Nexus Fund Regional Regranting Application 2025-2026
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The 2025-2026 Nexus Fund cycle will give $6,000 to support ten artist-driven projects that engage in risk-taking and experimentation, notably those projects that broaden critical discourse and challenge traditional assumptions. We are seeking proposals for projects – particularly those that are multi-disciplinary and collaborative – that provoke social engagement and center the diverse audiences living and working in Metro Atlanta. The fund will disburse ten, $6,000 grants totaling $60,000. In order to ensure that artists of every ethnicity, race, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability status, and socioeconomic class have access to this fund, Atlanta Contemporary will work with new and established partners to reach communities that have been historically underrepresented.
Project Requirements:
- Projects should directly benefit individuals and communities of the 11-county Metro Atlanta region (Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale), as defined by the Atlanta Regional Commission.
- Projects should be mindful of public health protocols and open to all
- Preference will be given to projects that:
• are multi-disciplinary and collaborative
• provoke social engagement
• center the diverse audiences living and working in Metro Atlanta - Projects must be accomplished by September 30, 2026
- Collaborative projects are encouraged, but we ask that only one application is submitted per project.
Who is not eligible?
- 501(c)3 organizations are not eligible for project funding.
- Current undergraduate and graduate students are not eligible for project funding.
- Nexus fund grant money is not “seed money” and projects must be fully funded by the grant. You are welcome to seek out additional funding for your project, but the project must still be accomplished with the Nexus grant.
- Already established projects and collaborations will not be awarded grants as we want to provide opportunity for risk-taking and experimentation in new projects.