How a $185,000 grant fund will support arts programming in Orange County
Artist Aria Dean looks through the work of another artist Fred Eversley, “untitled parabolic lens.” Thousands attend Frieze 2020 in Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 12, 2020.
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By Vera CastanedaStaff Writer
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A portion of funds from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts have reached Orange County once again.
Among 50 museums and arts organizations,
Laguna Art Museum are spring 2021 grant recipients. The funds will support administrative expenses, programs, exhibitions and curatorial research.
“We are pleased to support three exceptional institutions in Orange County,” said Rachel Bers, program director of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, in a statement. “Their programs and exhibitions provide an important platform for artists to engage with local communities, while upholding the foundation’s belief that artists have significant
The Harvard Art Museums have been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support the upcoming Fall 2021 exhibition
Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography since 1970. The exhibition will be the first to address the unknown and often unexpected ways habitats and well-being in the United States are affected by American warfare and the military-industrial complex. The grant, which was announced as part of the Warhol Foundationâs Fall 2020 grants program, provides general support for the project.
Devour the Land is organized by the Harvard Art Museums and will include a catalogue and robust public programming.
The Harvard Art Museums have been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support the Fall 2021 exhibition ”Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography since 1970.” The exhibition will be the first to address the unknown and often unexpected ways habitats and well-being in the United States are affected by American warfare and the military-industrial complex. The grant, which was announced as part of the Warhol Foundation’s Fall 2020 grants program, provides general support for the project.
With more than 130 works across seven thematic groupings, the exhibition illustrates the national footprint of the military on the environment, the wide range of industries directly related to these activities, and the human impact of and responses to this activity. The exhibition finds its historic roots in the Civil War era, with images that show the devastation left by troops who were instructed by General William Tecumseh Sherman to ra
Duane Linklater,
The place I seek to go, 2014, coyote fur, garment rack, hanger, flatscreen TV, Mac Mini, HD video loop, cables, 132 x 66 x 20 . Photo: SITE Photography. Collection of Remai Modern, Saskatoon. Courtesy Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver. January 14, 2021 at 12:51pm
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced the fifty-one recipients of its fall 2020 grants, which total $3.9 million and are issued in support of visual arts programs, exhibitions, and curatorial research. Among the first-time grantees are several dedicated to creating opportunities for emerging and underrepresented artists and writers who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and who are living with disabilities. These include Philadelphia’s BlackStar, which prioritizes opportunities for filmmakers and critics, and Chicago’s Sixty Inches from Center and New York’s Wendy’s Subway, both of which focus on innovative arts publishing and archiving practices.