Visual Arts: FY 2006 Grants
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
Access to Artistic Excellence | Access to Artistic Excellence II
American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring | Panelists
Access to Artistic Excellence
(March 14, 2005 deadline)
509 Cultural Center (Luggage Store)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support an exhibition and catalogue to mark the 15th anniversary of the Luggage Store Gallery. The exhibition will feature new work by approximately 30 artists as well as panel discussions with art historians and artists.
Archie Bray Foundation
Helena, MT
$15,000
To support a visiting artist residency program, the first in the United States founded to focus on ceramic art. An exhibition will feature work by participating artists; public programs and demonstrations will complement the residencies
Art Papers, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
To support reviews of contemporary artists' work in the bi-monthly journal Art Papers. The project will cover approximately 550 artists in 250 venues in cities outside of major art centers.
Artists Alliance, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Lower East Side Rotating Studio Program. Participating artists will be provided access to studio space, equipment, an honorarium, and technical support.
ArtLies (ARTLIES - The Texas Art Journal)
Houston, TX
$15,000
To support the reviews section of the journal ArtLies. A quarterly publication that covers the visual arts in Texas, ArtLies includes an average of 30 reviews per issue and is distributed in more than 30 Texas cities and towns.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE
$40,000
To support artist residencies in the Bemis facilities, located in an early 20th-century warehouse and a former train depot that now includes galleries, studios, and installation space. Participating artists will be provided with housing, workspace, technical assistance, and a monthly stipend for three-month residencies.
Big Orbit Gallery, Inc. (Big Orbit)
Buffalo, NY
$20,000
To support residencies for artists from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states resulting in site-specific installations. The residencies will result in a two-month exhibit of the installations, and a catalogue with information on each residency.
Brandywine Graphic Workshop, Inc. (Brandywine Workshop)
Philadelphia, PA
$33,000
To support artists residency opportunities for artists working in printmaking. The project will be documented in a catalogue and a touring exhibition.
Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc. (BCA) (on behalf of Longwood Arts Project)
Bronx, NY
$30,000
To support cyberspace residencies that enable artists to work with advanced computer technology. An exhibition of completed works will be hosted on Longwood's online cyber gallery; public programs and demonstrations will complement the residencies.
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Inc. (CPW)
Woodstock, NY
$15,000
To support a residency program for photographers and a writer/critic. Each of the six residencies will be documented in the Center's publication, Photography Quarterly.
Center for Women & Their Work
Austin, TX
$15,000
To support a series of solo exhibitions for young and emerging women artists of Texas. The exhibitions will be accompanied by catalogues, educational programs, and outreach activities.
Clay Studio
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the Guest Artist Program. The residency will provide national and international ceramic artists an opportunity to create new work.
Creative Time, Inc. (Creative Time)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support The Drawing Project. Using a vacant brownstone in Harlem as a canvas, 10 artists will be commissioned to create installation artworks using drawing as the primary medium.
Delta Axis Inc.
Memphis, TN
$15,000
To support the presentation of a series of solo exhibitions in the Power House, an early 20th-century historic building. The exhibitions, shown in the 4,000 square-foot brick and glass structure, will feature the work of Aaron Suggs, Francis Alys, Brad Kahlamer, and Wangechi Mutu.
En Foco, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$20,000
To support publication of the bilingual photography journal Nueva Luz. Each issue will feature the work of emerging photographers of color, an essay by a guest critic/editor, and a comprehensive listing of career opportunities and other resources for photographers.
Evergreen House Foundation, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
$18,000
To support Sculpture at Evergreen. The residency and exhibition program will result in the creation of site-specific temporary works installed on the grounds of a historic Italianate estate.
Exit Art/The First World, Inc. (Exit Art)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support an exhibition titled Negritude. The exhibition will explore the intellectual and artistic movements prompted by the black diaspora in North and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Forest Hills Educational Trust
Boston, MA
$26,000
To support the creation of temporary works to be installed on the grounds of an historic cemetery. Selected artists will explore the founding concepts of the 19th-century cemetery as a final resting place, and as a meditative place for the living.
