Welcome to a collection of work showcasing our first round of Independent Artists Fund Recipients. Independent Artists Fund is made possible through a grant from Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and through the recommendation of Artists of Color Unite!, advisors to the Foundation. Through this grant, Free Center funded independent BIPOC projects ranging from $2,500 to $20,000. We assured the artists paid themselves and their collaborators for time commitments to these special projects. We assessed over 1500 Black and Brown collaborators received income from this process.