Funding Artists

Latest News for: Funding artists

Edit

Dallas artists get a nice surprise by hearing that they won't be losing $34,000 after all

The Dallas Morning News 16 Nov 2018

Before Thursday's meeting of the Cultural Affairs Commission, the aggrieved artists took to social media to complain heatedly about the $34,000 being given to Dallas Heritage Village, which one city official confirmed had been slapped with a "failing grade" by a funding review panel....

Edit

Club Notes from Nov. 16

Union Leader 16 Nov 2018

EXETER — The Seacoast Artist Association is offering two eight-session art classes at its gallery, 130 Water St ... Ten percent of the fee will be donated to the association’s Artist Scholarship Fund, which is open to graduating seniors from area high schools who are pursuing an art-related career in college....

Edit

Two of Santa Fe museum’s O’Keeffes go for $19.5M

Albuquerque Journal 16 Nov 2018

1”- the Jimson flower is another iconic O’Keeffe subject – at auction for $44.4 million, the record for a painting by a female artist. The buyer turned out to be the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas, founded and funded by Walmart heiress Alice B....

Edit

Dancing Wheels hopes to empower, inspire Broadmoor students

The Concord Township News-Herald 16 Nov 2018

Ewell believes that the dance company's performances can give people more insight on art not just in the form of an able-body person but artistry in the form of an artist ... “It was nice to hear the dancers share with the students that different forms of art can be translated differently by different artists.”....

Edit

Longtime volunteer honored by AEFI

Newburyport Daily News 15 Nov 2018

Cashman School staff have established a new Cultural Connections Project, and their grant will fund a variety of artistic opportunities. Children will meet an author, work with an artist, and be entertained by a jazz band ... A foundation fund was established by his mother, Holly Shay, after he was killed in the war in Afghanistan....

Edit

Review: John Fleck's 'Blacktop Highway' gets political in baroque way

The Los Angeles Times 15 Nov 2018

John Fleck is perhaps best known as a member of the NEA 4, one of four performance artists denied funding in 1990 by the National Endowment for the Arts on grounds of obscenity ... He is perhaps best known as a member of the NEA 4, one of four performance artists denied funding in 1990 by the National Endowment for the Arts on grounds of obscenity....

Edit

Joel Levine, Kelsey Karper, Robbie Kienzle and Kris Kanaly to be honored at Paseo Arts Awards

The Oklahoman 15 Nov 2018

Kelsey Karper is an Oklahoma City-based curator, artist and cultural instigator ... Previously, Karper served as Associate Director of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, an organization devoted to supporting artists statewide through education, exposure, and funding ... Artist of the Year – Kris Kanaly ....

Edit

JULiA LEWiS x Guapdad 4000 x Rexx Life Raj – “Outta Pocket” [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

Don Diva 15 Nov 2018

The single features a star turn from fellow Berkeley native and frequent collaborator Rexx Life Raj, who strings together two tongue-in-cheek verses about the pros and cons of funding your own artistic career and delivers a sweetly sung hook, and a gleefully mischievous 16 from Oakland native Guapdad 4000....

Edit

‘I’m a poet, not a politician’: Hawona Sullivan Janzen on the inspiration for ‘Rondo Family Reunion’

MinnPost 15 Nov 2018

Everyone who participated was eligible to apply for this special grant fund that they had, to do projects on Rondo ... Thank god the Center For Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota has this amazing grant that’s funded by the McKnight Foundation that’s specifically for artists of color to do work in their own communities....

Edit

After evacuation: Strangers celebrate birthday for man with autism

Chico Enterprise Record 15 Nov 2018

CHICO — It was scary and it happened really fast. They made it down the Skyway and in the end, they knew they lost their home ... “It was just black out ... Map ... Camp Fire investigators wrapping up probe near Pulga Artists offer funds, entertainment for Camp Fire evacuees Commercial livestock owners being allowed access to feed animals PHOTOS....

Edit

$300,000 donation aids EMF's international efforts

News & Record 14 Nov 2018

He had paid for tuition, room and board from EMF scholarship funds and his own money ... It will provide funds for scholarships, guest artists and international outreach and recruitment during the 2019-2022 seasons ... "They are also sharing cultural and artistic ideas with our US-born students....

Edit

Plumb Place board tables budget until future meeting

Emporia Gazette 14 Nov 2018

Plumb Place Executive Director Clara Corn said she is excited for the shelter’s annual Artist Open House, which is Nov ... “The Artist Open House is our cornerstone event,” she said ... Area artist Jamie Darcy has crafted several postcards which are being sold to raise funds for SOS and Plumb Place....

Edit

Artists offer funds, entertainment for Camp Fire evacuees

Chico Enterprise Record 14 Nov 2018

Many local artists are offering funds and entertainment to the thousands of people displaced by the Camp Fire ... In response to the Camp Fire, monca is turning the opening of its latest exhibition into an opportunity to raise funds for fire victims on Thursday from 6-8 p.m ... The artists use ceramics as a form of social expression....