First Person Arts

A person speaks to a crowd at the World Cafe Live

First Person Arts seeks to capture and retain the compelling narratives that reflect the collective memory and pressing issues of our time that must be told now. Their mission is to transform the drama of real life into memoir and documentary art to foster an appreciation for people's unique and shared experiences.

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Grants Awarded to First Person Arts

$225,000 - Awarded May 2021

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Archives
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This two-year grant will support the expansion of First Person Art's team in order to increase fundraising and sustainability efforts, social justice work, and better leverage their archive.

$20,000 - Awarded July 2020

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The 2020 Community Voices grant will support ongoing production of COVID Stories – A Digital Memoir From The Pandemic, a community storytelling project that documents this critical time in our history.

$50,000 - Awarded April 2020

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COVID-19 Emergency Fund to 2019 Grantees.

$310,000 - Awarded December 2019

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This two-year grant will underwrite the professional digitalization, centralization and cataloging of FPA's archived stories, allowing them to utilize archived material to expand their programming, demonstrate the archive's value to people across the region and beyond.

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