About the DVCAI Artist Catalyst Awards

As there is no requirement for how the artists may use their awards, DVCAI hopes it helps to support artistic practice, achievement, and experimentation. From the program’s first cycle in 2015, DVCAI found that artists have used the award to realize projects, cover studio and supply costs, create artist catalogs, fabricate artworks, and travel for artistic research. Guidelines include that the funds should be used between January 2025 and December 2025. Awardees are asked to produce a project summary with work samples for DVCAI’s Living Archive, held at the University of Miami Special Collections Department and the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) at Florida International University and the University of Florida. DVCAI’s ongoing collaborations with organizations like YoungArts, National Performance Network Partner, The Institute of Immigration Studies at Barry University, local funding agencies, and established residency partners bring extraordinary development opportunities to this cohort of artists. Thanks to CreARTE support, select Catalyst awardees can attend the DVCAI AIR program in Paramaribo, Suriname, in partnership with Atelier Kurt Nahar and Readytex Art Gallery.

 

About CreARTE

The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the prominent Pérez family, supported this third edition of the Pérez CreARTE Grant Program. Following an open call that saw hundreds of high-quality applicants, The Foundation selected 25 cultural organizations across Miami Dade County, including Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator.