Fund the Flow Arts

12/29/2025

Win a Grant for Flow Arts Events or Gatherings!
But Get your application in before Midnight New Year’s Eve - 12/31/25
Because once 2026 starts, it will be too late!
Link to Apply in our Bio 🍉🔥

12/10/2025

Hey everybody! Just a quick reminder that the deadline for the Seed Fund is in three weeks. Still plenty of time to apply for one of our grants ranging up to $10,000.

Same deadline if you are considering a $20,000 Community Development Investment, though the requirements for that are very specific and a bit more rigorous.

All details and links to the forms on our site! I will link in the first comment, given how FB treats outside links. Looking forward to learning about your projects!

12/10/2025

FFA Board Member Khan gives his advice for submitting a strong grant proposal.
The Seed Fund Grant application is open now through December 31!

10/30/2025

Hey everyone: just a reminder that we'll be having the application workshop for the Seed Fund starting at 6pm Pacific tonight! We will be recording it and sharing the video here ASAP so no worries if you can't make it. See our pinned post about it! See you soon?

10/22/2025

The application workshops for the Seed Fund and the Community Development Investments have been set for next week. Seed Fund on October 29 and CDI on October 30. Full details and links to join are at the link. See you soon!

Fund the Flow Arts will be organizing workshops to answer your questions on the Seed Fund and Community Development Initiative grants. FFA co-founder and board member Khan Wong will be going through application questions and how to prepare a budget. Each session will end with a Q&A. WORKSHOP TIME....

10/13/2025

We are pleased to announce the opening of our next round of the $20,000 Community Development Investment to be awarded in 2026. Please note we are calling for proposals for very specific types of projects - full information is at the link. We will be holding a workshop for interested parties, most likely at the end of the month. We will announce the date as soon as it's determined so keep an eye on this space!

  Fund the Flow Arts is inviting proposals for projects that will investigate/ promote/ instruct on the Flow Arts’ impact on and connection with wellness and human health. Areas of investigation can include, but are not limited to: Physical health including physical therapy, Mental health includi...

10/01/2025

Hi everybody! We are pleased to announce the opening of the 2025/2026 round of the Seed Fund Grants. All details can be found here: https://fundtheflowarts.org/2025-26-seed-fund-grant-proposal-guidelines/

The application deadline is December 31. We do plan on holding an application workshop within the next six weeks - keep an eye out here for the date to be announced for that.

Good luck!

For the 2025-26 round, FFA is accepting applications for performances and gatherings that meet the following criteria: Must be available to the general public; Must center the Flow Arts as the main focus of the performance, not as an accessory to other types of performance such as burlesque or circu...

01/05/2025

Thanks you Lane Lillquist for taking, editing and putting up the videos from previous The Flow Show SF 🤩 The acts from 2018 are now officially up on our Youtube channel. 2019 forthcoming!

Presented at the Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco

12/18/2024

Flow Arts Instructors and Tutorial Creators!
*TAG YOUR FAVORITE INSTRUCTORS*

Fund the Flow Arts is awarding $50,000 in grants in the 2024-2025 cycle to support Teaching/Outreach and Flow Arts Education and Training Resource Development (USA only)

This includes Teaching Workshops and Creating Video Tutorials.

You can get funding to host workshops in your city, travel and teach, or create videos to be shared online!

Submissions are fairly low so far, which means you have a good chance at receiving this grant money if you submit a well-thought out proposal by the deadline: December 31st.

There is LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO APPLY!

Please tag your favorite instructors and help spread the word! Together we can share our knowledge and expand the flow arts community!

12/17/2024

Want to present a workshop series? Have some ideas for online tutorials? Inspired to create an after-school program to bring the joy of Flow Arts to kids? Does your local community need a how-to guide for presenting licensed fire performance? Do you have your own concept for a Flow Arts based educational or training resource? Don't sleep on our Seed Fund grants! We are two weeks from the application deadline, so get started now. More info here:

The Seed Fund is a grant program providing stimulus to projects with goals that align with the Fund’s mission, including advancing the artform, and creating community around or promoting awareness of the flow arts.

12/03/2024

We are once again dispersing $50,000 in grants this year!Link in bio to apply!✨🔥✨🔥Here is an update on one of last year’s grant recipients: Flow Arts to 50 and beyond“Practicing flow arts with people facing physical challenges associated with age and injury is satisfying when the participants immerse themselves in the movements and manipulations so much that they feel joy and new life! The combination of play and concentration have helped me share the fun of flow arts with many people this year, ages 15-74 so far! It’s so much fun helping people discover a new passion in flow arts at various stages of life. My own mom, who suffers from chronic pain, was so pleasantly distracted by her veil poi going “round and round” (there’s an adorable video of this moment) she wasn’t hurting at all during her spinning practice. I love sharing this joy with others and appreciate the support of the Seed Fund grant.”Fund the Flow Arts is a US-based nonprofit established in 2011 to present and promote the Flow Arts. Our mission is to:* Advance the prop manipulation-based Flow Arts* Foster local Flow Arts communities* Cultivate the global community of Flow Arts practitioners.For the 2024-2025 grant cycle, we will be funding projects in the Teaching/Outreach and Flow Arts Education and Training Resource Development categories.Applications are now open through Dec. 31, 2024. Follow link in our bio to apply!