Grant Program

Art Matters considers applications by invitation only. Each year we select a group of artists, curators, and other arts leaders from across the country to nominate artists to apply. We award fellowships of 7,500 USD 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.

Viewing names beginning with: “l”

Name	Year	Description	Keywords
Heavy Manners	1988	Organizational support.
Charles LaBelle	1994	Fellowship.
Johannas Lacher	1987	Fellowship.
Rachel Lackowicz	1992	Fellowship.
Daniel Ladd	1992	Fellowship.
Amie Laird	1992	Fellowship.
Steve Lambert	2013	Support for ongoing work.
Sean Landers	1988 , 1987	Fellowship.
Marilyn Lanfear	1993	Fellowship.
Gretchen Langheld	1986	Fellowship.
Erika Langley	1993	Fellowship.
Michael Langton	1994 , 1990	Fellowship.
Eve A. Laramee	1990	Fellowship.
Laura Larson	1989	Fellowship.
Steve Larson	1994	Fellowship.
Mike Lash	1990	Fellowship.
Susan Lash	1988	Fellowship.
Paul Laster	1989 , 1988	Fellowship.
Thana Lauhakaikul	1993	Fellowship.
Annette Lawrence	1993	Fellowship.
Matthew Lawrence	1994	Fellowship.
Thomas Lawson	1986	Fellowship.
Deana Lawson	2012	Support for travel to Haiti, Jamaica, and Ghana to continue the artists portraiture photography work.	Photography , Travel
Dinh Le	1992	Fellowship.
Dinh Q. Le	2008	Support for Saigon: Diary of a Fat City, a project documenting the daily life of twelve recycling women in Saigon, Vietnam through video and installation.
Christine Le Goff	1989	Fellowship.
Brook Le Van	1989	Fellowship.
Michael Lebron/The War on Children	1988	Fellowship.
Kim Lee	1994	Fellowship.
Vejan Lee	1992	Fellowship.
Gavin Lee	1994 , 1992	Fellowship.
Jonathan Lee	1992	Fellowship.
Ralph Lee	1994	Fellowship.
Tim Lefens	1990	Fellowship.
Carol Leigh	1992	Fellowship.
Simone Leigh	2009	Support for travel to Durban, South Africa to research contemporary material culture in Zululand.	Travel
K. Zoe Leonard	1990	Fellowship.
Shaun El C. Leonardo	2007	Support for the Oaxaca performance of El Conquistador vs. The Invisible Man, a recurring wrestling event in which Leonardo portrays a Mexican wrestling luchador who fights his own “invisibility,” both literally and metaphorically.	Performance , Travel
Hilarie Leone	1991 , 1989	Fellowship.
Hillary Leone & Jennifer MacDonald	1994	Fellowship.
Lauren Lesko	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Ellen Lesperance	2014	Support for research in the Greenham Commons Women’s Peace Camp archives in London.	Painting / Drawing
Helen Lessick	2011	Support for travel to Kenya to research the interaction of soil, culture, and time, in collaboration with Nairobi-based video artist David Koch, the UN Programme for the Environment, and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture.	Travel
Helen Lessick	1985	Fellowship.
Helen Lessick/Michael Stirling	1990	Fellowship.
Simon Leung	1992 , 1990	Fellowship.
Paula Levine	1990 , 1988	Fellowship.
Sherrie Levine	1985	Fellowship.
Eileen Lewis	1985	Fellowship.
Saiman Li	1994	Fellowship.
Adam Licht	1990	Fellowship.
Siobhan Liddel	1994	Fellowship.
Glenn Ligon	1990	Fellowship.
Nora Ligorano/Marshall Reese	1994 , 1987 , 1986	Fellowship.
Nora Ligorano/Marshall Reese	1986	Fellowship.
Cheng-Sim Lim	1990	Fellowship.
Zhi Lin	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Lana Lin	1993	Fellowship.
Kalup Linzy	2008	Support for the European tour of a new album/project with original music, spoken word and performance.
Pavol Liska	2007	Planning support for Liska, playwright/director Kelly Copper, and three Amsterdam-based performers toward the creation of a new work based on ideas of translation and misunderstanding.
Katt Lissard	2007	Support toward work at the newly launched Winter/Summer Performance Institute in Lesotho, Southern Africa with collaborators from South Africa, Lesotho, and the U.K.	Performance
Jennie Livingston	1987	Fellowship.
Steve Locke	2007	Support for travel to Istanbul to visit the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia with a specific interest in exploring themes such as patterning, decoration, calligraphy, and wall painting.	Painting / Drawing , Travel
Sharon Lockhart	1994	Fellowship.
Lilla Locurito	1992	Fellowship.
Victor Lodato	1994	Fellowship.
Ronald Lohse	1986	Fellowship.
Jim Long	1993	Fellowship.
James Longley	2008	Support for Sons of Iran, a feature length documentary film that will follow the lives of students and their teachers at a Khomeni boarding school in Tehran, Iran.	Film & Video
Lalo Lopez	1994	Fellowship.
Annie Lopez	1994	Fellowship.
Kristin Lovejoy	1989	Fellowship.
Lovett/Codagnone	2010	Support for travel and research in Brest, France, the location of Fassbinder’s film version of Jean Genet’s novel Querelle, as part of an ongoing creative investigation of the material. Image: Lovett/Codagnone, Genet in New York, 2011. Courtesy of the artists.	Travel
Jean Lowe	1992	Fellowship.
Richard Lowenberg	1986	Fellowship.
Bonnie Lucas	1990	Fellowship.
John Lucas	1994	Fellowship.
Miguel Luciano	2013	Support for travel to Nairobi, Kenya to continue developing the ongoing public art project Amani Kites.	Painting / Drawing , Travel
Eve Luckring	1993	Fellowship.
James Luna	2013	Support for ongoing work.	Performance
Billie Lynn	1994	Fellowship.
Việt Lê	2013	Support for love bomb (love highway)! and ongoing work.	Film & Video , Painting / Drawing , Performance
New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival	1988	Organizational support.

Grant Program

Viewing names beginning with: “l”

Heavy Manners

1988

Charles LaBelle

1994

Johannas Lacher

1987

Rachel Lackowicz

1992

Daniel Ladd

1992

Amie Laird

1992

Steve Lambert

2013

Sean Landers

1988

1987

Marilyn Lanfear

1993

Gretchen Langheld

1986

Erika Langley

1993

Michael Langton

1994

1990

Eve A. Laramee

1990

Laura Larson

1989

Steve Larson

1994

Mike Lash

1990

Susan Lash

1988

Paul Laster

1989

1988

Thana Lauhakaikul

1993

Annette Lawrence

1993

Matthew Lawrence

1994

Thomas Lawson

1986

Deana Lawson

2012

Dinh Le

1992

Dinh Q. Le

2008

Christine Le Goff

1989

Brook Le Van

1989

Michael Lebron/The War on Children

1988

Kim Lee

1994

Vejan Lee

1992

Gavin Lee

1994

1992

Jonathan Lee

1992

Ralph Lee

1994

Tim Lefens

1990

Carol Leigh

1992

Simone Leigh

2009

K. Zoe Leonard

1990