FotoFest, Inc.
Houston, TX
$50,000
To support FotoFest 2006, a biennial photography festival includes exhibitions, new media art events, artist portfolio review, and a catalogue. The event attracts more than 500,000 people in the Houston area.
Friends of Fair Park, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$20,000
To support the recreation of two sculptures known as Tenor and Contralto. Originally created by Lawrence Tenney Stevens for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition and subsequently demolished, the reconstructed art deco sculptures will be the basis for educational programs on Fair Park's history.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Minneapolis, MN
$45,000
To support the Visiting Artist Residency and Publishing Program. The project will enable five artists from five continents to create and exhibit original editions in the print medium of their choice.
International Print Center New York (IPCNY)
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the New Prints Program. The series of exhibitions is designed to bring printmaking to a wider audience.
International Sculpture Center, Inc. (Sculpture Magazine)
Hamilton, NJ
$20,000
To support production of Sculpture magazine and an anniversary publication, The Sculpture Reader. Solicited articles will focus on work of current artists, events, and public art projects.
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Inc. (JCAL)
Jamaica, NY
$15,000
To support Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows. The project will commission site-specific work by 25 artists in indoor and outdoor spaces along Jamaica Avenue in the New York City borough of Queens.
Light Factory
Charlotte, NC
$15,000
To support Fabricated Harmony. The exhibition and related outreach activities will investigate the movement from segregation to integration in both the United States and South Africa.
Light Work Visual Studies, Inc. (Light Work)
Syracuse, NY
$50,000
To support a residency program for artists and the publication of their work in Contact Sheet - The Light Work Annual. Participating artists' work will also be made available on Light Work's online database, an ever-expanding collection of more than 2,100 images, essays, and biographical information.
McColl Center for Visual Art
Charlotte, NC
$40,000
To support three-month residencies for approximately 12 artists. A residency also will be extended to a local art teacher in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District.
Minnesota Center for Photography
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support an exhibition, catalogue, and public programming examining the Three Gorges Dam construction project in China. The exhibition of photographs will document the world's largest hydroelectric dam along the Yangtze River and its impact on the surrounding land and people.
Oakland Art Gallery
Oakland, CA
$15,000
To support the exhibition Visual Alchemy and an accompanying catalogue and audience outreach activities. The exhibition will examine the shared approach of artist and alchemist in the transformation of common materials.
Pilchuck Glass School
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support a summer artist residency program. Ten distinguished artists whose medium is not glass will be invited to one of the country's preeminent glassworking facilities.
Printed Matter, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support continued maintenance and development of the bibliographic and educational resources on the organization's Web site. The project will support new essays examining concerns in the field of artists' publications, as well as improvements to Web site navigation.
Project Row Houses (PRH)
Houston, TX
$50,000
To support a residency program for artists to undertake projects in Houston's Third Ward. The project's three components are installation opportunities for artists in shotgun-style row houses, residency opportunities with Houston organizations, and the participation of artists in a permanent public art program.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (on behalf of Center for Innovative Print and Paper)
New Brunswick, NJ
$30,000
To support artists residency opportunities in printmaking. The four resident artists will present lectures to students and the public, and their works will be exhibited at Rutgers University.
San Francisco Camerawork, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$24,000
To support the photography exhibition, Ghost in the Machine. The project will feature work by artists who have explored inventive uses of photography, video, installation, digital media, and performance to reclaim lost histories and respond to personal, national, and cultural memories.
Sculpture Center, Inc.
Long Island City, NY
$55,000
To support an artists residency program for sculptors who have had limited exposure in the United States. Two selected artists will be able to realize new large-scale projects; public and educational outreach programs will also take place.
Sculpture Space, Inc.
Utica, NY
$16,000
To support a residency program for sculptors. Artists from outside New York state will be given the opportunity to create new work during two-month residencies at a former steam engine and boilerworks plant.
Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support Pump Up the Volume, a project that will provide artists opportunities to create new work inspired by comic traditions from various cultures.
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a summer residency program for approximately 65 emerging visual artists. Artists will also participate in critiques, lectures, and discussions with guest artists.
Smack Mellon Studios, Inc. (Smack Mellon)
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support a program to provide six artists with residencies of one year. The program was initiated in response to the lack of affordable studio space in New York City.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Inc. (Socrates Sculpture Park)
Long Island City, NY
$35,000
To support a residency and commissioning program to commemorate the organization's 20th anniversary. The artists' work will be presented at a riverfront park in an industrial neighborhood; the exhibition will also be held in several desert communities in California.
Southern Exposure
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support The New Situationists. The project will feature new work by local and international artists in various locations around the San Francisco Bay area and will address the role of art in society through the exploration and mapping of public space.
SPACES
Cleveland, OH
$40,000
To support the World Artists Program, a residency opportunity for national and international artists to create new work. Five artists selected for the two-month residencies will participate in public outreach activities with adults and youth.
Spoleto Festival USA (Consortium)
Charleston, SC
$33,000
To support a consortium project that examines issues related to the historic, ecologic, and cultural values of Phillips, South Carolina, a Reconstruction-era Freedmen's town founded in 1878. Artists will design an installation and public programs, in partnership with the community and the Coastal Conservation League.
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE
$15,000
To support an exhibition and accompanying catalogue to document 30 years of the Visiting Artists Print program. The project will feature works by more than 50 artists in the collection including Roger Shimomura, Phyllis Bramson, Alice Aycock, Edgar Heap of Birds, Ed Paschke, and Siah Armajani.
Wave Hill, Inc. (Consortium)
Bronx, NY
$12,000
To support a consortium project to commission artist Nina Katchadourian to create a work for the 2006 Generated@WaveHill program and related public programs. Working with the New York City Audubon Society, the artist will undertake a project on the grounds of Wave Hill that explores the dynamics between people and nature.
Wheaton Village, Inc. (on behalf of Creative Glass Center)
Millville, NJ
$15,000
To support a residency program for emerging and mid-career glass artists. Artists will be provided with housing, a stipend, studio facilities, and technical assistance to work in glass.
Women's Studio Workshop, Inc.
Rosendale, NY
$15,000
To support residencies for artists at a print and paper making facility. Participating artists will produce a print portfolio and limited edition artist's book.
Access to Artistic Excellence II
(August 15, 2005 deadline)
Art 21, Inc. (aka Art21)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support outreach programs and curriculum materials for Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century. The public television series about contemporary visual art presents intimate profiles of America's diverse artists and the contexts in which they work.
Art Institute of Chicago (on behalf of School of the Art Institute)
Chicago, IL
$34,000
To support the Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art. Experienced high school art teachers from around the United States are 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
$12,000
To support ArtMobile. A specially equipped van will travel throughout the state, providing access to original art works by Montana artists, art instruction, and access to contemporary artists for schools, nursing care centers, correctional facilities, Native American reservations, and libraries.
Art Resources Transfer, Inc. (aka A.R.T. Press)
New York, NY
$22,000
To support the Distribution to Underserved Communities Program. The project 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 and inner city libraries.
Artists Talk On Art (aka ATOA)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support an archival project to preserve and make available more than 30 years of artist presentations. The project will involve the transfer from analog to digital media of more than 850 slide lectures, panel discussions, and question-and-answer sessions.
Artpace, Inc. (aka Artpace San Antonio) (Consortium)
San Antonio, TX
$15,000
To support the consortium project, ArtElements. The series of youth outreach activities, undertaken in partnership with the San Antonio School District, is designed to critically engage youth with contemporary art.
ARTScorpsLA
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support the Iron Pour Home Project, a public installation. Guided by lead artist Meredith Jack, members of the community, art students, and a collective of artists will create sand-scratch blocks that reflect the concept of home and install them at two reclaimed parks in Los Angeles.
