Grantee tags art

Red Thread: the prisoner and the painter

Spear, Duston

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Two women of the sixties in their sixties examine the choices that has kept one of them in prison for thirty years and find that they share the invisibility of aging and internment. Based on the poetry of former radical, Judy Clark. Read More

“Immortal Structures: Here & There After”

Mijares, Maria

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

The MORRIS MUSEUM in Morristown, NJ, hosted a one-woman exhibition of contemporary realist paintings entitled, “IMMORTAL STRUCTURES: Here & There After” (January 31 - March 31, 2013) Fifty-five paintings spanned 30 years and the Atlantic Ocean. Read More

The Good Earth Project (2014)

Kerpel, Jon

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

This project is dedicated to all the life-giving organisms that support our planet & are indispensable to our survival. With my art form I hope to raise awareness of environmental challenges & engage people in a dialogue that encourages stewardship. Read More

The Newark Arts Photo Documentary Project

Gutwein, Colleen

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

The Newark Arts Photo Documentary Project is a a documentary photographed with the Jem Jr. camera, manufactured in Newark Nj in the 1940's. The project creates portraits of contemporary artists and art activists currently working in Newark, NJ. Read More

“Memories Interlaced”

Arroyo, Andrea

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Closing Reception for Andrea Arroyo’s "Memories Interlaced" exhibition, featuring female-centered works that examine notions of memory, belonging and body image, displayed in the historic Audubon Ballroom, the site of the assassination of Malcolm X. Read More

The Anacostia Project

Schlyer, Krista

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

This is a multi-year documentary project about the Anacostia River in Washington DC. Photography of this river, its wildlife and people, will be used to raise public consciousness about degradation and restoration of this historic watershed. Read More

Community Arts

ZUMIX

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

ZUMIX takes a leadership role in making arts and culture a more accessible and vital part of local life while providing our youth with opportunities to apply their skills and talents in real-life settings through community arts events. Read More

The Morrill Science Stairwell Mural II

Litchfield, Sandy

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

The Morrill Science Stairwell Mural is a permanent wall drawing and mural at the University of Massachusetts Amherst commissioned by, the Biology and Geology Departments. Read More

365 Release

Hong, YK

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

A year project of giving away one thing a day to practice and learn letting go, non-attachment and change. Read More

The Soul of a River (Mo Shui)

McDonald, Marsha

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

Representing visually mindful, grounded conversations between landscape and perception, this project, created a meditational, sequenced seasonal portrait of the Milwaukee River, a workshop, and a visual/land language reading by poet Robert Grenier. Read More