Paul Galloway
Support to travel to Egypt to study the tradition of portraiture in Coptic Christianity in order to expand his own form of self-portraiture and further investigation of his own white, straight, male, American, Christian identity.
Victoria Fu
Support for travel from China to Taiwan retracing the route taken in 1949 by the artist’s family to escape Communist China, towards the creation of a new film.
Amy Franceschini
Support for travel to Cali, Colombia to collaborate with local artist Wilson Díaz on a new body of work, Movement of the Liberation of the Coca Plant.
Nicolás Dumit Estévez
Support for Borderless– a project involving travel to the artist’s birthplace, Santiago de los Treinta Caballeros, Dominican Republic, in order to trace his genealogical roots to neighboring Haiti.
Nicole Cherubini
Support for travel to Guadalajara, Mexico to research the production of traditional ceramic wares leading to an exhibition examining function and aesthetics.
Jonathan Calm
Support for travel to France to investigate and document social housing complexes in the suburbs of Paris and Marseilles, the epicenter of the Fall 2005 race riots.
Dave Burns
Support for the Los Angeles collective Fallen Fruit to lead “public fruit” activities and dialogue in Sister City Auckland, New Zealand including A Public Fruit Jam.
Matthew Buckingham
Support for Subterranean Pass Way, a 16mm film projection/installation looking at the anti-slavery Underground Railroad movement in the US and Canada.
Mathieu Borysevicz
Support for Channing District Orchestra, a video document of the migrant recycling population of the Channing District in Shanghai, China.
Seth Augustine
Support for travel and exchange with Chinese artist Shi Yong towards a new collaborative performance/installation.
Sabrina Artel
Support for the project Trailer Talk: ON THE LINE. The artist will travel along the US-Mexico border between California and Texas, employing elements of live talk radio, travel documentary, and town meetings to examine the proposed border fence.
Saya Woolfalk
Support for travel to Japan to participate in the Takayama Festival at the Hida Folk Village in Gifu, to research folkloric performance practices and practitioners for a performance.
Jenifer Wofford
Galleon Trade is an exhibition in Manila, Philippines of artists with ties to the Philippines, Mexico, and California seeking to create new routes of cultural exchange along the old historic Acapulco-Manila route of commerce and trade.
Allison Wiese
Support for travel and exchange with artist Edgar Orlaineta (Mexico City) towards the creation of new site-specific work and possible publication.
Hank Willis Thomas
Support to expand a previous project The Truth is I Am You to five different continents, asking people from diverse cultural and language backgrounds to share their understanding of the truth, towards a video and sound installation in collaboration with artist Ryan Alexiev.
Temporary Services
Research support for members of Temporary Services and Ljubljana-based artists Polonca Lovsin and Stefan Doepner and curator Urska Jurman to investigate public inventions in Ljubljana that people create to meet their everyday needs.
Mary Ellen Strom
Support for a collaboration with performance artist Ann Carlson and artist Bently Spang of the Northern Cheyenne nation towards the creation of a section of “Future Memory”, a video installation that imagines probable and desirable alternative futures.
Cauleen Smith
Support for the research and development of Rebecca (working title), a multi-pronged collaboration with Nigerian filmmaker Ekenna Igwe which encompasses a narrative film and a non-linear video installation based on Daphne du Maurier’s popular 1938 novel, Rebecca.
Joe Silovsky
Support for the continued development of the performance work The Jester of Tonga based on the true story of Jesse Bogdonoff, a Californian accountant who was officially declared the Jester of the island of Tonga by the country’s king.
Peggy Shaw (Split Britches Company)
Support for Shaw and Lois Weaver to bring their performance piece Long Table to the Hemispheric Institute’s 2007 Encuentro in Argentina.
David Schweitzer
Support for the travel to Cusco, Peru to work with collaborators on QORICANCHA (AND THE SACRED SONGS OF CUSCO) — a new multimedia opera theater addressing the forced application of modern cultures onto the remnants of ancient ones in Peru, with “lost” Peruvian songs sung in Quechua by Sonia Ccahuana.
