Compelling art thrives in a diverse environment. We started the Adobe Stock Advocates program to showcase and support outstanding new voices and visuals that are genuine, impactful, and truly representative of modern life. Last year, as part of our commitment to supporting and promoting inclusive imagery, we launched the Artist Development Fund. We are thrilled to announce that in 2022, we will be re-launching this opportunity and opening applications for 40 new commissions.
Our Artist Development Fund plays a key role in helping spotlight creators who depict communities with which they also identify, supporting impactful, accurate, and inclusive visuals. The fund provides substantial financial support to help artists overcome barriers to their productions, like renting venues, buying or renting equipment, hiring models, or purchasing props, costumes, and materials. We are opening the applications for this year’s Artist Development Fund on February 22, 2022.
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Get inspired and share your work
You are invited to share your photography, vector art, illustrations, and videos. To help you get inspired, we have published a newly revamped selection of creative briefs.
Themes include:
• Circles of Activism, depicting action against racial prejudice and social injustice — people of all backgrounds focusing on climate change and sustainability — students and elders participating in collective action in their communities, and more.
• Veterans Return, showing how veterans rejoin civilian life, and how these experiences might look different for people of different genders, ages, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds.
• Beliefs and Rituals, exploring modern spiritual and religious practices present themselves today — and how people of all backgrounds and faiths are interpreting traditions and creating their own.
• Taste of Heritage, depicting how our interactions with food and cooking embody our value systems, our lineage, ethnicity, upbringing, and dreams for the future.
• Family Life, with images celebrating families of every background: parents, children, and every person, relative, or loved one contributing to the love and care of a household.
• Celebration of Self, exploring the many ways we journey inward to soothe the wounds of our psyches — and how we express and experience healing through physical practice.
• Joyful Rhythm, presenting imagery that captures dance and gesture, instruments and music-making, and other forms of artistic expression.