2026 Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants

The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) provides grants of up to $20,000 to environmental art projects led by women, transgender, and gender-nonconforming artists in the United States and US Territories.

The AWAW EAG supports environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. Projects that explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices are encouraged to apply.

Supporting artists who have been impacted by gender inequity is one of AWAW’s core values. The award is open to women, transgender, and gender-nonconforming artists.

For more information on this grant program, please visit: https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/anonymous-was-a-woman-environmental-art-grants/

Requirements

To be eligible to apply, applicants must:

-Identify as a woman, transgender, and/or gender-nonconforming artist
-Be 18 years or older on or before the grant deadline
-Be an individual artist who is the project lead of the proposed project
-Collaborative projects are eligible and encouraged to apply
-While partnerships with organizations are allowed, organizations themselves cannot apply or serve as the lead applicant
-Have residence in one of the 50 states, a Tribal Nation, a U.S. Territory, or the District of Columbia on the grant deadline
-Not be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind during the grant term (August 2026 to August 2027)
-Not have received an AWAW EAG previously as the lead applicant
-Past recipients of other NYFA and AWAW grant programs are eligible to apply
-Not be a NYFA or AWAW employee, member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above

Application Instructions