Jackie Salloum
Support for the creation of concert video projections created in collaboration with DAM and PR, Palestinian hip hop groups, and Waleed Zaiter, an Arab-American graphic animator.
Deirdre Portnoy
Support to create programs of PhotoStory, a participatory photography project thus far conducted in six different countries, now taking place in South Africa and Mali.
Dawit Lejam Petros
Support for a return to his native country of Eritrea to retrace the route that his family followed when fleeing the war in the 1970’s, constructing temporary traditional housing structures along the way and staging a 27 mile walk to the sea.
Clifford Owens
Support for Owens’ first international travel to Ecuador to explore multiple cities and research aspects of local culture and politics.
Karyn Olivier
Travel to her native country of Trinidad (her first time working there) during Carnival to learn the stilt-walking traditions of Moko Jumbies at the Keylemanjahro School of Arts, and to create an installation for the project space of local architect Sean Leonard.
Kori Newkirk
Support for travel to Dakar, Senegal towards the creation of a new video work exploring the artist’s ancestry and themes of human trafficking, and globalism.
Carlos Motta
Support for travel to La Paz, Bolivia and Caracas, Venezuela to conduct interviews for The Good Life–a multi channel video installation, a newsprint publication, and an internet archive exploring US interventions in Latin America.
Julia Meltzer and David Thorne
Support for the creation of a video with Syrian filmmaker and actor Rami Farah investigating land, identity memory, and contesting visions of the future in the Golan Heights.
Charles McGill
The public performance and documentation of Arthur Negro, founding member of The Former Black Militant Golf and Country Club, in various locations in Harlem and Hanoi, Vietnam.
Steve Locke
Support for travel to Istanbul to visit the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia with specific interest in exploring themes in his work such as patterning, decoration, calligraphy and wall painting.
Katt Lissard
Support towards work at the newly launched Winter/Summer Performance Institute in Lesotho, Southern Africa with collaborators from South Africa, Lesotho, and the U.K.
Pavol Liska
Planning support for Liska, playwright/director Kelly Copper, and three Amsterdam based performers towards the creation of a new work based on the ideas of translation and misunderstanding.
Adria Julia
Support for travel and research towards The Masotta Project – examining Oscar Masotta’s body of writings and the collision of Peronista politics, European avant-garde art and Lacanian psychoanalysis in Buenos Aires.
Emily Jacir
Travel and research in Rome and Jordon towards the development of a script for a narrative film about Wael Zuaiter—the first victim in a series of assassinations committed by Israeli agents on Palestian artists, intellectuals and diplomats.
Wayne Hodge
Support for a new video project that reinterprets the story of the Czech fencer Balduin, in collaboration with a fencing school in Berlin.
Sharon Hayes
Support for the Paris and London performance iterations of the project In the Near Future, in which Hayes stages anachronistic and speculative protest actions in an investigation into the figure of the protester, and the contemporary political construction of public space and public speech.
