Overview

2025 WaveMaker Applications NOW open - APPLY HERE!

Grant Categories:

Each year, WaveMaker at Locust Projects awards a total of $60,000 in grant funding to artists across Miami-Dade County in the following three categories:

New Work / Projects: Grants up to $6,000 each to support the creation and presentation of visionary, artist-driven new work / projects.   

Long-Haul Projects: Grants up to $6,000 each to support launching, sustaining, or completing long-term projects. This category recognizes the time and commitment required to pursue long-term artistic endeavors.

R&D + Implementation: Grants up to $2,000 each to support research and development for ambitious new projects that take creative risks or benefit from a longer planning period. After the R&D phase, grantees are encouraged to submit a short-form proposal for an additional $4,000 to implement their projects.

Eligibility:

Visual artists, curators, cultural organizers/creatives, collectives, collaborators who reside in Miami-Dade County are encouraged to apply.

If you have received a WaveMaker Grant in the past 5 years you are ineligible to apply in 2025 unless you are a current R+D recipient.

Film, performance, dance, music, and other projects that fall outside a strict definition of visual art are eligible.  However, visual art must be the leading component.

If applying as a group, the collaboration can be long-standing or initiated specifically for this project. Please identify one participant to serve as the lead contact.  The lead contact and majority of participants must reside in Miami-Dade County.

Non-profit organizations and LLCs established for commercial enterprise are not eligible.

Image above: Monica Sorelle, Transfer, Still_from_Wedding.