2024 XENO PRIZE for Peformance Art

The 2024 XENO PRIZE for Performance Art recipient will be selected from among proposals for the 2024-25 Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art (deadline April 1, 2024), to receive $5000 in support of new work by an early-career LGBTQ+-identifying performance artist working in one of the twenty two United States where, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, laws and policies ban gender-affirming care. States include: MT, UT, ID, AZ, ND, SD, NE, OK, TX, IA, MO, AR, LA, IN, KY, TN, MS, AL, GA, FL, NC, WV. In pursuit of its mission to present, preserve, interpret, educate and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, cultural bias, their ephemeral nature, or politically unpopular content, the 2024 XENO Prize for Performance Art and Artists’ Books, named in honor of xenophiles, people who appreciate all people and cultures.

Application Instructions

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