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support the Studio Program. Participating artists will be provided with access to studio space at subsidized rates.
Bi-State Development Agency (aka Metro) (on behalf of Arts in Transit)
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support development of a curriculum kit on public art to document the collection of the region's transit system. The curriculum, targeted to middle-school students, will be available in print and online and will feature works by artists such as Jody Pinto, Olafur Eliasson, and Ellen Driscoll.
Central City Hospitality House (aka CCHH)
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
To support visual art workshops and access to studio space for homeless and poor artists in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. The program provides artists with scheduled or drop-in studio time in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, ceramics, and digital media.
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
$12,000
To support documentation of the creation of nature-based sculptures by artists Hiroko Inoue and Yvette Dede at the South Carolina Botanical Garden. The project will include a video for public television broadcast, a Web site, and a CD-ROM.
College Art Association of America, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support professional development workshops for undergraduate and graduate art students. The workshops, to be held in Denver and Atlanta, will use a holistic approach regarding the career of an artist.
College Art Association of America, Inc. (on behalf of Art Spaces Archive Project)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support an assessment of collections and archival needs of organizations in the alternative arts movement. A steering committee of professionals in the field will select 10 organizations from a list of more than 1,500 organizations to receive the first assessments.
Contemporary Art for San Antonio (aka Blue Star Art Space)
San Antonio, TX
$15,000
To support WAX III (Writers and Artists Exchange). The program to improve writing and criticism in contemporary art pairs university students from a variety of area schools with art critics, editors, and curators for a two-semester mentorship.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Inc. (aka CERF)
Montpelier, VT
$10,000
To support development of an emergency relief response plan for artists in the United States. CERF will work in partnership with the New York Foundation on the Arts, Artist Trust, the North Carolina Arts Council, and the Texas Commission on the Arts to organize a 10-member task force to develop a master plan.
Creative Growth, Inc. (aka Creative Growth Art Center)
Oakland, CA
$15,000
To support the Art Citizen Lab. The project aims to involve artists with disabilities as a vital part of the larger arts landscape and will include a series of studio arts workshops for adults with disabilities, a visiting artists program, an exhibition series, and an updated publicity campaign.
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Inc. (aka dcca)
Wilmington, DE
$12,000
To support community-based artist residencies and a documentary catalogue. Participating artists will collaborate with community groups to create work based on ideas and issues relevant to each community's lives.
Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc. (aka dieu Donne)
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the third phase of an archival project. The project includes hiring professional archival and curatorial consultants to continue organizing the archive and begin the consolidation of the archive and slide registry into an in-house resource center.
DiverseWorks, Inc. (aka DiverseWorks Art Space) (Consortium)
Houston, TX
$12,000
To support a consortium project to host professional development workshops for Houston area artists. The program, held in partnership with the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, was developed by Creative Capital and uses a corporate strategic planning model adapted for the creative sector.
Eldergivers
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
To support an art instruction program for residents of Bay Area nursing homes. Building upon nearly 15 years of experience, Eldergivers will hire professional artists with teaching experience to conduct workshops for institutionalized seniors.
FORECAST Public Artworks
Saint Paul, MN
$10,000
To support the publication of Public Art Review. The next issue of the journal will explore the role of photography in the documentation and realization of public art works.
Galería/Studio 24 (aka Galería de la Raza)
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
To support production of an online catalogue documenting exhibitions that commemorate Galería's 35th anniversary. The exhibitions, organized in 2005, featured the work of approximately 75 Latino artists from California.
Grass Roots Art and Community Effort (aka GRACE)
Hardwick, VT
$10,000
To support community art workshops and accompanying exhibitions for residents in rural and economically distressed areas of Vermont. The project is designed to reach a diverse spectrum of the community, including senior citizens, developmentally disabled adults, and children.
Heritage Preservation, Inc.
Washington, DC
$35,000
To support Rescue Public Murals! The project, designed to respond to the fragility of public art murals in the United States, will include an advisory committee's identification of 10 of the most endangered and highly significant murals and an assessment of each selected mural.
Island School Council (aka Island School Council for the Arts)
Hilton Head, SC
$10,000
To support the installation of a site-specific outdoor sculpture by Patrick Dougherty. The artist will work with community volunteers during a month-long residency to realize the work of woven and twisted tree saplings at Palmetto Bluff, a 20,000 -acre tract of land containing 150 historical sites.
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Inc. (aka LACE)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the second phase of an archival project to preserve the holdings of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibtions Inc. (LACE). Founded in 1978, LACE presents contemporary work by artists in exhibitions, lectures, and performances.
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
To support Super Pride Studio. Working with East Baltimore communitiy organizations and Maryland Institute College of Art students, artists will create projects that help the organizations creatively achieve their social service goals.
New Franklin Cultural Center (aka Franklin Art Works)
Minneapolis, MN
$8,000
To support an exhibition of a new series of work by the Los Angeles-based photographer Uta Barth. Franklin Art Works, located in a renovated silent-era theater, is devoted to presenting new work in solo exhibitions by local, national, and international artists.
Philadelphia Print Collaborative (aka Philagrafika)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support research and planning for (RE)PRINT: CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE AND THE PRINTED IMAGE. A citywide event to occur in fall 2007, the project will examine the ways in which printmaking has become a key tool for artists of every discipline and how this interaction has affected contemporary art and traditional notions of printmaking.
PhotoAlliance
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support a visiting artist lecture series. The free lecture series features prominent and emerging photographers from the United States and an international representative.
Pi Beta Phi Settlement School (aka Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts)
Gatlinburg, TN
$8,000
To support the second phase of a comprehensive, online, digital archive of Arrowmont's permanent collection. The school's collection of more than 1,000 objects acquired over the past 90 years represents a variety of craft traditions.
picART (aka partners in Compassion ART)
Carlsbad, CA
$10,000
To support Community Snapshot/Community Portrait. Through this photography project at Boys & Girls Clubs in San Diego, children receive mentoring by artists and are provided cameras with which to photograph and interview local business owners, firefighters, police officers, residents of senior homes, and their own families.
Public Art Fund Inc.
New York, NY
$17,000
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.
Pyramid Atlantic, Inc. (aka Pyramid Atlantic Art Center)
Silver Spring, MD
$15,000
To support Page As Stage. Through the artist residency program in printmaking, artists will be invited to work for two weeks in the studio, interacting with teachers and youth.
Rhizome Communications, Inc. (aka Rhizome.org)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support enhancement of ArtBase, an online repository of new media art. Project activities will include improvements to the technical infrastructure, expansion of programming, and coordination of anniversary events.
Tenants and Owners Development Corporation (on behalf of Sixth Street Photography Workshop)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support expansion of photography programming for artists who are homeless. Managed by the Sixth Street Photography Workshop and targeted to residents of single-room occupancy hotels throughout San Francisco, the project will enable the organization to increase the number of introductory photography classes and expand darkroom training.
Textile Center of Minnesota (aka Textile Center)
Minneapolis, MN
$8,000
To support Never Static: Art Cloth Symposium, a national conference on fiber art. The series of workshops, seminars, and lectures will be held in Minneapolis and will serve fiber artists from across the country through an exploration of traditional and experimental surface design techniques.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (on behalf of Fine Arts Center / University Gallery)
Amherst, MA
$15,000
To support restoration of George Trakas's Isle of View. The outdoor site-specific sculpture, commissioned by the University Gallery in 1981, is located on a pond in the center of campus.
University of Missouri at St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the Public Policy Research Center's Photography Project. The project will provide members of three community groups with equipment, training in photography, and opportunities for exhibiting the resulting work.
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (aka Watershed)
Newcastle, ME
$10,000
To support a symposium series to expand the public's knowledge of contemporary ceramics. Activities will include a symposium by curators, a discussion with Native American potters, a collectors' event, a kiln-building lecture, and presentations by professional artists.
