Public Art for All Grants make funding available to project partners who have the capacity and desire to address public art equity issues.
Donor Name: Indy Arts Council
State: Indiana
County: Marion County (IN)
Type of Grant: Grant | Matching Grants
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/14/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
In 2021, the Indy Arts Council supported an initiative lead by Rokh Research & Design Studio to conduct the nation’s first comprehensive “Public Art for All” inventory. The research team counted and mapped all artworks in Marion County that are visible from the public right-of-way. They also assessed whether public art is truly accessible to all.
Key findings of the inventory:

There are large areas of the Marion County without access to public art within one mile of any given location (called a “public art desert”).
Public art commissions were not distributed equitably to women or femme-identifying, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ artists.
Approximately 42% of existing public art is in desperate need of maintenance.

Funding Information

Any amount from $5,000 up to $45,000.
Requires 1:1 matching funds.

Eligible Projects 
Types of projects to consider:

Murals
Sculptures
Creative monuments
Sound-based public art 
Media-based public art (such as projection mapping)
History-elevating projects
Community participation projects
Public art restoration or maintenance projects
Anything that is artistic, permanently sited, in public, and fulfills the goals of increasing access to public art and equity in its creation.

Eligibility Criteria 

501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations based in Marion County (not required to be arts-based).
Neighborhood associations based in Marion County with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.

For more information, visit IAC.