2010 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence
[ August 13, 2009 deadline ]
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Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior
Endowment approval.
Visual Arts
509 Cultural Center (aka Luggage Store)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support completion of an online archive documenting the 20-year exhibition history of the Luggage Store. The archive will include more than 2,000 visual images, biographical information, video footage, DVDs, newspaper articles, and critical writing.
Aftermath Project
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support production of the book War Is Only Half the Story. Featuring work by award-winning artists, this publication will be the third volume to document photographic work that reveals the consequences of war.
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
To support ArtStreet. Designed to give homeless artists access to art-making opportunities and mentorship, the project is a partnership with the National Hispanic Heritage Cultural Center and the Harwood Art Center.
Amazement Square
Lynchburg, VA
$15,000
To support a community-based mosaic mural project. Guided by artist Beryl Solla, and undertaken in stages due to its size (300 feet long and 16 feet high), the project will serve as a mentoring program, pairing at-risk and underserved youth with artists and arts educators.
American Craft Council
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the digitization and preservation of Your Portable Museum, a significant historical craft slide archive from the latter half of the 20th century. The collection of more than 8,000 slides documenting specific Craft Council exhibitions and work by stellar 20th-century artists will be organized in theme-based kits produced for dissemination through borrowing, rent, or sale.
Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation (aka Anderson Ranch Arts Center) (Consortium)
Snowmass Village, CO
$25,000
To support the Art Educator Institute. In partnership with the University of Northern Colorado, the project invites primary- and secondary-level art teachers from around the country to apply to the week-long institute.
Armory Center for the Arts
Pasadena, CA
$40,000
To support the exhibition City Site: Street Photography and Southern California Urbanism, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will explore factors that led to the post-war shift in work by Southern California photographers.
Art 21, Inc. (aka Art21)
New York, NY
$110,000
To support development of educational activities and online resources for Art:21 —Art in the Twenty-First Century. The public television series about contemporary visual art creates intimate profiles of America's diverse artists and the contexts in which they work.
Art Council Inc. (aka Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support residencies for visual artists by Artadia. Participating artists will be provided with studio space, housing, subsistence stipends, and a materials budget for a three-month residency in partnership with the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York City.
Art House at the Jones Center (aka Arthouse)
Austin, TX
$25,000
To support Young Artists @ Arthouse. The project offers studio-based artistic skill development to Austin-area teens who have a serious interest in art but no access to advanced arts programs.
Art Institute of Chicago (on behalf of School of the Art Institute)
Chicago, IL
$65,000
To support the Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art at the School of the Art Institute. Experienced high school art teachers from around the country will be invited to Chicago to enrich their artistic creativity through studio access, sessions with contemporary artists, and lectures in the visual arts.
Art Mobile of Montana
Dillon, MT
$17,000
To support ArtMobile. A specially equipped van will travel throughout the state, providing access to original artworks by Montana artists and art instruction.
Art Resources Transfer, Inc. (aka A.R.T. Press)
New York, NY
$65,000
To support the Distribution to Underserved Communities Program. A.R.T. Press will offer books, museum catalogues, videos, and other material about contemporary art free-of-charge to libraries across the nation, with a special emphasis on rural areas and inner cities.
Artpace, Inc. (aka Artpace San Antonio) (Consortium)
San Antonio, TX
$30,000
To support ArtElements, a series of outreach activities for youth. Undertaken in partnership with the San Antonio School District, the project is designed to engage youth with contemporary art in a substantive way.
ArtsChange
Richmond, CA
$20,000
To support Calle 23: Richmond Migration Stories. The project will bring nationally recognized artists to work with urban youth of color in a series of art and printmaking workshops exploring immigration.
Auburn University Main Campus
Auburn, AL
$45,000
To support the Alabama Prison Arts and Education Project. Undertaken by Auburn University's arts and humanities department, the project will deliver visual arts workshops for those currently incarcerated.
Bad Dog Rediscovers America (aka Bad Dog)
Salt Lake City, UT
$30,000
To support Through the Eyes of Youth. An exchange program between low-income youth in Salt Lake City and Las Cruces, New Mexico, the program focuses specifically on digital photography.
Bronx River Art Center, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$30,000
To support Dialects. The multi-faceted project includes artists' exhibitions, professional development for artists, and a mentorship program for students and the community.
