2025 Conjure Council fund
Black Spatial Relics is a convening space for and supporter of Black radical performance, community care, collective research and transformative gathering. Founded in 2016, Black Spatial Relics has championed new performance work about slavery, justice and freedom through its residency, microgrant and convening programs. As a continuation of that work, Black Spatial Relics team is excited to launch its new flagship program - Conjure Council Funds.
Now more than ever we need spaces to learn and grow together in practices that root us in the work of sustaining our spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing even as we continue to build and dream a world worthy of our light and futures.
This is an invitation for artists, cultural workers who are descendants of the African Diaspora to apply for resources to support periodic facilitated spaces that support Black inquiry, multi-valent learning and expansion.
We especially encourage nominations from artist/collective facilitators that exist at the varied intersections of art-making, collective care, embodied practice, land-based work, youth-based work and spiritual practice. This may look like a community of practice coming together for a co-facilitated study space. This may look like a cultural organizing space working to assemble community members around creative approaches to local empowerment.
In line with the work of Black Spatial Relics over time, we see the facilitation of these spaces as a Black radical performance praxis in service of community.
ROUND ONE
We encourage nominations from artist and collective facilitators that exist at the varied intersections of art-making, collective care, embodied practice, land-based work, youth-based work and spiritual practice. Nominations are open November 10, 2025 - Dec 5, 2025, submit your nomination today.
ROUND TWO
Selected applicants are invited to submit an application to the Black Spatial Relics team. Applicants should be prepared to share work samples, artistic statements, and/or facilitation philosophies for panel review. Round one notification emails will provide more detailed information. All round two applications are due January 15, 2026.