Grant Program

Art Matters considers applications by invitation only. Through our current program, Art Matters provides 7,500 USD fellowships to individual artists and collective teams working in contemporary art and performance. Priority is given to artists working with social issues and experimenting with form.

Our funds can be used for any and all aspects of artistic practice – from early research and development of ideas, to travel costs, to production and presentation expenses, to day-to-day material or space needs.

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Name	Year	Description	Keywords
#XMAP: In Plain Sight	2020	Fellowship.	Film & Video, Performance, Photography, Travel, Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary, Multimedia
Karim Aïnouz	1993	Fellowship.
Patrick Abbey	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Amara Abdal Figueroa	2019	Fellowship.
Amara Abdal Figueroa	2019	Fellowship.	Photography, Research, Travel, Sculpture
Amara Abdal Figueroa	2019	Fellowship.
Reza Abdoh	1991	Fellowship.
Ray Abeyta	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Lynda M. Abraham	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
James Acord	1993	Fellowship.
Margaret Adachi	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Dennis Adams	1987	Fellowship.
Kevin Adams	1993	Fellowship.
Peggy Ahwesh	1994 , 1990	Fellowship.
Marc Alan	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Seyed Alavi	1992 , 1990 , 1989	Fellowship.
Alice Albert	1986	Fellowship.
Marie-France Alderman	1990	Fellowship.
Rheim Alkadhi	2010	Support for travel to Syria and Jordan to conduct interviews with displaced Iraqis, including members of the artist’s extended family, towards a series of experimental videos.	Travel
Mark Allen	2014	Research support for new models of artistic collaboration based on Allen’s work as director of Machine Project in Los Angeles.	Research
William Allen	1988	Fellowship.
Jo Harvey Allen	1985	Fellowship.
Allied Arts	1987	Organizational support.
Catherine Allport	1986	Fellowship.
Jerri Allyn	1989 , 1986	Fellowship.
Max Almy	1997	Fellowship.
Edith Altman	1993	Fellowship.
Claudia Alvarez	2013	Support for travel to Mexico City for research at the Museo Nacional de Antropología and the Ceramoteca Research Center towards a new body of work.	Painting/Drawing, Travel
Miguel Alvear	1994	Fellowship.
Maryanne Amacher/Jessie Jane Lewis	1990 , 1988	Fellowship.
Jesse Amado	1992	Fellowship.
Michael Amescua	1990	Fellowship.
Emma Amos	1993	Fellowship.
Jo Anderson	1993	Fellowship.
Douglas Anderson	1993	Fellowship.
Mary Anderson	1994	Fellowship.
Mark Anderson	1987 , 1986	Fellowship.
Jo Andres	1987 , 1986	Fellowship.
Nancy Andrews	1990	Fellowship.
Holland Andrews	2020	Fellowship.	Performance, Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary
Carl Angel	1994	Fellowship.
Dona Ann	1992	Fellowship.
Adelina Anthony	2019	Relevant Links:On Witness and Respair: A Personal Tragedy Followed by Pandemic, Jesmyn Ward, 2020 - this article grounded me in the affirmation that what I want to create about this time is germinating inside of me through the familiar feeling of grief.https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/08/jesmyn-ward-on-husbands-death-and-grief-during-covidRethinking Collaboration in a (Post-) Pandemic World, Cristina Banks, 2020 - These kinds of articles keep me grounded in re-imaging my collaborations now and post-pandemic.https://www.nextrends.org/blog/2020/6/30/rethinking-collaboration-in-a-post-pandemic-world
Adelina Anthony	2019	Relevant Links:On Witness and Respair: A Personal Tragedy Followed by Pandemic, Jesmyn Ward, 2020 - this article grounded me in the affirmation that what I want to create about this time is germinating inside of me through the familiar feeling of grief.https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/08/jesmyn-ward-on-husbands-death-and-grief-during-covidRethinking Collaboration in a (Post-) Pandemic World, Cristina Banks, 2020 - These kinds of articles keep me grounded in re-imaging my collaborations now and post-pandemic.https://www.nextrends.org/blog/2020/6/30/rethinking-collaboration-in-a-post-pandemic-world
Art Awareness, Inc.	1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
Art Museum of South Texas	1986	Organizational support.
