upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Leeway Transformation Award

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Overview

The Leeway Transformation Award (LTA) provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.

The award is unrestricted (it is not project-based) and open to artists and cultural producers working in any medium, including traditional and nontraditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms.

We encourage you to apply if you are a woman, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artist who:

  • Creates art for social change that impacts a larger group, audience, or community.
  • Has been creating art for social change for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to this work.
  • Has lived for the past two or more years in Greater Philadelphia: Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County.

For more information, eligibility, and how to apply, read the LTA guidelines here or below.

 

*Leeway is a trans-affirming organization committed to gender self-determination, and we use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, Two-Spirit people, and anyone whose gender identity or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth.

Important Information

THE TRANSFORMATION AWARD APPLICATION IS A TWO-STAGE PROCESS.

Stage 1: This is a two-stage application process. The Stage 1 application is due May 15. Stage 1 is open to all eligible applicants. A panel of community-based artists and cultural producers will review applications and make decisions to invite up to 30 applicants to submit work samples for Stage 2. Panel decisions will be sent in August 2024. 

Stage 2: By invitation only. All invited applicants from Stage 1 will receive an application stipend to help cover the costs of preparing work samples. In addition to the stipend, we will offer each applicant support through in-person meetings and application feedback, as needed. The Stage 2 deadline will be announced to finalists only. All invitees will receive notification and announcement of final Awardees in December 2024.

Applications are accepted via hardcopy or online. If you have any questions/concerns, the fastest way to reach us is by email at info@leeway.org or by phone at 215.545.4078. We’re happy to schedule a phone or video call.

Information and Applicant Support Sessions

Information Sessions provide an overview of the grant and offer guidance, from Leeway staff and past grant recipients, on how applicants might best prepare their applications.

Applicant Support Sessions provide a space for applicants to get 1-on-1 support and direct feedback on their ideas and applications from Leeway staff.

  • Tuesday, April 30: 10am-3pm, Online appointments 
  • Wednesday, May 8: 10am-3pm, In-person @ Fleisher Art Memorial
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  • Monday, May 13: 2pm-7pm, Online appointments 

For more information or to RSVP for any of the above sessions, visit: leewayfoundation.eventbrite.com or call 215.545.4078

Guidelines & Applications

DOWNLOAD THE LTA GUIDELINES & APPLICATION:

APPLY ONLINE:

Co-Applicant

You may apply collaboratively with other artists for the Transformation Award. We understand that most projects are done in collaboration with others, so you are only required to submit an application with a co-applicant if you are both playing the same roles as artistic directors or partners for the project. Applicants may only apply once per cycle, whether submitting as part of a collaborative or as an individual. 

More information can be found in the LTA guidelines (page 3).

 

CO-APPLICANT APPLY ONLINE:

LTA en Español

deadline 05/15/2024

what makes a

Leeway Artist or Cultural Producer?

The following does not describe one kind of artist; rather, it paints a larger picture of the many aspects of different Leeway artists. [read more]

Upcoming events
04/025:30 pm - 7:00 pm

4/2 Transformation Award (LTA) Awardee Panel + Info Session (In Person)

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04/185:30 pm - 6:30 pm

4/18 Transformation Award (LTA) Info Session (Virtual)

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