Past Grantees 1997
Max Almy Malibu, CA Phyllis Baldino Brooklyn, NY Rebecca Baron San Diego, CA Zoe Beloff New York, NY Gretchen Bender New York, NY Jessica Bronson Los Angeles, CA Nancy Buchanan Los Angeles, CA Alex Carlin Seattle, WA Pia Cseri-Briones Rochester, NY Mo Donahue MInneapolis, MN Toni Dove New York, NY Chris Eyre New York, NY
Past Grantees 1995-96
Patrick Abbey Portland OR Patrick Abbbott New York NY Ray Abeyta Brooklyn NY Lynda M. Abraham Brooklyn NY Margaret Adachi Glendale CA Bale Creek Allen Buda TX Tré Arenz Austin TX Lisa Anne Auerbach South Pasadena CA Burt Barr New York NY Christopher Beirne Brooklyn NY Cindy Bernard San Pedro CA Martin G. Betz Los
Past Grantees 1994
Peggy Ahwesh Tivoli NY Miguel Alvear San Francisco CA Mary Anderson Portland ME Carl Angel Oakland CA Helene Aylon New York NY Robert Beck New York NY Sandow Birk Los Angeles CA Anna Biller Santa Monica CA Susan Black New York NY Douglas M. Brewster Covington LA Robert Buitron Chicago IL Mark Calderon Seattle WA
Past Grantees 1993
Edith Altman Chicago IL Jo Anderson Tucson AZ Douglas Anderson La Grande OR Julie Bozzi Fort Worth TX Deborah Bright Somerville MA Kaucyila Brooke Los Angeles CA Lawrence Brose Rochester NY Kathe Burkhart Brooklyn NY Diana Sun-Yun Cho Brooklyn NY Merry Conway/Noni Pratt/NYFA New York NY Eileen Cowin Culver City CA Catharine Dill Brooklyn NY
Past Grantees 1992
Reza Abdoh/Dar a Luz Inc. New York NY Seyed Alavi Oakland CA Jesse Amado San Antonio TX Penny Arcade New York NY Pamela Arm Brooklyn NY Skip Arnold Los Angeles CA Charles Atlas New York NY Michael Aurbach Nashville TN Anthony Aziz & S. Cucher San Francisco CA Steve Bailey San Antonio TX Judie Bamber
Past Grantees 1991
Charles Atlas New York, NY Terry Baker New York NY Natalie Bookchin New York NY Philip Brookman Eva Buchmuller New York NY Mike Ballou/Four Walls Brooklyn NY Drift Distribution Alexander Gray New York, NY Renee Green New York NY John Kelly New York, NY Tom Kalin New York NY Hilarie Leone Media
Past Grantees 1990
Peggy Ahwesh New York NY Seyed Alavi Oakland CA Marie-France Alderman Boston MA Maryanne Amacher/Jessie Jane Lewis New York NY Michael Amescua Los Angeles CA Nancy Andrews Baltimore MD Steve Ausbury New York NY Beth B New York NY Nancy Barton Los Angeles CA Dede Bazyk Los Angeles CA Maria Beatty New York NY Janet
Past Grantees 1989
Art Matters 1989 Fellowship Recipients Seyed Alavi Oakland CA Jerri Allyn New York NY Michael Aurbach Nashville TN Joel Baird Missoula MT Jan Baracz New York NY Maria Beatty New York NY Bob Bingham Brooklyn NY Sandra Binion Chicago IL Dara Birnbaum New York NY Richard Bolton Somerville MA Julie Bozzi Fort Worth TX Gregg
Past Grantees 1988
Art Matters 1988 Fellowship Recipients William Allen New York NY Maryanne Amacher Kingston NY Carol Anthony Wenham MA Michele Araujo Hoboken NJ Robert Attanasio Long Island City NY Jill Bedgood Austin TX Dianne Blell New York NY Serena Bocchino Hoboken NJ Roddy Bogawa San Diego CA A. A. Bronson/General Idea New York NY Gillian Brown
Past Grantees 1987
