In grant applications on Submittable, you will verify that you:

• Are at least 18 years of age.

• Currently live within the 10-mile radius of Providence and in the state of Rhode Island.

• Are not a full-time student or enrolled in a degree program.

• Have resided in the state of Rhode Island for at least one year and will be a resident upon receipt of grant funding.

For Emergency Grants, you will also be asked to submit one of the following:

• A link to your artist website or a public social media account with a reasonable-length history that features your current or recent artwork (even if you shared this link above, please re-share it here)

• A link to an online article or website that verifies your identity as an artist

• If you are unable to submit one of the above and would still like to apply, please contact us at interlacefund@gmail.com

The lead applicant for Project Grants must have a social security number and be able to receive payment for the award. Additional collaborators and/or participants may be foreign nationals. Emergency Grant applicants do not have to be U.S. citizens. Project Grant lead applicants also must have lived in the eligible area for at least one year prior to the grant due date.

For the purposes of this grant we are considering the Providence Area as within a 10-mile radius of the City of Providence and in Rhode Island.

You can view a map of eligible areas here.

You must have been domiciled in the Providence area for at least one year at the time of application. This means your home in the Providence area is your primary residence and is the address you use for legal forms, state income taxes, car registration, driver's license or state-issued id, and voter registration.

No, just Rhode Island.

Current staff, residents, board members of the partnering institutions, and their immediate family members are ineligible to receive grants from Interlace.

For Emergency Grants:

• Applicants may receive up to $500 in Emergency Grants per calendar year.

• If you received an Interlace Covid Relief Grant in 2020, you can apply for Interlace Emergency Relief grant.

For Project Grants:

• Applicants who have previously been awarded a Project Grant grant as a lead applicant may reapply with a new project two years after completing their funded project.

Yes. As long as the lead applicant and the project itself live/occurs within Providence, the project is eligible.

Like any other project, web and media-based projects should relate to the Providence area, be publicly presented in the Providence area, and/or in service to Providence area audiences.

Interlace does not require lead applicants to identify a visual artist exclusively, but they must have been making visual art for at least two years. So, yes, you can apply. However, applicants should remain mindful of the importance and role of visual arts when preparing their submissions.

Interlace provides Project Grant funds for projects from start to completion. However, suppose your project has a serial aspect and/or a second life as a self-contained and substantially different artwork or presentation (i.e., a new artist book or publication that's part of an ongoing series of artist books and publications). In that case, you may be eligible to apply. To be sure, write to us at interlacefund@gmail.com to clarify whether or not your project is eligible.

Interlace does not fund officially licensed, commercial businesses. If, as a group or collective, you have made steps towards incorporation for banking or administrative purposes but are NOT a commercial business or 501c3 entity, you are still eligible.

Grantees can present funded projects at various venues and by organizations who may be providing some additional support, such as the use of their facilities for a performance or event. However, the Project Grant does not cover production costs that should be covered by another host organization who made an explicit invitation to the applicant(s) to present work at their venue or as part of the host organization's regular program. The critical distinction is that the project is artist-initiated, independently managed, and not part of a regularly scheduled program.

While Interlace recognizes the range of 501c3 organizations and their sometimes limited program budgets, this fund only can go towards costs associated with an independent artist-initiated project that operates autonomously from the hosting organization. For example, an artwork or publication presented at a host organization can be eligible, but the Project Grant does not cover fees traditionally covered by the host organization.

Interlace supports various visual art endeavors, many of which we'd like to see outlive the grant we provide. If those endeavors eventually make money or generate revenue, they are still eligible. The exception to this rule is that the project must be presented to the public free of charge at least once within one year of project completion.

Please write to Interlace Program Manager Jori Ketten at interlacefund@gmail.com. You can also call or text at 401-288-1539.