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Black Ball Projects is an Artist-Run, 501(c)3 Non-Profit Arts Organization. The process is currently by nomination only.

Diversity of all kinds, be it gender, racial, or economic, is at the core of the Black Ball Projects organization. Vision Statement:
We conduct our mission through a variety of activities including online viewing rooms (solo and group shows) , promoting the works of the artists involved through our website, social media presence and newsletters to the wider art world. We are looking forward to creating physical real-world gallery exhibitions again, initially as pop-ups, but with the goal of eventually re-opening our own space. To further our mission, we look to engage in pairings of under-exposed artists, alongside those who have greater success/exposure, thus creating a platform to promote the interactions of works between those who have been admitted into the art world and those who are still on the periphery. Our 2021 inaugural micro-granting program was our first step toward direct support to artists. Moving into the future we will be gearing this micro-granting program to those who have been working steadily with nominal success for a minimum of approximately 10 years. The micro-grant program allows for one winner of a larger stipend, but all nominees receive a nominal stipend for applying, allowing us to pay them for their intellectual labor (putting together their application). Looking to the future we hope to add additional programming such as artist-residencies, open calls for exhibitions and the development of educational and community outreach programs for our local community here in Brooklyn and beyond. These, as well as any other plans that allow our core mission of support for contemporary artists (who are under-exposed) will be created as we grow financially and as the Board of Directors and the Executive Director see fit.

19/05/2025

Congratulations and thank you to each of our 2025 Black Ball Projects micro-grant finalists! We’ll announce the recipient this week, stay tuned!
Neil Kramer, Quarantine in Queens, Day 133, 16x20, inkjet print, 2020
Stacy Mehrfar , “The Moon Belongs to Everyone”, 165 mm x 225 mm, 112 pages, 32 full-color images, 25 images printed silver on uncoated black paper, Hardback, Swiss bound, 2021
Stacy Mehrfar , “The Moon Belongs to Everyone”, 165 mm x 225 mm, 112 pages, 32 full-color images, 25 images printed silver on uncoated black paper, Hardback, Swiss bound, 2021
Sam Margevicius, Light On Film, (Thinking Gets Me In Trouble), 20x16x1.25”, Gelatin silver print, painted wooden frame, 2023
Juliana Roccoforte Novello, Untitled, 28x38 inches, digital inkjet print, 2024
Olga Ginzburg, Natasha in Early Spring (Encounters), dimensions variable, archival pigment print, 2021
Summer McCorkle, untitled 1 from Western Land Studies, 30” x 15”, archival pigment print, 2024
Olga Ginzburg, John in Front of His Lifelong Parish (Encounters), dimensions variable, archival pigment print, 2019
The genre for our fourth annual micro-grant is photography. After meeting initial eligibility requirements of having a mature practice, being underexposed, and having financial need, artists are then judged upon the strength of their submitted works. The recipient will receive the full micro-grant award of $2000, as well as a viewing room and an artist’s talk on Black Ball Project’s digital platform. Each of the additional finalists will receive a $250 stipend for the labor applied towards completing the application process.

16/05/2025

Congratulations to Juliana Roccoforte Novello for being selected as one of six 2025 Black Ball Projects micro-grant finalists!
Bow, 28x38 inches, digital inkjet print, 2023
Tyrone in a Blue Satin Robe, 28x38inches, digital inkjet print, 2024
Parting, 28x38 inches, digital inkjet print, 2022

22/08/2024

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05/03/2024

Stay tuned for the release of Paul Narkiewicz’ Viewing Room, where we’ll share work of his from over six decades of his career, and an interview with him about his work, life, and process. It is such a pleasure to be able to celebrate as 2023’s Black Ball Projects micro-grant recipient!

29/02/2024

Paul Narkiewicz, 2023 micro-grant recipient. “Ignas”, 4 x 3 x 3 inches, Stoneware, 2010-2022

26/02/2024

Paul Narkiewicz , the 2023’s Black Ball Projects micro-grant recipient. “Darren”, 5 x 3 x 3 inches, Stoneware, 2010-2022

23/02/2024

Paul Narkiewicz , the 2023’s Black Ball Projects micro-grant recipient. “Crespina V”, 23 x 23 inches, Watercolor on paper in artist frame, 1977

19/02/2024

Black Ball Projects 2023 micro-grant recipient Paul Narkiewicz .

14/02/2024

“Crespina IV”, 23 x 23 inches, Watercolor on paper in artist frame, 1977. By 2023’s Black Ball Projects micro-grant recipient Paul Narkiewicz .

12/02/2024

Paul Narkiewicz, the 2023’s Black Ball Projects micro-grant recipient. Installation view, “A Figure Enters” at the Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY

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