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Funding Resources/Funding Lists
Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Supports non-profit organizations and individual visual artists in alternate years. As of January 2009, the Foundation has temporarily suspended their grantmaking programs while building an artist residency. In the interim, they encourage artists to contact one of the following partner organizations: Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. New grant supports production of books about American art.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Continues the work of the 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.
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.
The Sherman Fairchild Foundation, Inc. Giving nationally.
Sheldon H. Solow Foundation, Inc. Giving nationally.
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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 |