Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts sponsors two types of grants: Performing/Visual Arts and Special Projects.
Sweet Pea grants for Performing/Visual Arts are for specific activities, services, or events of limited duration or for the expansion of ongoing programs.
Sweet Pea Special Projects grants are for specific projects that will contribute visually, aesthetically, or culturally towards the Bozeman area.
Only non-profit groups serving Bozeman and the surrounding area are eligible. Only one grant per organization and /or artist will be given out in an eligible year. Grant applications must be submitted to the Grants Committee by May 30, 2012. For more information, see the application form (PDF).
In the old city of Barcelona, I found myself drawn mostly to the quirkier graffiti faces on walls, shutters, and rolldown window- and door-screens. While printing my 35mm negatives in the darkroom, I worked towards what each image told me about itself. The original experience—its scale and context, like the color–by then was lost. The needs of each negative as it was projected on the easel created a new experience that replaced the old one.
Kathryn Schmidt‘s images range in scale from small and intimate to heroic figures that are larger-than-life. In addition to her wall-hung artworks, Schmidt is exhibiting new and equally intense figurative bronze sculptures in a show at The Emerson’s Jessie Wilber Gallery. 
Calling all local artists! The Sweet Pea Art Show will be held at the Bozeman Public Library from August 1 to August 24. Enter for the opportunity to show your work in this high traffic venue. 