Wave Hill, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$8,000
To support the Family Art Project. The series of free 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
$17,000
To support a consortium project to host 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.
American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring
American Federation of Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the touring exhibition Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-75, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first major exhibition in 30 years to examine the sources, meaning, and impact of color field painting.
American Folk Art Museum
New York, NY
$85,000
To support the tour of the exhibition Ancestry and Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum, with accompanying brochure and education materials. The museum's wide-ranging collection of work by self-taught artists represents the vital contribution of African American artists to American culture.
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
$55,000
To support the touring exhibition Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the ASU Art Museum Collection, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will showcase American masterworks of the studio ceramic movement from the last half of the 20th century to the present.
Artrain, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
$140,000
To support a tour of the exhibition Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture, with education and community outreach programs. Artrain will bring the exhibition to approximately 15 underserved communities in 11 states.
Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences (aka Brooklyn Museum of Art)
Brooklyn, NY
$30,000
To support the touring exhibition Winslow Homer: Illustrating America. Although known primarily as a painter, Homer (1836-1910) was also recognized as an acute observer of American daily life which he portrayed in his engravings that were widely published in the late 19th century.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, OH
$125,000
To support the touring exhibition American Photography 1850-1960, with accompanying brochures. The evolution of photography-from a scientific curiosity in the 1840s and '50s to one of the most potent forms of artistic expression in the 20th century-is particularly well-represented by the museum's American photography collection.
Friends Foundation of the California African American Museum (aka California African American Museum)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of self taught artist Ralph Chesse (1900-1991), with accompanying brochure and education programs. Although Chesse left behind an oeuvre of more than 900 works of art, his life and work has never been the subject of a scholarly investigation.
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Santa Fe, NM
$55,000
To support the touring exhibition The Search for an American Modernism: Marsden Hartley and New Mexico, with accompanying catalogue and audio guide. Hartley (1877-1943) attempted to create a new American modernist painting style by depicting the Southwest in his work.
Luis Ferre Foundation, Inc. (aka Museo de Arte de Ponce)
Ponce, PR
$75,000
To support the touring exhibition Puerto Rico in the Artistic Imagination (1785 to 1948), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition, organized for a tour to cities with large first and second generation Puerto Ricans, will explore how the artistic vision of the island's painters evolved over nearly two centuries.
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY
$30,000
To support the touring exhibition Slow Time: The Works of Charley and Noah Kinney, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will examine the work of the late Kinney brothers, self-taught artists and musicians from Appalachia.
National Academy of Design (aka National Academy, Museum & School of Fine Art)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the touring exhibition Luminism Revisited: The Art and Collection of James A. Suydam (1819-1865), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will include approximately 55 significant 19th century paintings by Suydam and other better-known artists such as Frederic Church, Asher Durand, Jasper Cropsey, Sanford Gifford, and John Kensett.
Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix, AZ
$60,000
To support the touring exhibition Colonial New Mexico Retablos, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition, organized for a national tour, will present historic retablos from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Regents of the University of California at Davis (on behalf of Richard Nelson Gallery)
Davis, CA
$60,000
To support a touring exhibition featuring work of California Funk artists, with accompanying catalogue and educational material. A brief but important movement, California Funk grew out of the 1960s and '70s during a decade when artists Wayne Thiebaud, William T. Wiley, Manuel Neri, Roy DeForest, and Robert Arneson were all on the university's faculty.
Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of High Museum of Art)
Atlanta, GA
$160,000
To support the touring exhibition Cecilia Beaux: American Figure Painter, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Beaux (1855-1942) is widely regarded as the leading woman artist working in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
$90,000
To support the touring exhibition Encouraging American Genius. The exhibition will feature iconic paintings from the museum's renowned American art collection, that has not toured before.
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, CT
$140,000
To support the touring exhibition Modern American Watercolors and Drawings from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1900-1950, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will include approximately 100 works on paper by America's leading artists, most notably Charles Burchfield, Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove, Edward Hopper, and John Marin.
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