✨Introducing… THE GRANT PARTY!✨
Tired of hearing about grants but never quite getting around to applying? Feeling lost in the sea of applications and wondering where to even start? You’re not alone.
🎉 Grant Party is a creative work session + resource hub + vibe check designed to help YOU secure the funding you need to bring your projects to life. Whether it’s for an art installation, community event, album release, or your next big idea—this is the space to get it DONE.
📝 What’s the Grant Party?
A co-working session to actually write and work on grant applications.
A space to connect with other creatives who are getting to the bag too.
Featuring a guest speaker to drop gems on how to make your application stand out.
Resources, templates, and lists of upcoming funding opportunities.
Accountability, support, and vibes to keep you focused.
No more gatekeeping. No more procrastinating. Pull up. Get focused. Get funded.
Starting this month, every third Wednesday, we’re launching our very first **GRANT PARTY**, curated by our **Bloom Residency** and TBR Bloom Resident Eva Supreme and her organization TooCreativeHQ.
Join us at TBR every Third Wednesday to share resources, exchange tips, and connect with fellow artists and creatives from around the city. Let’s make those ideas happen!
About ToocreativeHQ
Too CreativeGQ equips artists with the knowledge, tools, and access to turn their talent into lasting impact and sustainable income. We are too imaginative to be held back, too gifted to stay hidden, and too driven to give up. Through education, funding literacy, and strategic guidance, we help makers thrive- championing creativity as a force that can transform lives and the world.
This transformative program, facilitated by The.BlkRoom and generously sponsored by Angel Bat Dawid, is dedicated to empowering Black women artists. It provides access to TBR's creative space, a vibrant community, valuable resources, and an extensive network of mentorship opportunities. The residency encourages artists to explore their work through the unique lens of Black womanhood, fostering deep exploration of identity, creativity, and expression.
The goal of the residency isn’t just project completion—it's about cultivating a nurturing environment where Black female artists can truly thrive!
All proceeds of this event go to supporting the Bloom Residency Program as an extension of TBR
Our Special Guest Speaker - Henry Wishcamper
I am a theater artist, cultural planner, community developer, storyteller, arts advocate and strategic consultant. I have over 20 years of experience as a theater director, producer, playwright and non-profit administrator. I was an Artistic Associate and member of the Artistic Collective at the Goodman Theatre, where I directed seven seasons of their beloved holiday production of A Christmas Carol as well as numerous other productions, readings and workshops. I recently graduated from the Masters in Urban Planning and Policy program at the University of Illinois Chicago with a custom specialization in cultural planning. My primary academic focus was on the role that arts infrastructure and cultural programming in public spaces can play in generating equitable hyperlocal economic development in historically disinvested communities.