Applications for the Nexus Fund are open for the 2026 cycle, from November 4, 2025 - December 31, 2025.
Information about the Nexus Fund Regional Regranting Program can be found below or by using the directory prompts. Please read in full the information provided on this site before reaching out with questions. All questions should be directed to support@atlantacontemporary.org.
CURRENT
OPPORTUNITIES
NEXUS FUND
REGIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM
The Nexus Fund is seeking Project Proposals as a part of our participation in the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts Regional Regranting Program. The Nexus Fund underwrites artist-driven projects that engage in risk-taking and experimentation, notably those projects that broaden critical discourse and challenge traditional assumptions. We are seeking proposals for projects – particularly those that are multi-disciplinary and collaborative – that provoke social engagement and center the diverse audiences living and working in Metro Atlanta.* The fund will disburse ten (10), $6,000 grants totaling $60,000.
*Metro Atlanta being designated as the 11-counties of Clayton, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale.
Timeline, Requirements, and FAQs
Application timeline:
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November 4, 2025: Application Opens
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November 4, 2025 – December 31, 2025: Applications Accepted
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January 7, 2025 – February 7, 2026: Grantees applications scored by jury
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By March 15, 2026: Grantees Notified
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By March 31, 2026: Funds Dispersed Notified
Application requirements:
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250 word overall project summary
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500-750 word project proposal describing your project in detail and answering these questions:
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Why is this specific project important?
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Who is the audience of your project?
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What is the intended outcome/impact of your project?
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3-5 images showing proof of concept or previous relevant work
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Artist(s) bios, please provide a bio for all main contributors to the project.
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Artist(s) headshot
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Proposed project timeline
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Project website (if available)
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Budget (Download template here)
Project timelines and budgets do not have to be exact but need to demonstrate an understanding of fund and time usage.
How to Apply
Apply with our online form.
Applications are only accepted via online form. Do not email or drop off applications in person.
Questions? Email us at support@atlantacontemporary.org
FAQs
What are the project parameters?
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Projects should directly benefit individuals and communities throughout the 11-County Metro Atlanta Region, as defined by the Atlanta Regional Commission (Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale)
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Projects should be mindful of current public health protocols and open to all
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Preference will be given to projects that:
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are multi-disciplinary and collaborative
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provoke social engagement
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center the diverse audiences living and working in Metro Atlanta
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Projects must be accomplished by September 15, 2026 (Projects created to coincide with specific events beyond this date will be accepted at the juror's discretion)
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Collaborative projects are encouraged, but we ask that only one application is submitted per project.
Who is ineligible?
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501(c)3 organizations are not eligible for project funding.
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Current students are not eligible for project funding.
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Nexus Fund grant money is not “seed money” and projects must be fully funded by the grant. You are welcome to seek out additional funding for your project, but the project must still be accomplished with the Nexus grant.
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Already established projects and collaborations will not be awarded grants as we want to provide opportunity for risk-taking and experimentation in new projects.
ABOUT
NEXUS FUND
Founded by artists for artists, Atlanta
Contemporary was built upon the principles of engaging in experimentation and risk-taking through exhibitions, programming, and support of working artists. The Nexus Fund expands upon the ethos of these early days. By supporting new work or through the expansion of an existing project, the Nexus Fund sponsors
dynamic and innovative individual artists or partnerships.
ABOUT
ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
In accordance with Andy Warhol’s will, the mission of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is the advancement of the visual arts. The foundation manages an innovative and flexible grants program while also preserving Warhol’s legacy through creative and responsible licensing policies and extensive scholarly research for ongoing catalogue raisonné projects. To date, the foundation has given over $200 million in cash grants to over 1,000 arts organizations in 49 states and abroad and has donated 52,786 works of art to 322 institutions worldwide. More information about
the foundation is available at warholfoundation.org.
