2025 black ball projects micro-granT: photography

our 2025 micro-grant finalists

Black Ball Projects is proud to introduce you to the six nominees of the fifth annual Black Ball Projects micro-grant: Neil Kramer, Sam Margevicius, Stacy Mehrfar, Juliana Roccoforte Novello, Olga Ginzburg, and Summer McCorkle. You can view their work now by clicking on the images below, and we will announce the recipient shortly.

The genre this year 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 nominees will receive a $250 stipend for the labor applied towards completing the application process.

Olga Ginzburg

Neil Kramer

Sam Margevicius

Summer McCorkle

Stacy Mehrfar

Juliana Roccoforte Novello

the 2025 micro-grant nominators

Dana Buhl

Emily Farranto

Naomi Harris

John Lehr

Mariah Robertson

Elisabeth Smolarz

Gal Nissim

about the micro-grant

In 2021, thanks to the many generous donations from our supporters, we launched our micro-grant program. This is our fifth year running our micro-grant program to support under-exposed artists. The micro-grant recipient is awarded a $2000 cash grant, a viewing room on our website, and an artist's talk. All additional finalists receive a $250 stipend for the labor involved in the application process. Currently the program is by nomination only. The micro-grant program is funded entirely by your generous donations to Black Ball Projects.

If you would like to support the micro-grant program please DONATE NOW ❤️⚫️