About this Event
Learn more about the Velocity Fund's grant application — open now through November 24! We'll cover eligibility, all parts of the application, selection criteria — and any of your questions.
Applications open: September 16 – November 24, 2024
This Info Session is co-hosted by The Rotunda. Masks are required at this event, and ASL interpretation will be provided. Please email [email protected] with any accessibility requests or questions. Browse our other Info Sessions here.
The Rotunda, located at 4014 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, PA, is a community-gathering place that is fueled by the belief that art is a catalyst for social change and that the arts can lead to the formation of meaningful partnerships between the University of Pennsylvania and surrounding neighborhoods. Over 300 events are offered every year, including live music, film, spoken word, theater, art, dance, education, youth programs, arts incubation, and various experimental genres. As an alcohol-free, smoke-free venue, The Rotunda provides a critical social alternative for all ages. At its core, The Rotunda is a shared space fostering learning, enrichment, and community support while empowering the public to present, produce, and promote their work.
Accessibility Details: This event will be in-person and indoors. Masks are required at this event. The Rotunda is ramp-accessible via the right side of the building, towards the back. Enter the hallway and turn right. There is a single occupancy, ADA-compliant, all-gender restroom on the first level, close to the ramp. This restroom is also equipped with a baby changing station. The venue is equipped with sturdy, armless chairs.
The entrance on the left side of the building toward the back has seven steps up into the building. Enter the building and turn left. There are additional all-gender restrooms in the basement.
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The Velocity Fund offers twelve Philadelphia-based artists and collectives $5000 to develop and present new projects — particularly those that are experimental in genre, collaborative in practice, grounded in their communities, and thoughtful in their impact. Independent artists, collaborative groups, and non-incorporated collectives are welcome to apply.
The Velocity Fund intends to directly support artists and arts-based cultural organizers who conduct their practice outside the studio, and who present them outside traditional art spaces. Velocity has funded multidisciplinary and varied work that use visual arts — including (but never limited to) printmaking, performance, video, puppetry, sculpture, and curation — to expand, archive, learn with, and lift up their publics.
The Velocity Fund is a Regional Regranting Program supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and hosted by Asian Arts Initiative.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, United States
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