California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support ChicaChic. The multi-faceted project will feature contemporary Chicana artists in an exhibition, a mass transit public art project, and a series of educational forums.
Carving Studio and Sculpture Center
West Rutland, VT
$20,000
To support a residency program for sculptors. Artists will be given the opportunity to create monumental sculpture from Vermont marble during a one-month residency.
Coaching the Global Village
Palm Coast, FL
$20,000
To support the War Veterans' Book Project. A series of workshops will be held in eight different cities, providing returning present-day veterans the opportunity to create books that document their personal war experiences.
College Art Association
New York, NY
$25,000
To support ARTspace, a programming component during the annual conference of the College Art Association. Designed to engage the artist members, ARTspace sessions are offered free-of-charge and include activities such as live interviews with prominent artists; film, video, and multimedia screenings; performances; and presentations scheduled throughout the annual conference.
Creative Center, Inc. (aka Creative Center for Women with Cancer)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the New York City Hospital Artists-in-Residence Program and Training Institute for Healthcare Artists. The project will promote the value of the arts in the healing process and provide access to quality art instruction by professional artists.
Curators of University of Missouri at St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$20,000
To support the Public Policy Research Center's Photography Project. The project will provide community members with training in photography and opportunities for exhibiting the resulting work.
Galería/Studio 24 (aka Galería de la Raza) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support Nighthawks (Remix). The project, commemorating Galería's 40th anniversary, involves the development and premiere of a photo-based live performance work by Guillermo Gomez Peña and James Luna.
Glass Art Society, Inc. (aka GAS)
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support the 40th annual conference. Held in Louisville, Kentucky, the conference will include a series of exhibitions, lectures, panels, and workshop demonstrations.
Hyde Park Art Center
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support marketing and audience development activities. To strategically build its audience, the center will employ specific programming.
Imagine Bus Project (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support After School Studio. Targeted to children from under-resourced schools, After School Studio is a partnership with the San Francisco School District.
International Sculpture Center, Inc. (aka Sculpture Magazine) (Consortium)
Hamilton, NJ
$30,000
To support production of a book titled Art for the Earth. Designed to feature artists whose work addresses environmental remediation or preservation or other ecological issues, the publication will be published by International Sculpture Center Press.
Lux Center for the Arts
Lincoln, NE
$20,000
To support Art Van deLUX. Designed to reach communities that have income and transportation barriers prohibiting them from taking classes at the center, Art Van deLUX will provide professional art instruction to underserved populations in Lincoln, Nebraska.
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (aka NCECA)
Erie, CO
$50,000
To support exhibitions associated with the 2011 national conference in Tampa, Florida. More than 35 exhibitions will be curated and hosted by organizations throughout the greater Tampa Bay area to showcase work by established and emerging ceramic artists.
New Art Publications, Inc. (aka BOMB Magazine)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support artists' interviews and expansion of an online presence for BOMB Magazine. A quarterly arts publication, BOMB is distributed nationally to chain and independent bookstores, newsstands, and subscribers.
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the Evening Lecture Series. The free program enables artists, scholars, critics, philosophers, and art historians to engage the public in a discussion of critical issues in the visual arts.
Other Side Arts
Denver, CO
$20,000
To support expanded arts programming and outreach. The project is designed to reach youth, senior citizens, recent immigrants, developmentally disabled adults, homeless women, single parent families, and cancer patients.
Otis Art Institute (aka Otis College of Art and Design)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support American Icons: Graphics of Patriotism and Dissent. Drawn from the collection of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, the exhibition at Otis's Ben Maltz Gallery will feature as many as 80 posters.
Participant Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support archival documentation for two interrelated organizations. The project will address historical, contemporary, and future efforts through the publication of a book documenting programming by Thread Waxing Space and a web-based ongoing archive project for Participant, Inc.
Penland School of Crafts, Inc. (Consortium)
Penland, NC
$30,000
To support the Teaching Artist in the Schools program. In partnership with Michell County Public Schools, more than 500 children will experience outstanding arts instruction from Penland-affiliated craft artists.
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates (aka Philadelphia Mural Arts Program) (Consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To support research and documentation of Philadelphia's historic and contemporary murals. The project, undertaken in collaboration with the African American Museum, will focus on two collections: the Center City Outdoor Gallery and the African-American History & Heritage Collection.
PhotoAlliance
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the Photography Lecture Series. The program enables established and emerging photographers to engage the public.
