Several of the selected artists have communicated how difficult the pandemic has been on their practice. In a statement, Garmendia said that she has been painting over her old canvases because she ran out of materials, limiting the scale of my work with understandable thrift, but this money will help change that. Similarly, Johnston said that this grant would help materialize ideas that have been sitting in my sketchbook over the last couple of years.
Last summer, Artist Trust went under an immense amount of scrutiny after several artists signed an open letter blasting the organization as being “inequitable, opaque and unresponsive to community needs” with “long-held practices that have unjustly impacted Black, Indigenous and otherwise racialized peoples” and a misogynistic and toxic work environment. The letter came after the board dismissed all of the majority-WOC jury s suggestions for the winners of the 2020 Artist Innovator Awards (AIA) process, as well as the del
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The Asia Foundation Welcomes New Trustees
San Francisco, December 16, 2020 The Asia Foundation, a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia, announces the addition of four members to its Board of Trustees: Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr.; Ambassador Karl Eikenberry; Ambassador Mary Ann Peters; and Stephanie Fahey. Eikenberry and Fahey are returning members. In addition, Badruun Gardi and Kelsey Harpham are joining the board as term trustees. The six members were elected at the September 2020 Board of Trustees meeting.
The Asia Foundation President David D. Arnold said: “It is my privilege to welcome six accomplished Board members, two of whom are returning to the Foundation. Each brings a unique perspective as we work in partnership with individuals, communities, and governments to address the region’s most pressing problems.”