The Queer Museum of Digital Art (QMoDA) on Tuesday, January 24, dropped the first <\/span>NFT art <\/span><\/a>from its artist grant program. As part of the first annual edition of the event, the grant awarded 10 artists with 1 ETH each. All NFTs from the artists are dropping on Zora. Some of the awarded artists include Tyler Givens, Laurel Charleston, Glitch of Mind, and Kate The Cursed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s all you need to know about the Queer Museum of Digital Art artist grant program:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Queer Museum of Digital Art is a community focused on preserving art and culture from <\/span>trans and queer creators<\/span><\/a> on the blockchain. Essentially, QMoDA has a vault of NFTs based on Ethereum and Tezos, all collected from both emerging and established artists. Moreover, as a decentralised community, it aims to put the power in the hands of the community they are serving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But what led to setting up the Queer Museum of Digital Art? Apparently, several IRL art museums dedicated to queer culture have been disposing physical artworks from the 80s and 90s. This led the QMoDA team to set up an entity that would permanently preserve \u201cart and cultural contributions made by trans and queer people worldwide.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to call QMoDA a Museum of \u201cqueer art\u201d because that term can be very limiting,\u201d Zak Krevitt, one of the leaders of QMoDA, told <\/span>Outland<\/span><\/a>. \u201cThe institution itself is queer\u2014it\u2019s powered by queer and trans people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA queer approach means rejecting the rigidity of traditional structures and embracing an expansive understanding of the universe,\u201d Krevitt added. \u201cWe\u2019re working toward a collection that represents this vision of the world, and one that empowers historically marginalized communities through visibility, education, and financial support.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In its first annual artist grant program, the Queer Museum of Digital Art supports 10 artists with 1 ETH each. While the QMoDA board selected the first five artists, the selected artists chose the next five. Cyshimi | Vivian Lee Hsu, Daniel Oropeza, Dawnia Darkstone Lets Glitch It, and Glitch of Mind are some of the artists on the list. Kate The Cursed, Laurel Charleston, Nickelly Garbaje, Tyler Givens, Wrecks, and Xelda Jara completes the list.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Modigliani's](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/art-scaled.jpeg.webp)
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