The application for the 2025 Spark Award for Oregon Artists is now available to individual midcareer artists creating original work in the disciplines of literary and media art. Launched in 2024, the Spark Award is a three-year pilot program during which the Miller Foundation expects to support 60 individual Oregon artists in total (20 per year) across artistic disciplines by awarding a grant of $25,000 to each selected artist. Last year, 20 performing artists received the award. In this second year, we are accepting applications from literary and media artists and in 2026 the Foundation will support 20 visual artists.
The funds can be used for a range of needs from living expenses such as rent, childcare or healthcare, to research or material support. Recipients will not be required to present new artistic work created with this funding.
Applications are accepted until July 2, 2025 at 5pm PDT.
More information on who is eligible to apply, the application process and available support resources can be found here: www.millerfound.org/spark
