Genres Fine Arts

Desert Agave

Teppich, Naomi

Year Grant Awarded: 2015

My ferro-cement sculpture "Desert Agave" is inspired by plant forms that have adopted to the desert climate in the southwest US. Perhaps this type of plant will be found in the northeast in the near future as temperatures continue to rise. Read More

1,000 Square Feet Project

Thackray, Amanda

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

I travelled to Florida to create a new section of my project “1,000 Square Feet,” which presents a fictional landscape of an oceanic garbage gyre. It is a large-scale, site-responsive project, created through processes that are rooted in time spent observing global waterways.  Read More

The Oasis Art Gallery

The American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

The Oasis Art Gallery, located in the bilingual, binational, multicultural village of Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salaam, brings Israeli Palestinian and Jewish artists together for in-person workshops and joint art exhibits. Read More

Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Statue Fund

Year Grant Awarded: 2018

Monumental Women is creating the first statue of real women in Central Park’s 167-year history. The Women's Rights Pioneers monument, featuring Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth and Susan B. Anthony will be unveiled on August 26th, 2020, the 100th anniversary of women winning the vote. Read More

Empowering Youth Mural Project

The Seed House~Casa de la Semilla

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Community Engaged public art project, a catalyst of cultural inquiry and relational aesthetics in Kansas, with the objective of creating interactive environments in which people come together, re-engaged as participant of their own lives. Read More

Developing Native Content at the Tahawus Center

The Tahawus Center

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

The Tahawus Center exhibits the art and culture of Mohawk in their indigenous region of the Adirondack Mountains, which today knows little of the people and vibrant culture which existed here before. Read More

Art As Social Inquiry

Theresa BrownGold aka TBG Pussi Artist

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

Art As Social Inquiry combines art and advocacy as a way to engage audiences. Read More

This is an Emergency!

This is an Emergency! A Reproductive and Gender Justice Portfolio Project

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

A portfolio project combining visual art and writing about reproductive rights and gender justice. This project brings together the voices of those most affected by these issues: women, queer identified, and transgendered folks. Read More

Deep Green: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Jackson County, Oregon, July 20, 2019

Tribe, Mark

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

Deep Green: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Jackson County, Oregon, July 20, 2019 is the second in a series of archival landscape films. Each recording is 24 hours long, shot in real time on a stationary camera, and exhibited in a loop. The Puffin funds were used for camera equipment rental. Read More

Vision, Strength and Artistic Expression, VSA Kentucky Registry Artists Traveling Exhibition

VSA Kentucky

Year Grant Awarded: 2015

Traveling exhibit of art created by adult artists with disabilities on the VSA KY Artist Registry. The title was based on the VSA KY vision statement. Vision of an inclusive society Strength in shared resources Artistic expression that unites us a Read More