ABOUT
ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY
Founded in 1973 as Nexus, a grassroots artists’ cooperative, Atlanta Contemporary has since become one of the southeast’s leading contemporary art centers. We play a vital role in Atlanta’s cultural landscape by presenting over 200 consequential artists and creatives from the local, national, and international art scenes through our various exhibition, project spaces, and programs each year. We commission new works, paying particular attention to artists who have not had a significant exhibition in the Southeast. We organize over 125 programs annually including Contemporary Kids, Contemporary Cocktails, Contemporary Talks, and more! Atlanta Contemporary provides 13 on-site subsidized studio space to working artists through the Studio Artist Program.
CONTACT
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For questions on the Nexus Fund or about any of the projects mentioned here you can reach us at support@atlantacontemporary.org
2025 NEXUS FUND: Regional Regranting Awardees
Chloe Alexander - Printmaking Exhibition
A 2-person printmaking exhibition featuring Chloe Alexander and Jamaal Barber, with a curated showcase of 16 printmakers from across the United States. Included opening, closing, artist talk, and panel discussion.
Naomi Perry - Atlanta Style Writers: Queens of Style
A mural festival celebrating women in the style writing and graffiti art community, creating a supportive space for female artists in this male-dominated field through the Queens of Style Atlanta Mural Festival.
Sara Lynne Lindsay - Rooted and Ingrained
A series of three dresses that highlights the individual histories of women who have lived in the Atlanta Metro area: Bazoline Estelle Usher, Helen Douglas Mankin, and Adrienne Herndon.
Andrew Blooms - Atlanta Chinatown Murals Two murals in the Atlanta Chinatown Corridor, accompanied by monthly Chinatown Market events to bring awareness to historic Atlanta Chinatown and preserve cultural heritage.
Rafa Villanueva - Milagro
Milagro is a 25-person guerilla play performed by Tooth Lifeless at the Glenn Emerald Rock Garden, following a starving fisherman, who dies, and enters 'Botched Heaven' as a Lost Soul. Milagro featured performers from Atlanta, LA, New York, and Puerto Rico connecting a diaspora of creatives from the Tooth Lifeless circus which is a nationwide collective.
Julia Hill - Blind Wash
Blind Wash combines methods of water management, regenerative landscaping, and waste stream diversion to create a living, experimental sculptural medium for public art. The installation offers the opportunity to interact with and learn from plants, animals, and the myriads of physical processes that sculpt spaces over time.
Rial Rye - Pink Pedestal
Pink Pedestal is a project led by Atlanta-based artist Rial Rye, which enhances the visibility of local queer artists by creating a set of micro-galleries, consisting of 12”x12”x36” pink pedestals, deployed in local queer-owned and queer-serving businesses. Pink Pedestal will accept submissions from queer, Atlanta-based artists of all career stages, on a rolling basis whose work will be juried and, upon acceptance, displayed on a Pink Pedestal for a one-month period.
Emily Baker - Witness Mark
The term witness mark takes its name from the term used to describe physical traces left behind during processes of repair or creation—such as those in clockmaking, land surveying, or industrial manufacturing. The project examines the history, decline, and enduring impact of the American steel industry through a combination of archival imagery, sculpture, and site-specific documentation.
Umi IMAN - Powwows & Ciphers: A Sacred Place to Be
Powwows & Ciphers: A Sacred Place to Be is a groundbreaking dance expression delving into Afro-Indigeneity through the fusion of Hip Hop and Native American music and dance. Featuring a stellar cast of Afro-Indigenous dancers, the performance unfolds within a sacred center circle, surrounded by engaged observers. This format honors both powwow tradition and the Cypher, maintaining a circular dance arena with dancers at the center.
Justin W. Archer - Stratified Histories
Stratified Histories reimagines works from antiquity, housed at the Carlos Museum of Art, with individuals living in the city of Atlanta. The work invites audiences to reflect on the intersections of history, identity, and community as classical fragments become contemporary reflections.