Resources
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2022 GRANT LISTS
>> FUNDING FRIDAYS: SEPTEMBER 2022 • Opportunities with application deadlines from August 5, 2022 to September 15, 2022.
FUNDING FRIDAYS: AUGUST 2022 • Opportunities with application deadlines from August 5, 2022 to September 15, 2022.
FUNDING FRIDAYS: JULY 2022 • Opportunities with application deadlines from July 1, 2022 to August 1, 2022.
FUNDING FRIDAYS: JUNE 2022 • Opportunities with application deadlines from June 5 through July 1, 2022.
FUNDING FRIDAYS: MAY 2022 • Opportunities with application deadlines from May 9 through June 3, 2022.
FUNDING FRIDAYS: APRIL 2022 • Opportunities with application deadlines from April 4 through May 6, 2022.
FUNDING FRIDAYS: MARCH 2022 • Opportunities with application deadlines in March through April 1, 2022.
FUNDING FRIDAYS #6: FEBRUARY 2022 • Opportunities with application deadlines in February through March 11, 2022.
FUNDING FRIDAYS #5: JANUARY 2022 • Opportunities with application deadlines in January through February 4, 2022.
2021 GRANT LISTS
FUNDING FRIDAYS #4: DECEMBER 2021 • Opportunities with application deadlines in December through January 7, 2022.
FUNDING FRIDAYS #3: NOVEMBER 2021 • Opportunities with application deadlines in November and December 2021.
FUNDING FRIDAYS #2: OCTOBER 2021 • Opportunities with application deadlines in October and November 2021.
FUNDING FRIDAYS #1: SEPTEMBER 2021 • Opportunities with application deadlines in September and October 2021.
DATABASES
ART CONNECT OPPORTUNITIES LIST • Maintained by Art Connect.
ARTISTS+ REGISTRY • Works by artists with HIV/AIDS. Created and maintained by Visual AIDS.
ARTWORK ARCHIVE CALLS FOR ENTRY RESOURCE • Maintained by Artwork Archive.
BLACK ARTIST DATABASE • Created and maintained by Black Artist Database (B.A.D.)
BLACK CREATIVE DATABASE • Created and maintained by Black Artist Database (B.A.D.)
CARTOONISTS OF COLOR DATABASE • Created and maintained by cartoonist MariNaomi.
CREATIVE AF CAREERS • Maintained by The Creative Collective NYC.
CREATIVE CAPITAL'S ONLINE RESOURCES • Maintained by Creative Capital.
CREATIVE WOMEN OF COLOR DATABASE • Maintained by Women Who Create.
DISABLED CARTOONISTS DATABASE • Created and maintained by cartoonist MariNaomi.
QUEER CARTOONISTS DATABASE • Created and maintained by cartoonist MariNaomi.
RECOMMENDED READS: BOOKS
ARRIVE IN MY HANDS • By Trinidad Escobar. Published by Black Josei Press.
BLACK WOMEN IN SEQUENCE: RE-INKING COMICS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, AND ANIME • By Deborah Elizabeth Whaley. Published by the University of Washington Press.
FLAMER • By Mike Curato. Published by Godwin Books / Henry Holt Books for Young Readers / Macmillan.
GIOVANNI'S ROOM • By James Baldwin. Published by Penguin Books.
I'M A WILD SEED • By Sharon Lee De La Cruz. Published by Street Noise Books.
JACKIE ORMES: THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN CARTOONIST • By Nancy Goldstein. Published by the University of Michigan Press.
PIONEERING CARTOONISTS OF COLOR • By Tim Jackson. Published by University of Mississippi Press.
REFERENCES
2014 • "SPEED JAXON BY JAY JACKSON CIRCA 1933" • By Pamela Thomas. Published on MuseumOfUncutFunk.com.
2016 • PIONEERING CARTOONISTS OF COLOR • By Tim Jackson. Published by University Press of Mississippi.
2019 • "JAY JACKSON: FIRST BLACK SF PULP ARTIST" • By Steve Carper. Published on FlyingCarsAndFoodPills.com.
2020 • INVISIBLE MEN: THE TRAILBLAZING BLACK ARTISTS OF COMIC BOOKS • By Ken Quattro. Published by Yoe Books & IDW Publishing.
2021 • "JAY JACKSON’S BUNGLETON GREEN: THE FIRST BLACK SUPERHERO" • By Steve Carper. Published on FlyingCarsAndFoodPills.com.