Creative Capital

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

OUR GRANTEES

“You are true pioneers of the art world, and at a time when the traditional role of the art funder is in need of evaluation, Creative Capital has reinvented that role, without delay, and with amazing and unyielding success.”
–Erika Blumenfeld, 2000 Visual Arts grantee

“Creative Capital is the deus ex machina of the art world, swooping down as though heaven-sent and making good projects great, impossible ideas into reality, and generally making for a more inspired world.”
–Daniel Mihalyo & Annie Han, 2005 Visual Arts grantees

“To me, Creative Capital's most important service has been to impart a feeling of connectedness. I have become part of a marvelous extended family. Its support was offered with such generosity of spirit, intelligence, enthusiasm, and creativity.”
–Joanna Priestley, 2000 Film/Video grantee

“Creative Capital is a 21st-century organization, adapting the best features of more conventional institutions while avoiding their pitfalls. As a model for innovative business practices, I see Creative Capital at the forefront.”
–Grisha Coleman, 2006 Emerging Fields grantee

“I see Creative Capital taking great risks by investing in people’s art projects and careers… The money is a huge help, but the services are irreplaceable and completely unique—genuinely and thoroughly transformative.”
–Jake Mahaffy, 2005 Film/Video grantee

“The genius of the Creative Capital model is that it doesn't try to neaten up an artist's process but rather values the chaos and has found real ways to help artists channel that creative energy into building strong business infrastructures that will support their work over the long term.”
–Lisa Kron, 2000 Performing Arts grantee

“I can tell you Creative Capital is not a foundation. It is a visionary funding partner in an artist's growth. It is a SWAT Team during crisis, a training ground to catalyze artists to become creative entrepreneurs, it's the foundation world's rebel with a cause.”
–Sandi DuBowski, 2000 Film/Video grantee

“Creative Capital has provided opportunities for me to establish relationships with an exciting range of professionals and fellow artists. Without their support, my artwork would not have taken on the vitality and visibility it now has.”
–Deborah Lawrence, 2005 Visual Arts grantee

“Words do not describe how grateful I am for everything you have done for me. This past weekend is changing my life, from the hopes and ambitions I have for my career to the opportunities it has created. The Creative Capital Retreat was by far the greatest professional opportunity I have had as an artist.”
–Sam Van Aken, 2009 Emerging Fields grantee

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

“The Creative Capital model of mentoring and support encourages artists to achieve sustainable careers, and these artists in turn sustain and strengthen their community as a whole. Just days after the workshop, we're seeing the "Creative Capital effect" happening here: our group of artists are already staying in touch, making plans, and excitedly passing our experiences on to our friends and colleagues.”
–Professional Development Program workshop participant

“The Creative Capital Foundation Professional Development Workshops have been invaluable not only to Florida’s individual artists, but to our cultural community as a whole. This program is truly one of the most worthwhile offerings that we have for individual artists. Many have commented that it had more impact on their careers than any grant they received from us. We believe the benefits of this training in our state will continue to reveal themselves as the careers of these artists flourish and they continue to contribute to our cultural landscape.”
–Morgan Lewis, Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs

“The Professional Development Program is one of the only programs I have encountered that respects artists as citizens, as thinkers, as business people... it breaks the stereotypes that we have about ourselves and eventually influences how the country perceives artists.”
–Professional Development Program workshop participant

“This workshop, given to enough artists, has the potential to change the culture of art and art making—for the better. You have provided incredible tools for success.”
–North Carolina Arts Council workshop participant

“I expected the Creative Capital workshop to be helpful, but actually it was life-changing and a complete paradigm shift—especially around seeing that being successful and happy as a working artist is totally possible and that there are specific steps and strategies for getting there.”
–Professional Development Program workshop participant

LEADERS IN THE FIELD

“Creative Capital doesn’t just fund projects, it builds careers”
–The Stanford Social Innovation Review

“In its first decade, Creative Capital has set a new standard for the field and pioneered and innovative model of support for individual artists that has had a powerful and profound impact on its grantees.”
–Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

“It is an incredible experience, not only to meet so many talented artists, curators, and filmmakers, but also to witness firsthand the amazing energy and potential of Creative Capital’s mission. I feel truly honored to be part of what I regard as one of the most exciting and beneficial programs for artists in existence.”
–Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The New Orleans Museum of Art

“When philanthropy became an art form”
–The Financial Times

“The Creative Capital program has been amazing in its ability to transform not only new artists’ work but how they live.”
–Valerie Cassel Oliver, Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

“Creative Capital artists are the seers of the future.”
–Toby Devan Lewis