CRAZY PEACH
Pilot Micro-Grant | Open Call 2025
CRAZY PEACH
Pilot Micro-Grant
| Open Call 2025
CRAZY PEACH
Pilot Micro-Grant | Open Call 2025
CALL OPEN
From May 2025
to 14 July 2025
WINNER ANNOUNCED
15 Sep 2025
Location
International
EVENT Type
Open Call for Creative Talents
Why We’re Doing This
💭 Ever feel that truly mind-bending, thought-provoking art gets skimmed over?
💡 Sick of market-first thinking and ready to junk the gallery games?
🌍 Wish there were a place that values critical depth as much as surface hype?
🍑 Crazy Peach was built for exactly that. Our brand DNA is simple:
Think Wild. Leave Something Real. No More Gallery Games.
We back work that’s experimental, philosophical, and logically rigorous—art with footnotes as sharp as its visuals. If your practice sparks new ways of thinking instead of chasing trends, we want to hear your story.
2025 Award Structure
£1,000 ✖ 3 artists — Deep-dive funding that frees you to concentrate and push a bold, critical idea to completion.
£500 ✖ 7 artists — Project-catalyst cash to prototype, publish, or exhibit—with the full Crazy Collective network behind you.
£5 ✖ 290 artists — A symbolic micro-grant that unlocks Founding-Member status, backstage chat access, and Crazy Symposium invites.
What Else You Get Beyond Money?
We know money isn’t everything… Let’s build an ecosystem of thinkers and creators shaping the future
💬 A Home for Big Thinkers
Crazy Peach respects rigorous research, critical dialogue, and ideas that refuse to play it safe—making this a corner where big thinkers finally feel at home. If you love pulling concepts apart and challenging the status quo, you’ll fit right in.
🚀 Crazy Collective™ | Founding-Member Access
Every awardee joins Crazy Collective as a Founding Member. It’s our hybrid network—online and in-person—where artists, writers, and theorists trade ideas in real time. Founding status unlocks:
Backstage Chat – a private channel for candid, no-fluff critique with peers who value substance over hype.
Beta-Tool First Picks – early access to every new feature we roll out.
Lifetime Founding Badge – permanent proof you helped build the community from day one.
🎟 Crazy Symposium | Invite-Only Salons
Founding Members also receive surprise invitations to the Crazy Symposium —pop-up gatherings (sometimes IRL, sometimes livestream) that appear without much warning. Think lightning talks, tough questions, and deep dives with artists, curators, and thinkers. If Crazy Collective is the campus, the Symposium is the main stage everyone quotes afterward.
？ Limited-Edition Keepsake
Every Tier 1 (£1 000) and Tier 2 (£500) winner is guaranteed a sealed, limited-edition Crazy Peach collectible—made once, never reproduced.
In addition, a randomly selected set of micro-grant winners will receive the keepsake as well. Pocket-sized yet bold enough to signal you arrived without gatekeepers. Unboxing? Strictly for those who get the package.
CALL OPEN
From May 2025
to 14 July 2025
WINNER ANNOUNCED
15 Sep 2025
Location
International
EVENT Type
Open Call for Creative Talents
Why We’re Doing This
💭 Ever felt like truly intellectual and thought-provoking art is often overlooked?
💡 Are you tired of market-driven constraints and ready to disrupt the superficiality of the art world?
🌍 What if you could be part of a community that truly values critical thinking and philosophical depth in art?
🍑 Crazy Peach is searching for artists who are not just "creative" but profoundly thoughtful.
We respect experimental, philosophical, and logically rigorous approaches to art. We care about the theoretical foundation behind your work, not just its visual impact.
If your art provokes new ways of thinking rather than following trends, we want to hear your story!
2025 Award Structure
£1,000 ✖ 3 artists — Deep-dive funding that frees you to concentrate and push a bold, critical idea to completion.
£500 ✖ 7 artists — Project-catalyst cash to prototype, publish, or exhibit—with the full Crazy Collective network behind you.
£5 ✖ 290 artists — A symbolic micro-grant that unlocks Founding-Member status, backstage chat access, and Crazy Symposium invites.
What Else You Get Beyond Money?
We know money isn’t everything… Let’s build an ecosystem of thinkers and creators shaping the future:
💬 A Home for Big Thinkers
Crazy Peach respects rigorous research, critical dialogue, and ideas that refuse to play it safe—making this a corner where big thinkers finally feel at home. If you love pulling concepts apart and challenging the status quo, you’ll fit right in.
🚀 Crazy Collective™ | Founding-Member Access
Every awardee joins Crazy Collective as a Founding Member. It’s our hybrid network—online and in-person—where artists, writers, and theorists trade ideas in real time. Founding status unlocks:
Backstage Chat – a private channel for candid, no-fluff critique with peers who value substance over hype.
