKEY LEVINE (ART CONSULTANT, PORTLAND); ROYA AMIRSOLEYMANI (PRECIPICE FUND AT PICA, PORTLAND, OR); ERIN JOHNSON (2016 GRANTEE, BOWDOIN, PORTLAND/BRUNSWICK)

2016 KINDLING FUND: SARAH MONTROSS (DECORDOVA SCULPTURE PARK, SOMERVILLE, MA); CHRIS DOYLE (ARTIST, BROOKLYN/MEXICO CITY); SHARON HAYES (ARTIST AND EDUCATOR AT MECA/UPENN, PORTLAND/PHILADELPHIA)

2015 KINDLING FUND: JENNA CROWDER (THE CHART, PORTLAND); CAMERON SHAW (PELICAN BOMB, NEW ORLEANS); N. SEAN GLOVER (ARTIST, TUFTS AND SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND DRAWING, BOSTON)