Art Matters 1987 Fellowship Recipients Dennis Adams New York NY Mark Anderson Milwaukee WI Jo Andres New York NY Richard Armijo New York NY Jan Baracz New York NY Judith Barry New York NY William Batson New York NY Ed Bowes New York NY Peter Boynton New York NY Tim Burns New York NY Janet
Past Grantees 1986
Art Matters 1986 Fellowship Recipients Alice Albert New York NY Catherine Allport New York NY Jerri Allyn New York NY Jo Andres New York, NY Mark Anderson Milwaukee WI Beth B New York NY Caleb Ives Bach Deerfield MA Helen Beck Santa Fe NM Zoe Beloff/Emerling New York NY Michael Biello New York NY Nancy
Past Grantees 1985
Art Matters 1985 Fellowship Recipients Jo Harvey Allen Los Angeles, CA Lynne Augeri New York, NY Andrea Blum New York NY Molly Davies New York, NY Tina Girouard Cecilia, LA Colin Fraser Gray Santa Barbara, CA James Grigsby/Carmela Rago WIlmette IL Lynn Hershman San Francisco CA Jenny Holzer/Public Art Fund New York NY Dan Hurlin/Jeannie
Past Grantees Z
Paul Zaloom, 1988, 1990 New York, NY Duane Zaloudek, 1989 New York, NY Wayne Zebzda, 1989 San Francisco, CA Sande Zeig, 1994 New York, NY PaulZelevansky, 1988 New York, NY Patrick Zentz, 1988 Laurel, MT Hongtu Zhang, 1990 New York, NY Jian-Jun Zhang, 1994 New York, NY Sui Kang Zhao, 1993 Brooklyn, NY Michael Zieve,
Past Grantees Y
Carrie Yamaoka, 1988 Hoboken, NJ Tal Yarden/Chasama, 1995-96 New York, NY Kim Yasuda, 1993 Santa Barbara, CA Pablo Yglesias, 1990 New York, NY Bruce Yonemoto, 1987, 1992 Los Angeles, CA Norman Yonemoto, 1997 Venice, CA Liz Young, 1991, 1992, 1994 Los Angeles, CA Judith Yourman, 1992 St. Paul, MN Kristine Yuki, 1994 Cheverly, MD
Past Grantees X
XCHANGE TV, 1986 New York, NY THE X-GIRLFRIENDS, 1992, 1994 Chicago, IL XXY Dance/Music, 1986 New York, NY
Past Grantees W
Aaron Wade, 1994 Pacific Palisades, CA Jearnine Wagner, 1985 Houston, TX Jon Wagner, 1990 Santa Ana,CA J. Michael Walker, 1990 Los Angeles, CA Johnny Walker, 1993 Jefferson City, MO Kara Walker, 1994 Providence, RI Michael Wallin, 1990 San Francisco, CA Anne Walsh, 1994 Los Angeles, CA Mike Walsh, 1993 Eugene, OR Dietmar Walther, 1995-96 San
Past Grantees V
The V-Girls, 1990, 1992 New York, NY Patssi Valdez, 1990 Los Angeles, CA Kate Valk/Wooster Group, 1990 New York, NY Igor Vamos, 1995-96, 1997 Loudonville, NY Valeria Vasilevski, 1988 New York, NY Vasulka, Inc., 1988 Santa Fe, NM Colette Veasey, 1993 Houston, TX Sergio Vega, 1992 New York, NY Edin Velez, 1987 New York, NY
Past Grantees T
Ritsuko Taho, 1987 Cambridge, MA Sandra Tait/Gretchen Bender, 1987 New York, NY Rea Tajiri, 1989, 1995-96 Brooklyn, NY Talalay, 1988 Cleveland, OH The Talking Band, 1986 New York, NY JocelynTaylor, 1994 Brooklyn, NY Fiona Templeton, 1988, 1993 New York, NY Testing the Limits, 1991, 1992 New York, NY Charlene Teters, 1994 Santa Fe, NM Texas
Past Grantees S
Catherine Saalfield, 1990 New York, NY Betye Saar, 1994 Los Angeles, CA Victoria Sacks, 1988 Boston, MA Jayce Salloum, 1993 New York, NY Marcia Salo, 1987 New York, NY Connie Samaras, 1993 Los Angeles, CA Isabel Samaras, 1992 San Francisco, CA Darran Sampson, 1990 New York, NY Jim Sanborn, 1990 Washington, DC Juan Sanchez, 1994
Past Grantees R
