National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

exhibits, which will be disseminated to the public through the Google Arts and Culture App. The exhibits will
serve as a model for other arts organizations that wish to share their own creative projects online.
Maryland Institute (aka Maryland Institute College of Art)
$100,000 Baltimore, MD
To support the Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network (B/CAN), a series of creative entrepreneurship
programs, in partnership with the Emerging Technology Centers (ETC). The project will include professional
development programs, entrepreneurial training, and startup resources to support creative industries in
Baltimore. The INCU-NET program will match and place select creatives in partner incubators for intensive
entrepreneurship support to help them build successful creative businesses. The ART-VANCE program will focus
on business, financial, and legal planning; expert assistance; building marketing skills; and peer mentoring, both
online and in-person. The CITI-NET program will focus on networking events to connect creatives with agents,
resources, and each other, across different backgrounds. The B/CAN MOBILE program will provide pop-up
access to services and mentors for a broad base of residents in neighborhoods across Baltimore. ETC will provide
B/CAN participants with collaborative working space alongside tech business startups and business development
entrepreneurs, as well as provide opportunities for the INCU-NET cohorts to engage with mentors and potential
investors.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc. (aka MASS MoCA)
$80,000 North Adams, MA
To support Assets for Artists, in partnership with GreenPath. Assets for Artists serves low-income artists in New
England with a cross-sector approach to capacity building, financial wellness, and asset development. In
partnership with GreenPath, a nonprofit financial wellness organization, MASS MoCA will extend the reach of
the program to serve artists nationwide. Artists will participate in extended financial wellness residencies at
MASS MoCA, during which they will have access to capital through matched savings accounts, professional
development training, and personalized financial coaching. GreenPath will provide one-on-one advising from
financial counselors, webinar simulcasts, and online educational tools. GreenPath also will develop and maintain
an artist-focused online microsite with financial wellness information specifically for self-employed artists.
Media Arts Center San Diego (aka MACSD)
$30,000 San Diego, CA
To support Digital Gym on the Blvd, in partnership with the El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement
Association. The collaborative community-based initiative will bring together the Media Arts Center's Digital
Gym Technology Center and Cinema, area digital artists, community members, and the El Cajon Boulevard
Business Improvement District's small business and resident advisory groups. Members of the team will convene
to discuss local issues of interest and to determine themes and partnerships for outreach and related arts
activities. Issues such as workforce readiness, food security, aging in place and in community, understanding and
creating public art, and small business development will be addressed through community dialogues and
reinforced through film screenings and interactive digital art exhibits. Proposed artists include multimedia artist
Brennan Hubbell, digital artist Evan Apodaca, and multidisciplinary artist Perry Vasquez.
Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York (aka The Center for Fiction)
$50,000 New York, NY
To support SYNTAX/SYNAPSE, a series of creative investigations exploring intersections between fiction and
neuroscience, in partnership with Princeton University. The Center for Fiction will partner with the Princeton
Social Neuroscience Lab to organize a year-long series that will examine how the brain works in conjunction with
how novels impact our understanding of humanity. Planned activities include public events featuring a writer
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.