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Funding for Visual Artists: Museum and Other Curatorial Funds

 

Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts

Supports non-profit organizations and individual visual artists in alternate years. In the year 2006 grants will be awarded to organizations that directly support visual artists working in paint. In the year 2007 grants will be awarded to individual artists only.

 

Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts
188 Bell Road
New Berlin, NY 13411

(phone) 607-847-8158

Email: info@goldenfoundation.org

Website: www.goldenfoundation.org

 

Frances Blakemore Asian Art Grants

Grants to tax-exempt organizations in the United States such as museums, universities and other educational or art-related institutions for programs, exhibits or publications that improve the understanding of Asian fine arts in the United States.

The Blakemore Foundation
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800
Seattle, WA 98101-3266

(phone) 206-359-8778   

(fax) 206-359-9778

Email: blakemore@perkinscoie.com

Website: www.blakemorefoundation.org

 

W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

Giving primarily for programs that further public awareness of American, European, and Asian (including those cultures defined as Oriental and Islamic) decorative art, paintings, drawings, and prints representative of these cultures, for use solely within the U.S. or its possessions.

W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

11 Piedmont Ctr., Ste. 405  

Atlanta, GA   30305

(phone) 404-231-2340

 

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Grants are made on a project basis to curatorial programs at museums, artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions to assist in the innovative and scholarly presentation of contemporary visual arts. Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other organizational activities directly related to these areas.

 

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
65 Bleecker Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012
(phone) 212-387-7555

(fax) 212-387-7560

Email: info@warholfoundation.org
Website: www.warholfoundation.org

 

Tremaine Foundation

The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation rewards innovation and experimentation at the curatorial level, supporting exhibitions that challenge audiences and the mainstream of Contemporary Art.

 

Tremaine Foundation
290 Pratt Street
Meriden, CT 06450
(phone) 203-639-5544 
(fax) 203-639-5545
Email: info@tremainefoundation.org
Website: www.tremainefoundation.org/art/default.asp
 
 

Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation

Giving for contemporary visual arts projects, with emphasis on exhibition publications (catalogues) for early- and mid-career artists. Of particular interest are projects that attempt to bring together artists and the community, support artists from marginalized populations, and provide exposure to contemporary art where it may not otherwise be seen.

 

Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
One Wind NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120

(phone) 505-898-5600 ext. 24
Email: info@EFGFoundation.org
Website: www.efgfoundation.org

 

Wyeth Endowment for American Art Trust

Purpose and activities: Grants restricted to organizations promoting, producing, maintaining, acquiring, exhibiting, or otherwise dealing in works by American artists.

 

Wyeth Endowment for American Art Trust
c/o Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
1 Boston Place
Boston, MA  02108
(phone) 617-722-7341

 

The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.

Program in American Art: This program provides support for scholarly museum exhibitions, catalogs, and other publications and doctoral dissertations of American art subjects.

 

The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
111 W. 50th Street, Room 4601
New York, NY  10020
(phone) 212-489-7700
(fax) 212-581-9541
Email: hlf1@hluce.org
Website: www.hluce.org


 

J. Paul Getty Trust

Assists museums that house art collections in developing projects that utilize their collections as both scholarly and educational resources; funds are available for cataloguing of collections and interpretive projects. Museums may also apply for other types of grant program funding.

J. Paul Getty Trust
1200 Getty Ctr. Dr., Ste. 800
Los Angeles, CA  90049-1685
(phone) 310-440-7320
(fax) 310-440-7703
Website: www.getty.edu/grants/index.html

 

Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Grants to nonprofit organizations for arts education, especially in jewelry and metal work, for jewelry and silver exhibitions, and for preservation and conservation.

 

Tiffany & Co. Foundation

555 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022

(phone) 212-230-6591

Website: www.tiffanyandcofoundation.org 

 

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

The Arts and Culture Program fosters creativity and promotes critical thinking by supporting projects that feature innovative and diverse artistic forms and by helping strong arts organizations become more sustainable. Giving in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.

 

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
505 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 900
Seattle, WA  98104

(phone) 206-342-2030
Email: info@pgafamilyfoundation.org
Website: www.pgafoundations.com

 

Richard A. Florsheim Art Fund

Assists in the purchase of the works of living American artists who are at least 60 years old, and who have strong records of exhibition and critical review and give those works to public institutions (museums, libraries and universities). Also finances catalogs and exhibitions.

 

Richard A. Florsheim Art Fund
c/o August Freundlich
4202 E. Fowler Ave., U.S.F. 30637
Tampa, FL  33620-3063
(phone) 813-949-6886
Email: freundlich@hotmail.com
Website: www.florsheimartfund.org

 

Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.

Support for photography as an art form through assisting museums, universities, and other institutions, and by publishing quality books and materials.

 

Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.
120 Wooster St.
New York, NY 10012
(phone) 212-941-4760
(fax) 212-941-4764

Website: www.mapplethorpe.org/foundation-guidelines.html

 

The Sherman Fairchild Foundation, Inc.

Giving nationally.

 

The Sherman Fairchild Foundation, Inc.
545 Wisconsin Ave., Ste. 1205
Chevy Chase, MD  20815-6901
(phone) 301-913-5990

 

Sheldon H. Solow Foundation, Inc.

Giving nationally.

 

Sheldon H. Solow Foundation, Inc.
9 W. 57th St., Ste. 4500
New York, NY  10019-2601
(phone) 212-754-0284

 


The Fund for Women Artists
3739 Balboa Street #181
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone: (415) 751-2202
Website:  www.womenarts.org
Email:  info@womenarts.org