2018 BIG MONEY GRANT ROUND opens December 15th!

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Apogaea artists, we here at CATS wanted to remind all of your lovely, talented, creative selves that the 2018 BIG MONEY GRANT ROUND will open on December 15th and close at midnight on January 15th. The BIG MONEY GRANT ROUND is for projects requesting between $600 and $6000 of funding. As part of this round, we are soliciting applications for Effigy […]

2017 CATS End of Year Report

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  CATS has already gotten back to work, creating not only this end of year report, but preparing for Apogaea 2018. CATS takes a lot of pride in being completely transparent about the grant funding processes, grant rewards, and feedback.  For more information on just how hard the CATS worked to fund such amazing art […]

2018 Apo Ticket Art Winner!!!

A golden ticket for Apogaea, titled REFLECTION, with event dates June 7-11 in Valdez, CO. The time is symbolized by an infinity sign. Text reads, This golden ticket ensures admittance. Edges have a serrated design.

The winner of the 2018 Apo ticket art contest is Alain Suel.  Congratulations!!!!! See below for his beautiful submission that “reflects” the 2018 theme.  

The Founders History of Apogaea – Part 1

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Come check out the first in a series of interviews done by our historian, Schmid-E. These will also be available from the history page, under the About menu on the website.  

2018 Theme Winner and Ticket Art contest!!!!

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The 2018 theme has been chosen, and the winner is Reflection submitted by: Klamm Something that can be interpreted many ways. It has the brevity of being fun house silly mirrors, obfuscated shiny surfaces, ponderous overlay impositions, or wordy soliloquies for the bouncing particles of the mind. Take a moment and think about it, or […]

Lookin for a few good CATS…

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We are getting ready to begin the creative grant cycle for Apogaea 2018!  Before we can start accepting grant applications, we need to recruit at least one more CATS member, and we will need a few li’l kitten Sparks, too (aww)! Are you interested in helping Apogaea grant thousands to community artists?  Do you want […]