Full disclosure: This article highlights a project from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, which has previously funded Technical.ly’s Baltimore reporter position via the Report for America program. That relationship is unrelated to this report.
Established in 2013 and stewarded by the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, The Rubys Artist Grant program is relaunching in the Baltimore area with a new two-phase application process for its 2023 grant cycle.
Last granted in 2020 and known as “the Rubys,” the program has always maintained the goal of providing financial support for Baltimore-based artists who are working on innovative projects that could significantly impact their communities. In an email release, the Deutsch Foundation invited artists — and, seemingly aspiring technologists with artistic projects in mind — to submit new proposals in four categories:…