Wave Farm is a non-profit arts organization driven by experimentation with broadcast media and the airwaves. A pioneer of the Transmission Arts genre, Wave Farm programs provide access to transmission technologies and support artists and organizations that engage with media as an art form. Major activities include the Wave Farm Artist Residency and Fellowship Programs; Transmission and Radio Art Archive; WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears, a creative community radio station based in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley; and the Media Arts Assistance Fund in partnership with NYSCA Electronic Media/Film.

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Apply to New Application: Wave Farm Radio Art Fellowship 2023-2024
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Apply to New Application: MAAF Forward Fund for Organizations 2023

For organizations, MAAF provides funds to support technical strategies for online development as well as to hire outside consultants to support organizational and professional development. Eligible organizations have missions specific to the media arts, dedicate the majority of their programming to technology as an art form, and are current NYSCA grantees. Priority will be given to Electronic Media and Film organizations. Applications from multi-disciplinary organizations that incorporate art and technology will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Full program guidelines are available at https://wavefarm.org/grants/maaf-orgs/about.

Apply to New Application: Arts in Corrections NYS

Wave Farm is pleased to announce Arts in Corrections NYS, a new regrant partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts. Arts in Corrections NYS will facilitate and support arts programming inside approximately 10 NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYS DOCCS) and participating Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) facilities across New York State. In partnership with teaching artists, non-profit organizations will design and facilitate a series of 12-week, in-person workshops, providing justice-impacted individuals with programming in a variety of disciplines including the visual arts, electronic media/film, music, and literature.

Apply to Final Report: MAAF for Artists

Final Reports for MAAF for Artists 2022 grantees are due October 31, 2023. 

Final Reports for MAAF for Artists 2023 grantees are due January 31, 2024.

Artists who fail to submit their Final Report on time are ineligible for further support.

Apply to Final Report: MAAF Forward Fund for Organizations
Final Reports are due no later than 60 days following the project end-date noted in your submitted application. Organizations who fail to submit their Final Report on time are ineligible for further support.
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