Seeking multidisciplinary projects that unite art, technology, culture, and community to catalyze a new renaissance of human creativity.
The Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance supports artists, technologists, educators, and cultural builders who dissolve the boundaries between disciplines in pursuit of something greater. We believe the most transformative breakthroughs emerge when art, science, technology, and culture cross-pollinate within vibrant communities united by shared purpose. Inspired by the spirit of apprenticeship, experimentation, and collective creation, this fund champions incubatory projects that cultivate new cultural movements, forge unexpected collaborations, and help lay the foundations for a flourishing renaissance of human creativity.
domain:ai-technology
Eligibility
We support multidisciplinary projects at the intersection of art, technology, culture, education, and community. Whether you are building a physical gathering space, launching a creative accelerator, producing public programming, developing new artistic mediums, or cultivating networks of creators, we seek projects that act as catalysts for collaboration and cultural renewal. Above all, we are looking for ambitious experiments that bring diverse people together to create what none could create alone. To qualify for this fund, projects must meet the following eligibility requirements: - Multidisciplinary by Design: Projects must intentionally bridge two or more disciplines such as art, technology, science, design, education, architecture, media, philosophy, or culture. - Community-Centered: Projects should foster meaningful collaboration, shared learning, or collective participation rather than serving isolated individuals. - Incubatory in Nature: Projects must help nurture new ideas, creators, organizations, cultural movements, or forms of creative expression. - Apprenticeship & Knowledge Transfer: Projects are encouraged to revive mentorship, apprenticeship, guild-based learning, intergenerational collaboration, or other models that help transmit knowledge through direct practice. - Physical or Embodied Experience: Priority will be given to projects that create real-world gatherings, spaces, installations, residencies, workshops, festivals, laboratories, studios, or other forms of physical cultural infrastructure. - Frontier Exploration: Projects should explore emerging possibilities in technology, culture, and creative practice while remaining grounded in human connection and shared purpose. - Positive Cultural Impact: Projects should demonstrate the potential to strengthen communities, expand access to creative opportunity, preserve cultural knowledge, or contribute to a more vibrant cultural commons. - Open Collaboration: Applicants should demonstrate a willingness to share lessons, document their process, and contribute to a broader ecosystem of builders advancing the new renaissance.
