About the Grant

  • The JBSF offers one $20,000 grant per year.
  • The JBSF grant program operates on a 2-year cycle with alternating grants that support writing in even years and sculpture in odd years.
  • The writing grant is specifically for a writer who generates fresh writing and thinking on the history, aesthetics, purposes, imagination or situation of sculpture.
  • Supported categories of writing include essays and books.
    • Essays: magazine essays, catalogue essays, book essays
    • Books: research or manuscripts currently in process or nearing completion.
  • Types of writing that are supported include art criticism, art history, memoir, psychoanalytical study, philosophical meditation and literary study.
  • The grant recipient is expected to complete the project within one year of receiving the award.

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