Richard Ramsdell, 1993 Sarasota, FL Brian Randall, 1987 New York, NY Randolph Street Gallery, 1987 New York, NY Aimee Rankin, 1987, 1989 New York, NY Scott Rankin, 1988, 1993 Chicago, IL Pola Rappaport, 1988 New York, NY Pola Rapaport / Blinding Light Inc., 1993 New York, NY Sarah Rapson, 1990 Brooklyn, NY Charles Ray, 1987
Past Grantees P
PCVA, 1986 Portland, OR P.S. 122, 1985, 1986, 1987 New York, NY Marc Pally, 1995-96 Los Angeles, CA Paper Tiger Television, 1988 New York, NY Parabola Arts Foundation, Inc., 1987 New York, NY Esther Parada, 1994 Chicago, IL Nicky Paraiso, 1987 New York, NY Jennifer Parker, 1992 Long Island City, NY Suzan-Lori Parks, 1990 Brooklyn,
Past Grantees O
Heather Dew Oaksen, 1993 Seattle, WA Bill Obrecht, 1990 New York, NY Aric Obrosey, 1992 New York, NY John Obuck, 1986 New York, NY Anna O’Cain, 1993, 1995-96 San Diego, CA Manuel Ocampo, 1994 Los Angeles, CA Patrick O’Connell, 1991 New York, NY Patrick O’Connell, Visual AIDS, 1992 New York, NY Danny O’Dowdy, 1985, 1986
Past Grantees N
Craig Nagasawa, 1995-96 Rodeo, CA Lee Nagrin, 1988, 1995-96 New York, NY Alan Nakagawa, 1992 Los Angeles, CA Irina Nakhova, 1992 Bekeley Heights, NJ Marilyn Nance, 1993, 1995-96 Brooklyn, NY Laura Nash, 1990 Brooklyn, NY Dana Nasrallah, 1991 National Association of Artists Organizations, 1986, 1992 Washington, DC National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, 1992,
Past Grantees M
Ming-Yuen S. Ma, 1994 Los Angeles, CA Mabou Mines, 1985, 1986, 1988 New York, NY Manuel Macarrulla, 1988 Chico MacMurtrie, 1995-96 San Francisco, CA Cynthia Madansky, 1989, 1990 New York, NY Ellen Maddow, 1990 New York, NY Wade Madsen, 1994 Seattle , WA Monica Majoli, 1993 Los Angeles, CA O. Funmilayo Makarah, 1990 Los
Past Grantees L
Charles LaBelle, 1994 Los Angeles, CA LACE, 1986, 1987, 1988 Los Angeles, CA Johannas Lacher, 1987 Brooklyn, NY Rachel Lackowicz, 1992 Los Angeles, CA Daniel Ladd, 1992 Putney, VT La Mama E.T.C., 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 New York, NY Sean Landers, 1987, 1988 New York, NY Marilyn Lanfear, 1993 San Antonio, TX Gretchen Langheld,
Past Grantees K
Kim Lee Kahn, 1994 Los Angeles, CA Robin Kahn, 1988, 1995-96 New York, NY Tom Kalin, 1988, 1989, 1991 New York, NY Eiko Kamada/Koma, 1990 New York, NY Ken Kaplan/Ted Krueger/KK Research and Development, 1988 New York, NY Annetta Kapon, 1994 Los Angeles, CA David Kargl, 1988 Chicago, IL Steve Kasher, 1988 New York, NY
Past Grantees J
Meredith Jack, 1987 Houston, TX Brian Keith Jackson, 1993 New York, NY Eliza Jackson, 1992 New York, NY Frank Jackson, 1989 Kalamazoo, MI Homer Jackson, 1994 Philadelphia, PA Judith Jackson, 1990, 1992 New York, NY Oliver Jackson, 1988 Oakland, CA Ken Jacobs, 1989 New York, NY Marc Alan Jacobs, 1995-96 Chicago, IL Carol Jacobsen, 1992
Past Grantees I
I.C. Art Co., 1988 Cleveland, TX Igor Foundation, 1986 New York, NY Steven Ilott, 1993 San Diego, CA Illusion Productions, 1992 Brooklyn, NY Etsumi Imamura, 1990 New York, NY Independent Curators Incorporated, 1988 New York, NY Installation, 1986 San Diego, CA Intar, 1988 New York, NY Denise Iris, 1992 New York, NY Kim Irwin, 1993