Art Works	1986	Organizational support.
Artist Trust	1988	Organizational support.
Artists Space	1988 , 1987 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
Artspace	1988	Organizational support.
Aspen Art Museum	1987 , 1985	Organizational support.
BACA Downtown	1988 , 1987 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
Bemis Foundation	1988 , 1987	Organizational support.
Beyond Baroque Foundation	1988	Organizational support.
Big Star Art Space	1989	Organizational support.
Black International Cinema	1989	Organizational support.
Justin Vivian Bond	2019	Fellowship.
Justin Vivian Bond	2019	Fellowship.
Bronx Council	1987	Organizational support.
Center for Contemporary Art	1986	Organizational support.
Patty Chang	2019	Relevant Links:Bodies of Water, 2017 Neimanis, Astridahttps://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/bodies-of-water-posthuman-feminist-phenomenology/
Patty Chang	2019	Relevant Links:Bodies of Water, 2017 Neimanis, Astridahttps://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/bodies-of-water-posthuman-feminist-phenomenology/
Melissa Cody	2019	Fellowship.
Melissa Cody	2019	Fellowship.
Collective for Living Cinema	1989 , 1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
Contemporary Arts Center	1988	Organizational support.
Critical Art Ensemble	2007	Support for ongoing work.
Tony Cruz Pabón	2019	Relevant Links:Las caras lindas. Live performance of Ismael (Maelo) Rivera. lyrics by Tite Curet Alonzo. late 70'shttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ismael+Rivera+-+La+Caras+Lindas+(Vivo)Aguanile. Live performance by Willie Colón and Hector Lavoe. early 70'shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRwHUTtuHhE
Tony Cruz Pabón	2019	Relevant Links:Las caras lindas. Live performance of Ismael (Maelo) Rivera. lyrics by Tite Curet Alonzo. late 70'shttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ismael+Rivera+-+La+Caras+Lindas+(Vivo)Aguanile. Live performance by Willie Colón and Hector Lavoe. early 70'shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRwHUTtuHhE
Patrisse Cullors	2019	Relevant Links:Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davishttps://www.akpress.org/areprisonsobsolete.htmlAbolition And Reparations: Histories of Resistance, Transformative Justice, And Accountability by Patrisse Cullorshttps://harvardlawreview.org/2019/04/abolition-and-reparations-histories-of-resistance-transformative-justice-and-accountability/
Patrisse Cullors	2019	Relevant Links:Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davishttps://www.akpress.org/areprisonsobsolete.htmlAbolition And Reparations: Histories of Resistance, Transformative Justice, And Accountability by Patrisse Cullorshttps://harvardlawreview.org/2019/04/abolition-and-reparations-histories-of-resistance-transformative-justice-and-accountability/
DanceSpace	1986	Organizational support.
Dinosaur Productions	1988	Organizational support.
Dixon Place/Open Channels, Inc.	1987	Organizational support.
Franklin Furnace	1987	Organizational support.
Bree Gant	2019	Fellowship.
Bree Gant	2019	Fellowship.
Jonathan Gonzalez	2019	Relevant Links:Plotting the Black Commons, J. T. Roane Pages 239-266 \| Published online: 02 Jan 2019https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10999949.2018.1532757
Jonathan Gonzalez	2019	Relevant Links:Plotting the Black Commons, J. T. Roane Pages 239-266 \| Published online: 02 Jan 2019https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10999949.2018.1532757
Nicki Green	2019	Fellowship.
Nicki Green	2019	Fellowship.
Group Material	1988 , 1987	Fellowship.
Harvestworks	1986	Organizational support.
Szu-Han Ho	2019	Fellowship.
Szu-Han Ho	2019	Fellowship.
Sky Hopinka	2019	Fellowship.
Sky Hopinka	2019	Fellowship.
Igor Foundation	1986	Organizational support.
Intar	1988	Organizational support.
Tish Jones	2019	Relevant Links:Title: Flip the Script: Hindsight (&) 2020 Panel Discussion, Author: TruArtSpeaks, Year: 2021, Description: A Panel Discussion featuring young/emerging artists and leaders in the arts & culture sector in the Twin Cities reflecting on what they learned during the 2020 pandemic and uprisings while being on the ground in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MNhttps://fb.watch/4zgjVtOCIg/
