Kalaija Mallery, the new artistic director of the Luminary in St. Louis, wants the Cherokee Street art gallery to be a social hub for the neighborhood.
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Nyara Williams, Datiana Guerrero and Collin W. Elliott of Preserve are among the recipients of the Luminary s 2021 Futures Fund grants.
A YouTube program featuring Black artists in conversation, a magazine highlighting work by artists of color and public art installations on vacant lots in north St. Louis are among the projects that will be supported by the Luminary’s Futures Fund.
The Cherokee Street art gallery announced 10 recipients of grants up to about $8,000 each. The total amount disbursed is $60,000. The grant program is funded by the New York-based Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts.
“The funding is to prioritize work that addresses pressing issues of our time, and to fund under-resourced ideas and communities that might not meet the larger institutional radars,” said Kalaija Mallery, operations and programs manager for the Luminary.