About Silkroad Seeds
Silkroad Seeds is a biennial initiative aimed to fuel the creativity of Silkroad’s community of performing and production artists through individual project-based commissions. Seeds acts as a key engine of Silkroad’s creative output, encouraging the members of our artistic collective to contribute meaningful and impactful work towards building a more hopeful and inclusive world.
This program supports artistic projects at any point of the creative process – both new ideas and ongoing initiatives – that serve to better communities, push artistic boundaries, and/or encourage meaningful social change. We aim to strengthen our collective and amplify each person’s contributions by providing financial support to build out one’s ideas.
All Silkroad artists and production crew are encouraged to submit a proposal. Seeds support ranges from $2,500 to $10,000, which serves to fund an initial workshop or development of an idea, see certain projects through to fruition, or even incubate an idea that then develops into a Silkroad touring or educational initiative. Funds can be used for a wide range of activities including but not limited to: artistic creation, educational initiatives, and research and development time.
Past Seeds recipients may apply for up to two-years in a row, but must take one year off before applying for a third time.
At this time, Silkroad Seeds applications are by invitation only. Questions? hello@silkroad.org