The Teiger Foundation supports contemporary visual art with a primary focus on curators. It honors the vision of founder David Teiger, who, in his lifetime, championed professionals who pursued their paths in making exhibitions, leading organizations, conducting research, and pursuing other aspects of curatorial practice.
The foundation has issued a call for proposals. The foundation supports group exhibitions, single-artist surveys, participatory and community-engaged art projects, digital exhibitions, live and virtual performance in the context of the visual arts, and as-yet-unknown curatorial forms involving contemporary visual art and artists.
The foundation offers grants of up to $150,000 for single projects led by curators at organizations of all sizes; grants of up to $150,000 for three years of programming at organizations with an annual budget of less than $3.5 million; grants of up to $75,000 for hosting exhibitions that originated elsewhere; and grants of up to $50,000 for curatorial research and development, the earliest stages of a project.
Responses to urgent conditions and new approaches to working with artists, institutions, and communities are encouraged. The foundation will support the development and realization of new projects as well as the deepening and extending of the value of existing ones. It does not prioritize particular themes or project types.
To be eligible, projects must be affiliated with an established 501(c)(3) art or cultural institution. Only 501(c)(3) institutions in the Unit