Creative Grants S02/03

Summary

Set to span Seasons 02 and 03, Refraction DAO has launched a Creative Grants program through an open call worldwide to the community.

The grants offer up to 100k $USDC across 3 funding tiers for proposals that have been reviewed by Refraction's Curatorial Team and a volunteer committee of community members.

All projects awarded with a Refraction Creative Grant have a requirement for production, which will support, represent and live alongside the previous projects collected, performed and facilitated by the DAO.

Motivation

The Creative Grants program allows Refraction to decentralize our operations and collection, encouraging members and future members to realize projects around the world with direct financial support.

Outcome

For the final phase of the Creative Grants S02/03 process, we ask the larger Refraction community to vote to fund or not to fund the following shortlist:

| Artist/Project | Grant Allocated in $USDC | |---|---|---| | African NFT Community | 3,000 | | | Agoston Nagy, Terrain | 1,500 | | | Aimee Wu, Digital Fashion NFTs | 3,000 | | | Analise Sesay, Garden Gathering | 1,000 | | | Anbar El Mokri, Some of Us | 8,000 | | | Andry Rolfes, [ Ephemeral Acts ] | 7,000 | | | Anisa Olufemi, The Gospel Truth:The Sonic Architectures of House and Go-Go | 10,000 | | | Anup Kutty, Ziro Focus | 5,000 | | | Bubblegum Club, Ghostland | 5,000 | | | COLORS, IMMANENTIZING INTERNET NATIVE ARTIFACTS AND PRACTICES | 5,000 | | | Fabiola Larios, AI Artifacts | 2,500 | | | Hilary, Endless Return Backroads | 5,000 | | | In Place of War, La Guarida (The Den)| 3,500 | | | Matt de Caussin, AE01 | 5,000 | | | Michael Beets, HERE & NOW: Edition 5 | 6,000 | | | Nicholas G. Padilla, Miami Community Radio | 2,000 | | | SOUND OBSESSED | 5,000 | | | Mutual Love, Mutual Love Fest LA | 2,500 | | | HIVEMIND + S.E.E.D DAO + Denu | 10,000 | | | Kalen Iwamoto + Nathaniel Stern + theVerseverse | 10,000 | |

For a refresher on all of the finalists, check out the shortlist here or tap into our #creative-grants-shortlist channel on Discord.

Vote

Yes - Fund the Creative Grants shortlist No - Do not fund the shortlist, further deliberation required