Infinite Expansion Grants

The Foundation’s Infinite Expansion Grants provide support to Los Angeles County nonprofit and fiscally sponsored organizations to present the experimental and thought provoking work of artists. Grants range from $10,000 to $50,000.

Photo by: Angel Origgi

Alima Lee, Surveillance 002, 2024. Courtesy of: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE).

Guidelines

During our grant cycle, the Foundation welcomes applications from Los Angeles based non-profit organizations that have been established for at least two years, and have a history of arts programming. Grants prioritize project expenses with a percentage that can be directed towards operating costs. 

Guidelines

Photo by: Gina Clyne

Artist talk at the opening reception of Por El Río, September 29, 2024. Courtesy of: Clockshop.

Awardees

The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts has supported a diverse array of arts organizations and artists through our Infinite Expansion Grants. Recent awardees include Canary Test: Fugue Zones. In Fugue Zones, Steve Goodman, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, and DeForrest Brown Jr employ various sonic technologies, including consumer and military devices placed throughout the Canary Test gallery. Take a look at current and past grantees to see the projects MKFA has supported. 

Spotlight

In 2024, Automata Arts was awarded an Orga­ni­za­tion­al Support Grant for their project, Lost and Found. Follow the link below for an interview with Janie Geiser and Susan Simpson from Automata Arts and artist Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh.

LOST AND FOUND, an installation by Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh at Automata Arts, 2024. Courtesy of: the artist.