The BARBARA HAMMER LESBIAN EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING GRANT is an annual grant that will be awarded to self-identified lesbians for making visionary moving-image art.

Queer Art Barbara Hammer Grant 2018 Press Release

The BARBARA HAMMER LESBIAN EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING GRANT is an annual grant that will be awarded to self-identified lesbians for making visionary moving-image art. Established in 2017, the grant, which is named in honor of legendary lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, is supported directly by funds provided by Hammer’s estate and administered through Queer|Art by lesbians for lesbians, with a rotating panel of judges. The grant is $5,000.

The grant is application-based and will be awarded to benefit specific projects. Funds can be requested to support work at any stage in development or production, from concept to completion. Applicants must be based in the U.S. Qualifying work may be experimental animation, experimental documentary, experimental narrative, cross-genre, or solely experimental. Prospective applicants should review application requirements and apply directly through the Queer|Art website: queer-art.org/awards.

2018 GRANT INFO

Applications for the second year of the Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant will be open August 1st – October 1st, 2018. The 2018 awardee will be announced on Monday, December 3rd, 2018 at the IFC during a special edition of Queer|Art|Film, which will feature an evening of short experimental films and conversation to honor Hammer and the women filmmakers who have been inspired by her career. Vanessa Haroutunian, who has been the Grant Manager for the Hammer grant since its initiation, will curate the screening. Information on how to apply here

For questions please contact Vanessa Haroutunian at vharoutunian@queer-art.org.