Tish Jones	2019	Relevant Links:Title: Flip the Script: Hindsight (&) 2020 Panel Discussion, Author: TruArtSpeaks, Year: 2021, Description: A Panel Discussion featuring young/emerging artists and leaders in the arts & culture sector in the Twin Cities reflecting on what they learned during the 2020 pandemic and uprisings while being on the ground in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MNhttps://fb.watch/4zgjVtOCIg/
Suzanne Kite	2019	Relevant Links:Kite, Suzanne and Nážin, Mahpíya. “It’s Not Done Through Our Spirit, It’s Done Through Our Mind,” South as a State of Mind, Issue 11 (Fall/ Winter 2019).http://kitekitekitekite.com/portfolio/items/its-not-done-through-our-mind-its-done-through-our-spirit/Kite, Suzanne. Lewis, Jason Edward, ed. 2020. “How to Build Anything Ethically” Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence Position Paper. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: The Initiative for Indigenous Futures and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/lewis-arista-pechawis-kite/release/
Suzanne Kite	2019	Relevant Links:Kite, Suzanne and Nážin, Mahpíya. “It’s Not Done Through Our Spirit, It’s Done Through Our Mind,” South as a State of Mind, Issue 11 (Fall/ Winter 2019).http://kitekitekitekite.com/portfolio/items/its-not-done-through-our-mind-its-done-through-our-spirit/Kite, Suzanne. Lewis, Jason Edward, ed. 2020. “How to Build Anything Ethically” Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence Position Paper. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: The Initiative for Indigenous Futures and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/lewis-arista-pechawis-kite/release/
LA Museum of Contemporary Art	1992	Organizational support.
LACE	1988 , 1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
Jennie Jieun Lee	2019	Fellowship.
Jennie Jieun Lee	2019	Fellowship.
Life on the Water Theater	1989 , 1987	Organizational support.
Los Angeles Fringe Festival	1989	Organizational support.
Los Angeles Poverty Department	1988	Organizational support.
MATRIX Program/UC Berkeley	1988	Organizational support.
Tionna Nekkia McClodden	2019	Relevant Links: Melvin Edwards: The World of a Marvelous Artist, 1994https://www.jstor.org/stable/41068458?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=melvin+edwards&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dmelvin%2Bedwards&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A497cb30f7050f1c872b7b4afa3fb6b6c&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Tionna Nekkia McClodden	2019	Relevant Links: Melvin Edwards: The World of a Marvelous Artist, 1994https://www.jstor.org/stable/41068458?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=melvin+edwards&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dmelvin%2Bedwards&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A497cb30f7050f1c872b7b4afa3fb6b6c&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Naotaka Hiro & Sid M. Dueñas	2014	Support for ongoing work.	Film & Video, Installation, Painting/Drawing, Performance, Photography, Research, Travel
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression	1993 , 1992	Organizational support.
Nexus	1986	Organizational support.
Tabitha Nikolai	2019	Images (3):https://drive.google.com/file/d/16M2hgV-UnjuaVY0wCokjhgv4fuhjj2kq/viewhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1-igcPDztW6vJLzzVou3QhvHd304_s54f/viewhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1PpDxoyrFjMZ7Asj9OyneiI2P406Ne31b/viewImage Captions:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KD2oXJc3kSe6VRIJCb84501Gwcucklqi/view
Tabitha Nikolai	2019	Images (3):https://drive.google.com/file/d/16M2hgV-UnjuaVY0wCokjhgv4fuhjj2kq/viewhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1-igcPDztW6vJLzzVou3QhvHd304_s54f/viewhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1PpDxoyrFjMZ7Asj9OyneiI2P406Ne31b/viewImage Captions:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KD2oXJc3kSe6VRIJCb84501Gwcucklqi/view