Beta-Tool First Picks – early access to every new feature we roll out.
Lifetime Founding Badge – permanent proof you helped build the community from day one.
🎟 Crazy Symposium | Invite-Only Salons
Founding Members also receive surprise invitations to the Crazy Symposium —pop-up gatherings (sometimes IRL, sometimes livestream) that appear without much warning. Think lightning talks, tough questions, and deep dives with artists, curators, and thinkers. If Crazy Collective is the campus, the Symposium is the main stage everyone quotes afterward.
？ Limited-Edition Keepsake
Every Tier 1 (£1 000) and Tier 2 (£500) winner is guaranteed a sealed, limited-edition Crazy Peach collectible—made once, never reproduced.
In addition, a randomly selected set of micro-grant winners will receive the keepsake as well. Pocket-sized yet bold enough to signal you arrived without gatekeepers. Unboxing? Strictly for those who get the package.
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HOW to Apply?
HOW to Apply?
01
Complete the Application Form
Complete the Application Form
Complete the Application Form
Click the button below to start your application. Join a community that values deep thinking, critical inquiry, and bold artistic exploration.
⏳ Applications close on 14 July 2025
02
Submit Your Work
Submit Your Work
Submit Your Work
After the initial review, our brilliant academic team will reach out to request your artwork along with the theoretical foundation behind it. We want to see your research, methodology, and how you challenge existing artistic discourse. We review on a rolling basis, so earlier submission enjoy more panel time.
03
Review & Selection
Review & Selection
Review & Selection
Our academic panel will carefully review all submissions. Final results go live 15 September 2025. Patience pays—we take the time to read, watch, and think.
04
Confirmation & Payment
Confirmation & Payment
Confirmation & Payment
We’ll contact you personally to complete a brief confirmation process, lock in your preferred payment method, and arrange delivery of your winner-only keepsake. Once that’s done, the cash lands in your account within 30 days—no strings, no delays.
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Welcome to
Crazy Collective™
Welcome to Crazy Collective™
Welcome to
Crazy Collective™
Funding is just the beginning. As a Founding Member of Crazy Collective™ you’ll unlock:
Backstage Chat – a private channel for straight-talk critique and idea swaps.
Early-Access Beta Tools – test upcoming features before anyone else.
Surprise Crazy Symposium Invites – pop-up salons with artists and thinkers.
Lifetime Founding Badge – a permanent marker that you helped build Crazy Collective from day one.
In short, you’re not just funded—you’re etched into the community’s origin story.
Stretch-Fund Possibility
We’re actively pursuing string-free sponsorship. The pool will never drop below the figures above—any extra will boost awards, and we’ll announce it publicly.
Help Us Grow a Censorship-Free Pot
We’ve just weathered a big decision—turning down a six-figure cheque that came with creative strings. Why we did it, and what it means, is laid out here: Why We Walked Away from a Six-Figure Cheque.
Money backed by passion (not control) is what keeps this grant honest—your support literally grows the pot.
Repost / share – reach matters.
Submit or stay in – every active application proves this funding model is needed.
Follow
@crazy_peach_art_foundationon Instagram for live updates and behind-the-scenes drops.
We’ve just weathered a big decision—turning down a six-figure cheque that came with creative strings. Why we did it, and what it means, is laid out here: Why We Walked Away from a Six-Figure Cheque.
Money backed by passion (not control) is what keeps this grant honest—your support literally grows the pot.
Repost / share – reach matters.
Submit or stay in – every active application proves this funding model is needed.
Follow
@crazy_peach_art_foundationon Instagram for live updates and behind-the-scenes drops.
Help Us Grow a Censorship-Free Pot
We’ve just weathered a big decision—turning down a six-figure cheque that came with creative strings. Why we did it, and what it means, is laid out here: Why We Walked Away from a Six-Figure Cheque.
Money backed by passion (not control) is what keeps this grant honest—your support literally grows the pot.
Like / repost / share – reach matters.
Submit or stay in – every active application proves this funding model is needed.
Follow
@crazy_peach_art_foundationon Instagram for live updates and behind-the-scenes drops.
Stretch-Fund Possibility
We’re actively pursuing string-free sponsorship. The pool will never drop below the figures above—any extra will boost awards, and we’ll announce it publicly.
🎟 Access Our Crazy Symposium!!
Selected artists will receive exclusive invitations to Crazy Symposium, a secret, surprise-held gathering where global artists, curators, and theorists come together to discuss the most pressing questions in contemporary art and philosophy. You never know when or where—but when it happens, it’s a moment not to be missed.
