Applications for the 2025 Cycle of Power Plant Grants open Monday, May 5 and are due at the end of the day on Friday, July 18. These are project grants for visual artists residing or working in Indianapolis for new public-facing art projects with a strong visual component.
The Power Plant Grant program will provide grants in the amount of $60,000 total. Six individual artists and/or art collectives will receive cash grants of $12,000 each, for the creation and presentation of new work/projects with a strong visual component. Artists with ongoing projects or practices are welcome to apply, providing the application proposes significant evolution or adaptation that will open up new directions in the work – even if for only one year.
Applications for this round are due by Friday, July 18 @ 11:59 p.m. EST.
TIMELINE for Power Plant Grant 2o25:
- Monday, May 5 – Application opens via Submittable
- Monday, June 23, 7 – 8 p.m. – In-person information session (at Tube Factory artspace)
- Friday, June 27, 5-6 p.m. – Online Zoom information session
- Friday, July 18 – Applications close online, at 11:59 p.m. EST
- Monday, Aug. 11 – All applications notified if they will proceed to the final round
- Saturday, Aug. 23 – Artists’ presentations at Selection Panel meeting in-person in Indianapolis
- Monday, Aug. 25 – Award recipients Notified
- Friday, Sept. 12 – Public Announcement of the 2025 Round 5 Awards
Eligible applicants are visual and or multidisciplinary artists who create original work in painting, drawing, sculpture, book art, ceramics, fiber, printmaking, digital and media works, film, video, photography, performance art, sound art, social practice and or hybrid or interdisciplinary practice of any or all of the above.
You can view the guidelines, FAQ’s, and previously awarded projects at www.PowerPlantGrant.org. The link to submit an application is here.
Power Plant Grants are facilitated by the nonprofit arts organization, Big Car Collaborative and are made possible by funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts‘ Regional Regranting Program.
