Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace annually awards grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to produce major performance art works in New York City.

  
The Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art is supported by Jerome Foundation, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and biennially by the SHS Foundation in honor of Ruth Hardinger. FUND grants range between $2,000 and $10,000 based on the peer review panel allocation of funding received by Franklin Furnace. Artists from all areas of the world are encouraged to apply; however, artists selected by the panel are expected to present their work in New York City. 

  
Franklin Furnace has no curator; each year a new panel of artists reviews all proposals. We believe this peer panel system allows all kinds of artists from all over the world an equal shot at presenting their work. Every year the panel changes, as do the definitions of “early career artist” and “performance art.” So if at first you don’t succeed, please try again.

  

FUND grants range between $2,000 and $10,000

FUND for Performance Art

The **Jacki Apple Award in Performance and Artist Projects** celebrates the enduring impact of Jacki Apple on the New York art scene. 

The artist selected for the inaugural 2025 grant has the added requirement of being a mid or late-career artist, including past recipients of the Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art.

Franklin Furnace has no curator; each year a new panel of artists reviews all proposals. This peer panel system allows all kinds of artists from all over the world an equal shot at presenting their work.

Grant: $10,000 to fund projects in performance, media, exhibition, and/or publication.

  

2025 The Jacki Apple Award in Performance & Artist Projects

In pursuit of its mission to present, preserve, interpret, educate and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, cultural bias, their ephemeral nature, or politically unpopular content, Franklin Furnace has since 2023 offered the annual XENO Prizes for Performance Art and Artists’ Books, named in honor of xenophiles, people who appreciate all people and cultures.

  
The XENO PRIZE for Artists' Books will be selected from submissions to a Call for Proposals issued **March 1 2025,** to receive $5000 to publish one artist's book on the topic of book banning/burning in an edition of at least 100 copies. 

  
Independent artist jurors will make the selections and both awards will be announced in September 2025\. 

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