Over the next three years, Beck’s, through The Green Box Project, will fund and showcase 1,000 projects by artists with unique creative vision.
With art funding disappearing, Becks, an organization created to provide arts funding has launched the latest round of of opportunities for their young, creative and ongoing Green Box project.
The Green Box Project is a global fund established to inspire, celebrate and financially support independent talent in art, design, music and fashion.
Unfortunately, Artists who currently live in California may be excluded from this application project. I tried to see if I could find the reason for excluding Californians, but couldn't. But as we all know, many grants are geographic specific. or example, last week I included a grant only for Northern California. That can be found at: http://freegrantfunding.blogspot.com/2011/08/grants-for-no-calif-artists-for.html
The resulting art pieces will be experienced via augmented-reality in Green Boxes located around the world and will be permanently displayed in the fund’s virtual gallery.
To start the project, from July to September 2011, we will release 30 Green Boxes holding exclusive virtual pieces by renowned artists in the US, UK and Italy.
An article by Robin Murray in Clash, a music website, highlights a little more about this unusually designed and very generous project.
"It's easy to get suspicious when brands get involved in the creative arts, but Becks have a better track record than most. Previously working with the likes of Phoenix on a series of bottle labels, the brand recently launched the Green Box project.
An ambitious project with a global reach, sites for the Green Box scheme are placed in London, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Rome and Milan.
Essentially, Becks have simply placed a series of green boxes around the world which can be filled with anything the artists see fit. The first round of submissions were launched earlier this year, with Canadian group Austra amongst those taking part.
The initial round of the project was overseen by Grammy-award-winning producer Sam Speigel and photographer Nick Knight, with Green Box set to create more than 1000 boxes around the world.
“This feels like a new art form; the juxtaposition between the world we see and the world we’re going to be allowed to see through the technology," he said. "To me, art is the people’s voice, it’s about people expressing themselves and their position in the world and with this project everybody’s voices can be heard.”
Fans can interact with each Green Box via a new application which, is available on iTunes now. When you find a Green Box, simply scan the location into your iPhone to unlock some specially designed bonus content.
On a more abstract note, the app comes equipped with a map of each Green Box alongside some bonus destinations. Here users can unlock additional content, as well being able to upload photos and artwork from their travels."
We try to bring you new grants, fellowships and other opportunities each week. Be sure to sign up for email alerts as we have more funding grants to report.
And it may be useful to you to look up a posting on 220 grants being given by the Guggenheim -- although that deadline is fast approaching. The post is at http://freegrantfunding.blogspot.com/2011/08/guggenheim-offers-220-fellowships-for.html
An easy to understand instructions for writing a grant can be found at http://freegrantfunding.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-write-grant.html
How to Apply to the Fund
The Beck's Green Box Project is a fund designed to support independent creative talent. Over the next three years this ambition will be realized through Beck's support of 1,000 original works from selected independent artists.
Anyone can submit a proposal for funding within the areas of art, design, music or fashion. Each submission will be individually considered and reviewed by the dedicated Green Box team and its Board, led by two iconic artists admired and respected for their independent vision and consistently groundbreaking creative ambition.
The chosen submissions will then receive the requested funding to bring their project to life. The first wave of finalized Green Box Projects will be released around the world in 2012.
Submissions
Anyone with a unique vision or idea can submit a proposal for funding within the areas of art, design, music or fashion.
Submissions will be judged by the Green Box Project Board, formed by artists Nick Knight and Sam Spiegel. The selected projects will be granted the requested funding and brought to life as per the artist’s original vision, unfiltered and unedited.
All finalized pieces will be displayed permanently online, in the Green Box Project’s virtual gallery. Some projects will also have the unique opportunity of being showcased in physical Green Boxes located around the world.
To submit your idea for the Beck’s Green Box Project, applicants are advised to complete the application process found on the Green Box Project website.
Submissions are accespted from August 8 until October 27 2011. During the judging period proposals will be on display at becks.com where the public can browse and support their favorite projects.
The shortlist will be revealed in November, and final selected projects announced in December.
Nick Knight and Sam Spiegel, TWO multi-talented artists, will head The Beck's Green Box Project. They will have the ultimate decision in which projects are commissioned. Collectively, through the Green Box Project, they will support fresh creative talent and promote public art to a global audience.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Applicant Criteria
ENTRY INTO THE CONTEST IS OPEN TO THE PERSONS MEETING THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA (THE “ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA”) :
- · LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES (EXCLUDING CALIFORNIA) WHO ARE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER,
- · LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER,
- · LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ITALY WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL ITALIAN CONTEST, (SEE BECKS.COM) OR,
- · LEGAL RESIDENTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE PARTICIPATION IS NOT PROHIBITED AND SUCH PERSON IS OF LEGAL DRINKING AGE IN HIS OR HER COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.
In addition to the online form you are required to complete, you may submit a video, track, photograph(s), and/or essay to help describe your Idea. Follow the online instructions to upload your Additional Content in accordance with guidelines as stated on the Website.
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