Natani Notah	2019	Relevant Links:Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa, Marilyn Chase, 2020, "Everything She Touched recounts the incredible life of the American sculptor Ruth Asawa.This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art. In this compelling biography, author Marilyn Chase brings Asawa's story to vivid life. She draws on Asawa's extensive archives and weaves together many voices—family, friends, teachers, and critics—to offer a complex and fascinating portrait of the artist."https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878921/everything-she-touched-emotionally-textured-biography-of-ruth-asawa
Natani Notah	2019	Relevant Links:Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa, Marilyn Chase, 2020, "Everything She Touched recounts the incredible life of the American sculptor Ruth Asawa.This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art. In this compelling biography, author Marilyn Chase brings Asawa's story to vivid life. She draws on Asawa's extensive archives and weaves together many voices—family, friends, teachers, and critics—to offer a complex and fascinating portrait of the artist."https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878921/everything-she-touched-emotionally-textured-biography-of-ruth-asawa
Juan Obando	2019	Relevant Links:Astroturfs of Offense, 2021, a focused debate around the mechanics and aesthetics of contemporary crowds. What are the truths of crowds both "real" and "fake"? Who and what directs their flows? And what is the cost (and price) for the bodies that show up? Central to this discussion was "astroturfing" (i.e., the manufacturing of "grass roots") and its historical precedents.https://newmodels.io/proprietary/astroturfs-of-offense-glossary
Juan Obando	2019	Relevant Links:Astroturfs of Offense, 2021, a focused debate around the mechanics and aesthetics of contemporary crowds. What are the truths of crowds both "real" and "fake"? Who and what directs their flows? And what is the cost (and price) for the bodies that show up? Central to this discussion was "astroturfing" (i.e., the manufacturing of "grass roots") and its historical precedents.https://newmodels.io/proprietary/astroturfs-of-offense-glossary
Otrabanda Company	1989 , 1988	Organizational support.
P.S. 122	1987 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
PCVA	1986	Organizational support.
Maia Cruz Palileo	2019	Relevant Links:Eve Tuck, Suspending Damagehttps://pages.ucsd.edu/~rfrank/class_web/ES-114A/Week%204/TuckHEdR79-3.pdfGood Ancestor Ep 049: Dr. Rocío Rosales Meza on Spiritual and Decolonial Healinghttp://laylafsaad.com/good-ancestor-podcast/ep049-dr-rocio-rosales-meza
Maia Cruz Palileo	2019	Relevant Links:Eve Tuck, Suspending Damagehttps://pages.ucsd.edu/~rfrank/class_web/ES-114A/Week%204/TuckHEdR79-3.pdfGood Ancestor Ep 049: Dr. Rocío Rosales Meza on Spiritual and Decolonial Healinghttp://laylafsaad.com/good-ancestor-podcast/ep049-dr-rocio-rosales-meza
Parabola Arts Foundation, Inc.	1987	Organizational support.
Pentacle	1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
Performance Project	1986	Organizational support.
Zeke Peña	2019	Fellowship.
Zeke Peña	2019	Fellowship.
Gala Porras Kim	2019	Relevant Links:The British Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution Book, Dan Hicks, 2020https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Brutish_Museums.html?id=hMoHzgEACAAJ&source=kp_book_descriptionThe Phantom Image: Seeing the Dead in Ancient Rome, Patrick R. Crowley, 2019https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Phantom_Image.html?id=MMG9DwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description
Gala Porras Kim	2019	Relevant Links:The British Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution Book, Dan Hicks, 2020https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Brutish_Museums.html?id=hMoHzgEACAAJ&source=kp_book_descriptionThe Phantom Image: Seeing the Dead in Ancient Rome, Patrick R. Crowley, 2019https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Phantom_Image.html?id=MMG9DwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description
Postcommodity	2012	Support for The Repellent Fence, a site-specific installation and monument examining the Tohono O’odham border experience as a metaphor for the Western hemispheres larger Indigenous human rights crisis. Image: Courtesy of the artists.
Primary Performance Group	1987	Organizational support.
Printmaking Workshop	1987	Organizational support.