Past Grantees H
Jessica Hagedorn/Thought Music Group, 1988 New York, NY Alexander Hahn, 1989 New York, NY Moira Hahn, 1992 Seal Beach, CA Mel Halbach, 1994 Salt Lake City, UT Susan Halpern, 1993 Columbus, OH Sachiko Hamada, 1989 Brooklyn, NY Barbara Hammer, 1997 New York, NY Jonathan Hammer, 1995-96 San Francisco, CA Harmony Hammond, 1995-96 Galisteo, NM Jane
Past Grantees F
Mindy Faber, 1987 Chicago, IL Amanda Farber, 1992 San Diego, CA Fashion Moda, 1986 Bronx, NY Tony Feher, 1992 New York, NY Gene Fellner, 1987 Hoboken, NJ Jessica Ferguson, 1993 Boston, MA Jose Fernandez, 1990 Brooklyn, NY Ana Ferrer, 1993 New York, NY Ann Fessler, 1990 Baltimore, MD Amanda Fin, 1995-96 Seattle, WA Janice Findley,
Past Grantees G
Barnaby Gale, 1986 New York, NY Harry Gamboa Jr., 1995-96 Los Angeles, CA Jessica Gandolf, 1993 Portland, ME Alvaro Garcia, 1990 Brooklyn, NY Mark Garrett, 1989 Tucson, AZ Andrew Garrison, 1988 Whitesburg, KY Nancy Garruba, 1988 Washington, DC Jeff Gates, 1988 Baltimore, MD Danita Geltner, 1986, 1987 New York, NY Janie Geiser, 1992 New York,
Past Grantees E
Robert Eads, 1994 San Jose, CA Barbara Edelstein, 1988 New York, NY Doug Edge, 1986 Santa Barbara, CA Gilda M. Edwards, 1995-96 Columbus, OH Larry Edwards, 1990 Memphis, TN Michael Ehle, 1994 Seattle, WA James Elaine, 1986, 1992, 1994 Brooklyn, NY Dick Elliot , 1992 Ellensburg,WA Angela Ellsworth &Tina Takemoto, 1994 Phoenix, AZ Richard Elovich,
Past Grantees D
Ann Daly, 1990 New York, NY Moyra Davey, 1989, 1994 Brooklyn, NY Molly Davies, 1985, 1989 New York, NY Zeinabu Davis, 1990 Yellow Springs,OH Robert Dawson, 1990 San Francisco, CA Kyle de Camp, 1990, 1992, 1994 New York, NY John de Fazio, 1986, 1987, 1988 New York, NY Barbara DeGenevieve, 1995-96 Chicago, IL Rene deGuzman,
Past Grantees C
David Cabrera, 1992 New York, NY Mark Calderon, 1994 Seattle, WA Capp Street Project, 1987, 1989 San Franciso, CA Diana Rodriguez Cardenas, 1992 San Antonio, TX Janet Carkeek, 1987 Chicago, IL Alex Carlin, 1997 Seattle, WA Ann Carlson, 1987, 1993 New York, NY Ron Carpenter, 1990 Ozone Park, NY Alan Carrier, 1994 Chico, CA (Jay)
Past Grantees B
Beth B, 1986, 1990 New York, NY BACA Downtown, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Brooklyn, NY Caleb Ives Bach, 1986 Deerfield, MA Steve Bailey, 1992 San Antonio, TX Joel Baird, 1989 Missoula,MT Terry Baker, 1991 New York, NY Phyllis Baldino, 1997 Brooklyn, NY Mike Ballou/Four Walls, 1991 Brooklyn, NY Judie Bamber, 1992 Los Angeles, CA Jan
Past Grantees A
Patrick Abbey, 1995-96 Portland, OR Reza Abdoh/Dar a Luz Inc., 1991 New York,NY Ray Abeyta, 1995-96 Brooklyn, NY Lynda M. Abraham, 1995-96 Brooklyn, NY James Acord, 1993 Richmond, WA Margaret Adachi, 1995-96 Glendale, CA Dennis Adams, 1987 New York, NY Kevin Adams, 1993 Los Angeles, CA Peggy Ahwesh, 1990, 1994 New York, NY Karim Aïnouz,
Bryan Jackson
Support for travel to Tokyo to collaborate with composer Eiji Yoshizawa and meet artists involved with the gay and lesbian Community Center AKTA including Akira the Hustler, Kazuyuki Takezaki and Eisin Sasaki towards the creation of a new video work.
