ABOUT WAVEMAKER GRANTS
Annual grant opportunity for Miami-based artists to bring new ideas to life across Miami neighborhoods.
WaveMaker Grants at Locust Projects supports Miami’s visionary artists with incubator grants to research, kick off or re-energize innovative artist-driven projects that are shared with the public in unconventional spaces. Grantees receive up to $6,000 each in three categories: New Work / Projects, Long-Haul Projects, and Research & Development + Implementation. In the spirit of Locust Projects’ artist-driven, experimental mission, WaveMakers experiment and take risks, creating innovative work that is shared in unconventional public spaces.
WaveMaker Grants are made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts' Regional Regranting Program, a network of 36 regranting partners across the country.
Please review all available info at www.wavemakergrants.org before submitting.
There is no application fee. Locust Projects is committed to making WaveMaker Grants accessible to all applicants. Should you need any accommodations or assistance to complete your application, please reach out to digital@locustprojects.org.
Join us for next year's WaveMaker VIRTUAL INFO SESSION in February 2027 - stay tuned for details. Learn about the next cycle of WaveMaker Grants for Miami-Dade artists and how you can apply for up to $6,000 in one of three categories: New Work / Projects, Long-Haul Projects, and R&D + Implementation.
Eligibility:
Visual artists, curators, cultural organizers, collectives, and collaborators who reside in Miami-Dade County are encouraged to apply.
If you have received a WaveMaker Grant in the past 5 years you are ineligible to apply in 2025 unless you are a current R+D recipient.
Film, performance, dance, music, and other projects that fall outside a strict definition of visual art are eligible. However, visual art must be the leading component.
If applying as a group, the collaboration can be long-standing or initiated specifically for this project. Please identify one participant to serve as the lead contact. The lead contact and majority of participants must reside in Miami-Dade County.
Non-profit organizations and LLCs established for commercial enterprise are not eligible.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program was established in 2007 to recognize and support the movement of independently organized, public-facing, artist-centered activity that animates local and regional art scenes but that lies beyond the reach of traditional funding sources. The program is administered by non-profit visual art centers across the United States that work in partnership with the Foundation to fund artists’ experimental projects and collaborative undertakings.
The 36 regranting programs provide grants of up to $10,000 for the creation and presentation of new work. Programs are developed and facilitated by organizations in:
Founded in 2015 and administered by Locust Projects since 2017, WaveMaker Grants is made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts' Regional Regranting Program, a network of 41 regranting partners across the country: Albuquerque, NM – 516 ARTS: Fulcrum Fund; Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Contemporary: Nexus Fund; Baltimore, MD – The Peale Center: GRIT Fund; Buffalo, NY – The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art: Generator Fund; Central Appalachia (KY, VA, WV) – Wrymakers Collective: Appalachian Visionary Artist Fund; Chicago, IL – 3Arts: Ignite Fund; Cleveland, OH – SPACES: The Satellite Fund; Denver, CO – RedLine Contemporary Art Center: INSITE Fund; Detroit, MI – CultureSource: Flourish Fund; Hartford, CT – Real Art Ways: Provision Fund; Honolulu, HI – Puʻuhonua Society: Hoʻākea Source; Houston, TX – Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks, and Project Row Houses: The Idea Fund; Indianapolis, IN – Big Car Collaborative: Power Plant Grants; Iowa City, IA – Public Space One: Big Field Fund; Kansas City, MO – Charlotte Street Foundation: Rocket Grants; Knoxville, TN – Tri-Star Arts: Current Art Fund; Lakota Communities/Western South Dakota – Racing Magpie: Sinew Fund; Los Angeles, CA – LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions): Lightning Fund; Medford, MA – Tufts University Art Galleries: Collective Futures Fund; Miami, FL – Locust Projects: WaveMaker Grants; Milwaukee, WI – The Open Fund and Poor Farm: The Open Fund; Minneapolis, MN – Midway Contemporary Art: Visual Arts Fund; Mobile, AL (statewide) – Coleman Center for the Arts, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, and Space One Eleven: Verdant Fund; New Orleans, LA – Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Antenna Works, and Junebug Productions: Platforms Fund; Newark, NJ – Project for Empty Space: Newark Artist Accelerator; Oklahoma City, OK – Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition: Thrive Grants; Omaha, NE – The Union for Contemporary Art: Populus Fund; Philadelphia, PA – Asian Arts Initiative: The Velocity Fund; Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery: Kindling Fund; Portland, OR – Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA): Precipice Fund; Providence, RI – Dirt Palace Public Projects: Interlace Grant Fund; Raleigh, NC – Visual Art Exchange: Snapdragon Fund; Salt Lake City, UT – Utah Museum of Contemporary Art: Assemblage Art Fund; San Francisco, CA – Southern Exposure: Alternative Exposure; San Juan, Puerto Rico – Beta Local: Máquina Simple; Seattle, WA – Northwest Film Forum: Collective Power Fund; St. Louis, MO – The Luminary: Futures Fund; Tucson, AZ – MOCA Tucson: Night Bloom Grants; Utica, MS – Sipp Culture: TBD Fund; Washington, D.C. – Washington Project for the Arts: Wherewithal Grants.
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