Creative Capital Award Application Info Session — Pittsburgh

When

December 9, 2019 6:30-8:00PM

Add to Calendar 12/9/2019 6:30 pmDecember 5, 2019 8:00 pmAmerica/Pittsburgh Creative Capital Award Application Info Session — Pittsburgh Learn how artists can apply for the Creative Capital Award valued at $100,000, including $50,000 in project funding, and an additional $50,000 in career development services—all dedicated to supporting artists complete their innovative project ideas. The application, opening February 2020, is free and open to artists working in all disciplines across the country. Creative CapitalMattress Factory 500 Sampsonia Way Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Where

Mattress Factory
500 Sampsonia Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

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Learn how artists can apply for the Creative Capital Award valued at $100,000, including $50,000 in project funding, and an additional $50,000 in career development services—all dedicated to supporting artists complete their innovative project ideas. The application, opening February 2020, is free and open to artists working in all disciplines across the country.

Creative Capital staff will present an overview of the organization and answer questions about the application process, the type of work we support, and how to apply. The session is free and open to the public—artists in all disciplines are encouraged to attend. For this session, we will be joined by Jon Rubin, an awardee and interdisciplinary artist.

Please watch this information video about the application to help you come better prepared to this info session.

We look forward to meeting you!

Note: Capacity is limited and entrance is on a first come, first served basis. If you can’t make this Info Session, we will have a series of online sessions.


About Jon Rubin:

Jon is an interdisciplinary artist who creates interventions into public life that re-imagine individual, group, and institutional behavior. His projects include Conflict Kitchen, The Last Billboard, …Circle Through New York, and The Independent School of Art. He has exhibited projects at The Guggenheim Museum; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Shanghai Biennial; The Carnegie International; The Mercosul Biennial, Brazil; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; as well as in backyards, living rooms, and street corners. Rubin has received awards from the Arts Matters Foundation, the Creative Work Fund, Americans for the Arts and was a finalist for the International Award for Participatory Art. He is an Associate Professor and Graduate Director at the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University.