Power Plant Grants

Power Plant Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Big Car Collaborative
Amount: US $12,000
Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Summary

Power Plant Grants, funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation and managed by Big Car Collaborative, aim to invigorate the Indianapolis arts scene. These grants support visual artists taking creative risks and exploring uncharted territories in their work. Each year, five selected artists or teams receive $12,000 to fund innovative projects that engage the community and push artistic boundaries, thereby fostering collaboration and experimentation in the local art landscape.

Overview

About Power Plant Grants are run by Big Car Collaborative and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The goal is to energize the Indianapolis arts community and support visual artists by encouraging them to grow by taking chances, realizing untapped potential, trying experimental projects, collaborating with each other, and bringing work to unusual places – all without a lot of red tape. Power Plant Grants Each year — based on selections by an independent panel — five individual artists or teams will receive awards of $12,000.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Who’s eligible to apply for Power Plant Grants The Power Plant Grant supports project grants for visual artists who live or work Indianapolis, Indiana.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.Artists must be over 21 at the time of the application, and may not be full-time students.Teams and partnerships are eligible. Eligible projects are ones that can be primarily supported by grant funds.

Ineligibility

Employees or board members (or immediate family members of employees or board members) of Big Car Collaborative are not eligible for this opportunity.Nonprofit organizations are not eligible.Artist-run spaces are no longer eligible for funding. Much larger projects that would require far more funding are not eligible.Previous Power Plant Grant recipients awarded in the previous year are not eligible to apply for this current round.