The Art Grants team wants to thank our community for your creativity, ambition, and patience as we navigate through all of the applications and requests received for 2026.  Our eleven-person team of grant facilitators and team leads reviewed 66 grant applications submitted for consideration for 2025.  Those 36 applications equaled $85,962 in funding requests.  

After lots of reading, many team meetings, and lots of emails with applicants, we are proud to say that in 2026, we are able to fund 29 art grant projects totalling $38,269.  

Some interesting art grant application facts:

• • We had artists from nine states apply for grants.  
  • Out of the applications received, the following states were represented:
    • California
    • Illinois
    • Indiana
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • Minnesota
    • Missouri 
    • Nevada
    • Ohio
  • A handful of projects submitted to the art grant team were existing works of art and did not qualify for grant funding.  (Our team funds the creation of NEW work for the event.)  Those projects were forwarded to ArtHub’s other funding pool, Honorarium, for consideration, which specifically considers pre-existing work.
  • We understand some artists were not able to accept their grant due to the announced venue move. We look forward to seeing future submissions from these artists and hope to be able to grant them funds in the future. 

The Art Grant team always struggles to fund as many projects as possible.  This year’s applicants went all out, and we are grateful for the work you put into your applications.  We are really proud of the 36 artists/teams that submitted thoughtful proposals and are sad that we could not fund everyone.

Congratulations to the 2026 Art Grant Awardees and the build teams listed on this List of Grants:

• • Amor Dolor – Rick Mc Garry – $4,000
  • Clown Cart – Jessica Perazzolo – $350
  • Dame De Flame – Matt Bajor $10,867
  • Royal Pennant – Nicole Robertson – $115
  • Fish Costume – Matt Arnold – $310
  • Hyperdendron Zoephorus: Life Bringing Hyper-Tree – Tim Dean – $5,000
  • Ixodes Igis – James Villalpando – $558
  • Lamps of Fire – Paul Weingart – $2,103
  • SuTalun – Mark DeBernardi – $1,000
  • Letters to Alyson – Liz Aubichon – $664
  • Masques Off – Clove Ellis – $1,166
  • Meta Alchemist Four in a Row – Adam Borut – $745
  • Minnesota Spin Art – Greg Lyon – $567
  • Miss Tony’s Garden – Adele Elita Denison-Crandal – $575
  • Mr. Ticktato Head – Mary Bell – $843
  • Sanctum o f the Something-Or-Other – Arden Wyatt – $85
  • Southern Oracle – Angela Florida – $227
  • Silhouette – EZ – $1,500
  • Take-Away-Dreams – Casey Boitos – $860
  • The Cosmic Donut – Alec Rudek – $1,618
  • The Hedge Shoppe – Miranda Cancelosi – $607
  • The Masks We Wear – Paige Watson – $131
  • The Phoenix and the Flock of the Forgotten Selves – Gabby Dewey – $385
  • The Spire – Daniel A. Bohrer – $1,000
  • The Tower of Now – Katie Hurst – $700
  • Tokens and a Quest – Rachael Mulvill – $360
  • Vanity Masque – Gette Levy – $350