Ignacio Gonzalez-Lang
Support for Night Hawk, a conceptual project in which a performer will cross the Arizona-Mexico border wearing an authentic Black Robe from the KKK embroidered by local Mexicali artists.
Andrea Geyer
Development support for the Canadian section of Perplexities—a book project involving the integration of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in indigenous communities in the four countries that did not vote in support the declaration.
Shaun El C. Leonardo
Support for the Oaxaca performance of El Conquistador vs. The Invisible Man, a reoccurring wrestling event in which Leonardo portrays a Mexican wrestling luchador who fights his own “invisibility”, both literal and metaphoric.
Mel Chin
Support for travel and research for a new animated short film following the trade route of diamonds from Africa through Belgium used to sponsor the 911 attacks on New York and Washington DC.
Daniel Bozhkov
Support for the Sofia, Bulgaria pilot launch of So MoMA, a traveling museum of contemporary art examining the role that a museum can play in post-conflict areas, with temporary exhibitions that use local resources and exhibit the work of local artists.
Sanford Biggers
Support for travel to the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival in Jakarta to work with local gamelan musicians towards the creation of a soundtrack for Shuffle, the third and final installment of Biggers’ video suite entitled Koan.
Radcliffe Bailey
Research towards recreating the journey northward that Bailey’s predecessors would have taken on the Underground Railroad to Canada, culminating in a new work to be exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Bruce Yonemoto
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Philip Yenawine
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Marianne Weems
Marianne Weems is artistic director of The Builders Association (www.thebuildersassociation.org) and has directed all of their productions, beginning in 1994. The Builders Association is an OBIE award-winning New York-based performance and media company, their work has been presented at venues including The Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Singapore Arts Festival, London’s Barbican Centre, Romaeuropa Festival,
Lowery Stokes Sims
Lowery Stokes Sims served as Executive Director of The Studio Museum in Harlem from 2000 to 2005 and as President in 2005-2006. From 1972 to 1999 she worked on the educational and curatorial staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, concluding her tenure there as Curator of Modern Art. Sims received her B.A. in Art
Laurence Miller
Laurence Miller began his visual arts career in the late 1960’s as Director of Theme Exhibitions for Hemisfair 68. In the early 1970s, he joined the adjunct faculty of the University of Texas at Austin and the staff of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center as a Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Curator of
David Mendoza
David Mendoza began a long career in the arts with a commercial gallery in Seattle in 1968. In 1977 he moved to New York City where he was with the New York State Council on the Arts for seven years. In 1986 he returned to Seattle to help found Artist Trust, and served as founding
Catherine Gund
Catherine Gund, Author, Director and Producer, is the founder of Aubin Pictures, an Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker, writer, and organizer. Her media work focuses on arts and culture, HIV/AIDS and reproductive health, the environment, and other social justice issues. Her films – which include WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?, A TOUCH OF GREATNESS, MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN, MAKING GRACE,
Alexander Gray
Alexander Gray is Principal and Co-Founder of Alexander Gray Associates, a New York Chelsea gallery and advisory firm that focuses on mid-career artists who emerged in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Prior to establishing the Gallery, Alexander Gray held numerous leadership positions in the arts, including Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue; Artpace
Gai Gherardi
Gai Gherardi is co-owner/designer of l.a. Eyeworks, founded in Los Angeles with Barbara McReynolds in 1979. Gherardi and McReynolds create signature collections of limited-edition eyewear that are distributed worldwide. A passionate fan of all of the arts, Gherardi has served frequently on arts/design juries, and lectured on l.a. Eyeworks’ unique approach to design and fashion.
Linda Earle
Linda Earle is the Executive Director the New York Arts Program, an accredited off-campus study program for undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students in the visual, performing and media arts, writing and journalism. Before joining NYAP she served as the Executive Director of Program for the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, one of the nation’s leading
Laura Donnelley
Laura Donnelley is the President of the Board of the Santa Monica Museum of Art and has served in this role since 2000. She is also Chairman of the Board of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation in Chicago. Among their particular areas of interest are education for underserved adolescents and long range cross-cultural projects
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