The 2026 Kindling Fund Information Session

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An info session on how to apply for 2026 Kindling Fund project grant funding

Langlais Art Preserve

Join us at Langlais Art Preserve for a Sunday morning information session about the Kindling Fund grant opportunity.This event is timed so that attendees can walk around the preserve and then join exhibiting artist Gina Siepel in <a href="https://www.georgesriver.org/event-details/tom-wessels-reading-the-forested-landscape" title="https://www.georgesriver.org/event-details/tom-wessels-reading-the-forested-landscape" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">an artist talk</a> with ecologist Tom Wessels at 2 pm.The Kindling Fund awards project grants ranging from $3,000 - $7,000 (with smaller Research and Development Grants) to Maine-based artists of all career levels, who organize projects that engage audiences and the visual arts in inventive and meaningful ways.The Kindling Fund values and uplifts artistic collaboration (or collaboration with community in meaningful ways). Applicants seeking support at the $5,500-$7,000 range must have at least one stated core collaborator.This is the 12th year of grantmaking for the Kindling Fund.In the context of this grant, the visual arts is defined as broadly as possible and includes: photography, video, non-traditional performance, ceramics, earth works, drawing, bookmaking, weaving, crafts, installations, painting, mail art, printmaking, basketry, sculpture, calligraphy, social engagement, participatory or community driven projects, glass, design, and the alternative spaces, artistic collectives, art writing, and artistic platforms that support that work.If you are interested in proposing a project that is not listed and you think of it as a form of visual art, please email <a href="mailto:kindlingfund@space538.org" title="mailto:kindlingfund@space538.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">kindlingfund@space538.org</a>. With a focus on risk and experimentation, successful projects value unconventional engagement, critical dialogue, collaboration, and create new models for presenting artists’ work. The Kindling Fund is administered by <a href="http://www.space538.org/" title="http://www.space538.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SPACE Gallery</a> as part of the <a href="https://warholfoundation.org/" title="https://warholfoundation.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts' Regional Regranting Program</a>.The application portal is open as of September 16th at 12:00 pm on <a href="http://space538.submittable.com/" title="http://space538.submittable.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">space538.submittable.com</a>This year’s deadline is Sunday, November 16th at 11:59 pm.More info at <a href="https://space538.org/reader/announcing-the-2025-kindling-fund/" title="https://space538.org/reader/announcing-the-2025-kindling-fund/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the SPACE Reader</a> and the Kindling Fund website <a href="http://www.thekindlingfund.org/" title="http://www.thekindlingfund.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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