Randolph Street Gallery	1987	Organizational support.
Renaissance Society	1988 , 1987	Organizational support.
Eric Paul Riege	2019	Fellowship.
Eric Paul Riege	2019	Fellowship.
Stacey Robinson	2019	Relevant Links:Souls Grown Deep Gee's Bend Quiltmakershttps://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/gees-bend-quiltmakers
Stacey Robinson	2019	Relevant Links:Souls Grown Deep Gee's Bend Quiltmakershttps://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/gees-bend-quiltmakers
Sculpture Space	1988 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
Spaces	1986	Organizational support.
Sushi, Inc.	1992 , 1988 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
TODT	1987 , 1985	Organizational support.
Talalay	1988	Organizational support.
The Kitchen	1989 , 1988 , 1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
Time and Space Limited	1988	Organizational support.
Gary Tyler	2019	Fellowship.
Gary Tyler	2019	Fellowship.
Visual AIDS	2009	Support for the Robert Blanchon Estate Project.
Visual AIDS	1989	Organizational support.
Visual AIDS	1988	Organizational support.
Frank Waln	2019	Relevant Links:"Čhaŋkpé Ópi Owíčhakte Wičhúŋkiksuyapi (We Remember the Wounded Knee Massacre)" by Frank Waln (2020). This is an essay I wrote for the School Library Journal discussing historical trauma and how the US education system erases Indigenous history.https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=wounded-knee-massacre-lakota-130-anniversary-frank-waln
Frank Waln	2019	Relevant Links:"Čhaŋkpé Ópi Owíčhakte Wičhúŋkiksuyapi (We Remember the Wounded Knee Massacre)" by Frank Waln (2020). This is an essay I wrote for the School Library Journal discussing historical trauma and how the US education system erases Indigenous history.https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=wounded-knee-massacre-lakota-130-anniversary-frank-waln
White Columns	1988 , 1986	Organizational support.
Cosmo Whyte	2019	Fellowship.
Cosmo Whyte	2019	Fellowship.
Women & Studio	1986	Organizational support.
XCHANGE TV	1986	Organizational support.
Sacha Yanow	2019	Fellowship.
Sacha Yanow	2019	Fellowship.
Barak adé Soleil	2020	Fellowship.	Performance, Research, Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary
Myles de Bastion	2019	Relevant Links:Virtual Worlds Beyond Soundhttps://www.opensignalpdx.org/press-portal/press-release-artist-myles-de-bastion-bridges-the-accessibility-gap-in-3d-online-environments/Ikigai Machine Experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns3F2jn3VbMIkigai Machine Virtual Presentation & Performancehttps://youtu.be/F4bFsQZ95XsSee Sound Live Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shFIWBtrtr8More links available on request
Myles de Bastion	2019	Relevant Links:Virtual Worlds Beyond Soundhttps://www.opensignalpdx.org/press-portal/press-release-artist-myles-de-bastion-bridges-the-accessibility-gap-in-3d-online-environments/Ikigai Machine Experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns3F2jn3VbMIkigai Machine Virtual Presentation & Performancehttps://youtu.be/F4bFsQZ95XsSee Sound Live Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shFIWBtrtr8More links available on request
robbinschilds	2010	Support for travel to Iceland to film the artists moving in extreme landscapes for a new video/performance piece involving the feminist reworking of the “man alone” trope.	Travel

Grant Program

Viewing keyword: "multimedia"

#XMAP: In Plain Sight

2020

Karim A&iuml;nouz

1993

Patrick Abbey

1996

1995

Amara Abdal Figueroa

2019

Amara Abdal Figueroa

2019

Amara Abdal Figueroa

2019

Reza Abdoh

1991

Ray Abeyta

1996

1995

Lynda M. Abraham

1996

1995

James Acord

1993

Margaret Adachi

1996

1995

Dennis Adams

1987

Kevin Adams

1993

Peggy Ahwesh

1994

1990

Marc Alan

1996

1995

Seyed Alavi

1992

1990

1989

Alice Albert

1986

Marie-France Alderman

1990

Rheim Alkadhi

2010

Mark Allen

2014

William Allen

1988

Jo Harvey Allen

1985

Allied Arts

1987

Catherine Allport

1986

Jerri Allyn

1989

1986

Max Almy

1997

Edith Altman

1993

Claudia Alvarez

2013

Miguel Alvear

1994

Maryanne Amacher/Jessie Jane Lewis

1990

1988

Jesse Amado

1992

Michael Amescua

1990

Emma Amos

1993

Jo Anderson

1993

Karim Aïnouz