Grants by Invitation

Grant Programs

Ellsworth Kelly Award

A $45,000 award made annually to create a solo exhibition opportunity for a contemporary visual artist at a U.S. art museum, or a university or college art gallery.

Learn More

Round green table with various small statues, pots, books, white clay and a still screen of a grassy area scattered around surrounded by cameras. Behind it a projection of four wall-size images depicting the statues as silhouettes in front of grassy areas and plants.

2016 Ellsworth Kelly Award recipient, The Institute of Contemporary Art at The University of Pennsylvania. Installation view of Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It, at The Institute of Contemporary Art at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2018. Photo by Constance Mensh.

Creative Research Grants

In 2024, FCA launched Creative Research Grants to fund the artistic exploration and development of experimental artists. Grants of $10,000 are awarded to artists for activities that inform and enhance artistic practice, encourage new creative directions, realize cultural exchanges, initiate or deepen collaborations, and/or facilitate the learning of artistic forms and traditions—whether related to or independent of any defined outcome or planned public presentation. The program values and supports critical exploratory phases of the artistic process.

Learn More