Big thanks to all of the artists who took the time to apply for a Mosaic Art Grant this year.
The flood of applications that came in between the original deadline and the extended deadline was quite impressive. We ended up with 15 applications and 11k in requests!
After careful review, assisted by our fabulous art grant selection team, and with the cooperation of several artists who worked with us in adjusting plans to reduce their budgets, we're delighted to announce 10 art grant projects for Mosaic 2022!
~MOSAIC 2022 ART GRANTS~
$360 to Sarita and team Spamarita to build the All Cats are Beautiful Temple
"All Cats Are Beautiful Temple is an immersive, multisensory, devotional temple in tribute to the purrtheon of cats, pusses and kittens, where we honor the majesty and subversive beauty our furry, feline deities in their eternal struggle against human and canine oppression."
$300 to SpaceCase and team a Web of Caseys to bring you Anansi's Twisted Tales
"Do you like to spin a tale? Want to play a part in the collective creation of intersecting narratives? Come weave your words and pictures into Anansi's web of stories at First Fires."
$60 to Lady Bacchus to create For Your Light
"The talent show is always an amazing display of our communities talents. This year each participant will receive a special on again and off again trophy for their efforts."
$200 to Andi "Fluffy" and team SpielBound Creations w/ Syncytium to bring you Iris Rains: A SpiderMonkey Tribute
"Journey under the large kaleidoscopic parasol with a canopy of translucent colored panels, with small, freely spinning mirrors dangling to reflect the world around; by night, it will be lit by rainbow lights and will bear a flame at the top to be seen from afar."
$250 to Liz and team Cuddlefish/Hive to create Off (With Your Head) And On Again
"Participants symbolically "behead" themselves in a French Revolution-style guillotine whose blade is a glittering, immaterial beaded curtain. Reflect on what oppresses us or holds us back from revolutionary change, and symbolically “dethrone” the “ruler” within."
$150 to Princess for their human decorating project Open Your 3rd Eye
"Come adorn yourself and explore untapped wisdom -what will you discover when you open the third eye portal?"
$330 to Jonah and the Stoop Kids to create Stoop of Threeseus
"The third first stoop! Stoops are a universal meeting place, in his explorations stoop creator Jonah has found stoops to be a communal gathering point and place for strangers and neighbors to meet. Come sit stand or lean on the stoop to experience for yourself!"
$100 to Bitch Titless of team Titless for UniTARDIS Project Improvements
"The UniTARDIS Project is pleased to announce a carriage update that will enable us to easily traverse the timespace coordinates of Mosaic Experiment 2022 (linear time). We will be bringing time travel and mobile dance parties to all participants."
$100 to Daphne and team Teatime, bringing you The Wayward Teahouse
"The Wayward Teahouse is a den of refreshment, relaxation, and whimsical conversation in a beautiful bell tent -- fall down the rabbit hole and come to our tea party!"
$180 to artist Luna Melt for the creation of We Are In Space
"A cosmic tribute to our community's resilience through the last two years' cycles of hope, joy, and grief, changing like the continual dance between the sun and the moon above us - because we are in space, no one knows what's going on, I love you."
