Blog #5 for AVT 395

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation is one of the granting organizations that I found to be interesting.  This foundation has no deadlines for applications and therefore accepts application throughout the year and each grant is $10,000 in Canadian money.  I found this organization interesting because this grant is for artists that are in their early stages of their careers working in painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture.   However, the only bad thing about it is that that artwork must be representational and they do not accept abstract art.  To get this grant, I have to “have already started or completed training at an established school of art and/or demonstrate, through past work and future plans, a commitment to make art a lifetime career”.   For more detailed information on what information and paperwork I must provide in getting this grant, I would have to call or email them.

Another art grant organization I found to be interesting was the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.  I found this foundation interesting because they accept visual artists who need financial need, whether it is professional, personal or both.   This foundation also has no deadlines and accepts applications throughout the year and is intended for a one-year period of time.  The grant amount that I might be eligible is unknown, but it says that since 1985, this foundation has awarded 3,080 grants totaling over 46 million dollars to artists.  To apply for this grant, I would have to submit a cover letter, an application, and slides of current work. 

In addition to the two mentioned above, another grant I found interesting is the Puffin Foundation.  Puffin Foundation offer an average grant amount of $1,000 to $2,500 to artists and art organizations that are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy.  This is grant is only given to people who are permanent or citizens of the United States.  I found this foundation interesting because they offer grants to a variety of different types of artists working in film and video, fine arts, photography, public interest, music, and theater.  For further detailed information for this grant, I would have to send a self addressed stamped envelope to this foundation to receive a application packet for the 2009 cycle starting in September 2008.

West Collection is not exactly a grant, but I found this to be interesting because they have this award called the West Prize that is awarded a total of $125,000 to ten international emerging artists in 2008 working in painting, sculpture, photography, and installation.  This award helps the winning artists through the platform of the West Collection – public tours, traveling shows, loans, publications, and website.  To apply for this award, I would have to fill out an application and submit a profile including a brief description of myself, my work, and images of ten works

Add a comment June 20, 2008

Blog #4 for AVT 395

What is Art?!

Art to me is something to look at like a painting.

Art to me is something that you hear like music.

Art to me is something that you touch like a sculpture.

Art to me is something that you smell like a chocolate wedding cake.

Art to me is something that engages your senses like Ann Hamilton’s Tropos Installation.

Art to me is something that evokes an emotion like Barnett Newman’s Vir Hericus Sublimis painting.

Art to me is something that speaks out loud like Barbara Kruger’s You Body is a Battleground installation.

Art to me is something that has a deep meaning like Gonzalez-Torres’ Untitled (Portrait for Ross in L.A) Installation.

Art to me is something that is meaningless like Jeff Koon’s Rabbit.

Art to me is something that is traditional like Jacques-Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii painting.

Art to me is something that is futuristic like Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space sculpture.

Art to me is something that is abstract like Jackson Pollock’s Full Fathom Five painting.

Art to me is something that is figurative like Edouard Manet’s Olympia painting.

Art to me is something that is peaceful like Claude Monet’s landscape paintings.

Art to me is something that is crazy like Carolee Schneemann’s Interior Scroll performance.

Art to me is something that is pretty like Georgia O’Keeffe’s fower paintings.

Art to me is something that is disgusting like Damien Hirst’s A Thousand Years installation.

Art to me is EVERYTHING!

Add a comment June 9, 2008