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
To support an artist residency program. Artists will be provided with resources, facilities, and technical assistance for exploration in glass making.
Point Community Development Corporation (aka The Point)
Bronx, NY
$50,000
To support Mapping Our Environment Through Art III. The project will offer adults and young people of Hunts Point in the Bronx art-making opportunities led by guest artists.
Portrait Society of America, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
$30,000
To support educational activities, a catalogue, and online resources related to an exhibition titled Inspiring Figures. The exhibition of work by American women figurative artists is organized by a committee of the Portrait Society and will be held at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio.
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support the Master Artist Program, with a related pilot artist-in-residence component. Artists of national renown will conduct workshops for Pratt artists, and free lectures and exhibitions will be offered to the public.
Project New Urban Arts
Providence, RI
$25,000
To support the Arts Mentoring Fellowship Program. Two visual artists will receive a monthly stipend for a nine-month period, a storefront studio, and exhibition opportunities in exchange for mentoring emerging artists and conducting arts workshops for youth.
Public Art Fund Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support In the Public Realm. The project provides emerging artists with the opportunity to develop temporary art projects in an urban context that will be documented in a series of publications.
Real Art Ways, Inc. (Consortium)
Hartford, CT
$40,000
To support concurrent exhibitions by artists Olu Oguibe and Saya Woolfalk. The exhibitions, accompanied by ancillary programming, will be undertaken in partnership with the Parkville Senior Center.
Regents of the University of California at San Diego (on behalf of Stuart Collection)
La Jolla, CA
$90,000
To support the commissioning of a site-specific public artwork by Do-Ho Suh. The artist will install Fallen Star on the rooftop of a building on the campus of the University of California at San Diego.
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation (aka Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program)
Roswell, NM
$50,000
To support a residency program for artists. Artists will be provided a private house with studio, technical facilities, and a monthly stipend for a year-long residency opportunity.
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support an exhibition series featuring work by contemporary artists. Artists will be selected by an independent jury of artists and curators for the exhibitions, to be held in the Fleisher's gallery in South Philadelphia.
Site Projects, Inc.
Hamden, CT
$25,000
To support the commissioning of a site-specific public artwork by Felice Varini. The artist will install Square and Four Circles in Temple Plaza in downtown New Haven.
Society of North American Goldsmiths (aka SNAG)
Eugene, OR
$17,000
To support professional development activities to coincide with SNAG's annual conference. A three-pronged comprehensive program has been designed and will be launched at the 2011 conference in Seattle.
South Chicago Art Center, NFP
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support SmARTS, a program that provides free art instruction for inner-city, low-income youth. Arts programming by the South Chicago Art Center falls into two areas Street SmARTS' (non-school hours) and School SmARTS.
South Florida Art Center, Inc. (aka ArtCenter/South Florida)
Miami Beach, FL
$25,000
To support Story Time. A series of book-making workshops will be offered to children and their parents or caregivers who have little access to arts programming or artists.
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
Cumberland, KY
$40,000
To support Portraits and Dreams. The project, building upon seminal work done in the late 1970's, will involve both a residency and documentation of work undertaken in Appalachia by photographer Wendy Ewald.
Southwest School of Art & Craft
San Antonio, TX
$35,000
To support the Visiting Artist Program. Artists with specialized knowledge in an arcane technical area, or who have applied a traditional method toward innovative ends, will be invited to conduct workshops.
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.
Storrs Mansfield, CT
$25,000
To support Creative Force 2010. The exhibition, to be held during the Houston International Quilt Festival, will include approximately 50 quilts by members of Studio Art Quilt Associates.
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY
$40,000
To support ARTCART, a pilot program to provide aging visual artists with direct support and guidance to manage and preserve their life's work. An intergenerational project, ARTCART will be carried out by matching teams of graduate students with artists who need help.
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
$25,000
To support a visiting artist lecture series. The series will bring scholars, artists, and curators directly to the Tucson community to explore issues in contemporary art.
Wave Hill, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$35,000
To support the Family Art Project. The series of weekend workshops provides families the opportunity to create nature-based art projects inspired by craft traditions from around the world.
Women's Studio Workshop, Inc. (Consortium)
Rosendale, NY
$30,000
To support artist residencies. In partnership with the Kingston City School District, the residency program offers emerging artists paid professional opportunities to work for an extended period of time in a technically equipped studio space as well as training in teaching and mentoring.
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