Southern Exposure’s Alternative Exposure grant program seeks to fuel the energy of the local visual arts community by supporting the vibrant artistic activity that occurs on the ground level. Alternative Exposure grants provide direct support, up to $3,000, to individuals and groups working in the visual arts to create frameworks of support for other artists working and presenting work in our communities.
*ROUND III INFORMATION*
Application guidelines for Round III will be available for download from the Southern Exposure and Alternative Exposure websites on July 27, 2009.
Last year’s guidelines are available for reference only (PDF link to your right). DO NOT use these guidelines to apply.
Information sessions for Round III will be held in San Francisco and the East Bay. Exact dates and locations will be announced soon. Please check back for more information, or sign up on SoEx’s email list to receive updates about events and deadlines related to AltEx.
Application deadline for Round III is 5:00pm on October 9, 2009.
Through this program, Southern Exposure is committed to continuing to serve as a resource for the burgeoning independent visual arts community. Since launching the Alternative Exposure grant program in 2007, Southern Exposure has committed $95,000 of direct financial support to 33 Bay Area visual arts groups and projects.
For questions contact Amanda Ault at assocdirector@soex.org or call 415-863-2141.
A brief history of Alternative Exposure
Southern Exposure’s Alternative Exposure grant program was launched in 2007 in response to the amazing work we were seeing individuals and small groups engage in at the ground level. Grants of up to $3,000 provide direct support to a range of locally grown artist-centered projects that extend our reach to as many new artists and audiences as possible. It provides support to the work of unincorporated groups, burgeoning art venues and gathering spaces, publications, collectives, and events. Projects can include an exhibition or exhibition series, a public art project, a one time event or performance, the ongoing work of a venue or collective, the publication of writing directly related to the visual arts, an online project or publication, an artist residency, a series of screenings, and more. It seeks to support the public presentation of new work with the resulting project activities accessible and presented to the public.
As one of San Francisco’s oldest artist-run spaces, Southern Exposure seeks to support the energy of the Bay Area visual arts community and support artists’ work in a direct and accessible way. The Alternative Exposure Grant program responds to the value that inclusion of the artist voice in developing creative activities is critical for the health of the arts community.
Past Grantees
Since launching the Alternative Exposure grant program, Southern Exposure has committed $95,000 of direct financial support to 33 Bay Area visual arts groups and projects including:
2007 grant recipients [2nd floor projects], 31 Rausch, 667 Shotwell, Bay Area Magazine for Meaningful Arts, Blankspace, Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP), Dirty Drawers, Ethsix, Fabricators, Fecal Face Dot Gom, Femina Potens, Neighborhood Sign Club, Shelters, Shotgun Review, and Stretcher.
2008 grant recipients Black Boots Ink, Hamburger Eyes, Hot and Cold, Invisible Venue, News of Common Possibility, Plastic Antinomy Magazine, Practice + Practice, Project Bunch, Receiver Gallery, Right Window, Rowan Morrison Gallery, The Garage Biennale, The Present Group, The Spare Room Project, Triple Base Gallery, and Underground Art Crew.
To learn more about these groups and their projects go to the Alternative Exposure website at www.soex.org/alternativeexposure
Generous support for Alternative Exposure is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
