Power Plant Grants awards $60K to Indianapolis artists

Power Plant Grants just invested $60,000 in Indianapolis’ innovative art scene. Operated by the Big Car Collaborative staff, Power Plant Grants is an annual program supporting visual artists living and working in Indianapolis through project grants. The program is funded by the Regional Regranting Program at the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and awarded six local artists with $10,000 each to support their new creative, and often risk-taking, visual art projects. “Power Plant Grants bolster creativity in the Indianapolis region by providing vital support that allows artists to envision their ideas, create forward-thinking projects, and establish meaningful dialogue with their communities,” Khadija Nia Adell, Regional Regranting Program Officer at the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, said in a statement. “This round of grantees promises an exciting group of public-facing projects and we are grateful for Big Car Collaborative’s ongoing dedication to the artists of Indianapolis.” READ MORE: Community Arts Calendar: Winter holiday edition Big Car Collaborative first launched the program to distribute emergency grants during the height of the pandemic in 2020. However, the organization continued to award local artists with $60,000 of grants in 2021, 2022, 2023 and again this year. “Indianapolis artists are brilliant,”...