In 2014, Rhizome launched a microgrants program, awarding $500–$1,500 to anyone with a compelling vision for net art through an annual open-call. Below are the awardees since founding.
2018
Net Art:
Cassie McQuater, Black Room (The image above was a sketch submitted with the proposal)
Elisabeth Nicula, dioramas.space
Dina Kelberman, Into
Mobile VR:
Theo Triantafyllidis, Studio Visit 360
Tough Guy Mountain, Guided Meditation
Poetry:
Ming Lin and Alexandra Tatarsky, Shanzhai Lyric (Display Distribute)
Barrett White & Miriam Karraker, editors, Tagvverk
Bryan Thao Worra, So You Want to Make a Secret War
2017
Ideas City:
Lina Bondarenko, Martin Byrne, Holly Childs, Kei Kreutler, and Jelena Viskovic, Patternist
Net Art:
manuel arturo abreu and Victoria Anne Reis, home school
Sean Patrick Carney, Humor and the Abject
Holly White
Winslow Laroche, YOINK! Issue 4
Eternal Dragonz
N-Prolenta, Black Hydra
Webrecorder:
Muira McCammon, official Twitter feed for the Joint Task Force of Guantánamo
Caroline Sinders
Gabriele de Seta
Nadine Fattaleh
2016
Announcement of awardees
Georges Jacotey, N/A (or Lana Del Pepe?)
Amira Hanafi, A Dictionary of the Revolution
Donald Hải Phú Daedalus, SGT STAR Redux
Chloe O'Neill and Sylvia Gutierrez, Chloe and Sylvia are Color Blind
Sam Lavigne and Tega Brain, The Good Life (Enron Simulator)
Elizabeth Mputu, LVLZ Healing Center
2015
Loz Cliffe, An Open Call for Spam Bots
Emilie Gervais, Fuck Privacy
Adriana Minoliti, -PLAY SIGNIFICANT OTHERNESS-
Rafia Santana, RAFiA's WORLD
Alex Taylor, .3gp
2014
Deanna & Jack, Well, Actually: a journal of vernacular criticism!
Ben Grosser, Music Obfuscator
Martha Hipley, untitled Twitter hack
Lena NW and Julia Kunberger, Viral
Angela Washko, BANGED