GUEST SPEAKER SCHEDULE

Feb 15
Ann Tarantino, artist (Anna & Todd)

March 1
Dina Deitsch, deCordova Museum (Alessandra & Diane)

March 8
Eleanor Whitney, NYFA (April & Kah)

March 15
NYC! (Miranda, MJ, Kelly, Ryan, Julie, Chihiro)
Tentative Stops (to be confirmed soon):
--11:30 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, talk with Bill Carrol, director
--noon  Studio visit at EFA with Dannielle Tegeder
--Lunch & Informal gallery chats around 27th Street
--3:15 Collector visit with James Wagner & Barry Hoggard
--4:30 Eyebeam, talk with Roddy Schrock, director of programs and residency
--5:00 Studio visit with Caroline Woolard at Eyebeam

March 22
Rob Carter, photographer & art handler (Eric & Nina)

April 5
Paddy Johnson, critic/blogger (Kirby & Ben)

April 19
Mary Temple, installation artist (Gianna & Tala)

April 22
Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento, artist/lawyer (Lena, Connor)

**Remember to come to class prepared with questions for the speaker and a thank you card for classmates to sign.

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

March 1
Anna

March 8
Diane, Nina

March 22
April, MJ, Tala/Ben, Lena

April 5
Gianna, Julie

April 19
Eric, Kah, Kelly

April 26
Miranda, Alessandra, Todd

May 3
Ryan, Connor, Kirby

Link

Panel on succeeding as an artist.  We talk about all these points in class!

http://hyperallergic.com/65604/the-biggest-tip-to-succeed-as-an-artist-be-open/

Opportunities, PA centric...

http://sharpeartfdn.qwestoffice.net/freestudiospace.htm

This is something I might consider after graduating -- free studio space in New York. I did their summer program for high school students and it was pretty life-changing (http://sharpeartfdn.qwestoffice.net/summer1.htm). Jenky website but legit organization.

http://www.pcah.us/fellowships/

Totally a reach thing for something later in life -- I'm from the Philadelphia area, so it's something I might consider later on if I end up there. 

http://www.jamescohan.com/gallery/

A gallery in New York with a ton of artists I really love, especially Fred Tomaselli (who happens to be a juror in the Marie Walsh Sharpe free space program). They have a 3-6 month internship. 

http://pacouncilonthearts.org/pca.cfm?id=23&level=Third&sid=17

Another PA thing -- a bunch of different grants/programs, guidelines and program information included. Some are probably reaches, but there are a lot of cool options.

http://creative-capital.org/

Seems like a pretty general grant organization -- still very selective, but nothing's impossible! Another good option for the future.

residencies, etc.

the watermill center: a laboratory for performance

The Watermill Center is an interdisciplinary laboratory for the arts and humanities completed in 2006 on the Long Island, NY site of a former Western Union communication research facility. Founded by theatre and visual artist Robert Wilson as a place for young and emerging artists to work, learn, create, and grow with each other, Watermill integrates performing arts practice with resources from the humanities, research from the sciences, and inspiration from the visual arts. Watermill is unique within the global landscape of experimental theatrical performance, and regularly convenes the brightest minds from all disciplines to do, in Wilson’s words, "what no one else is doing."

regina rex

Regina Rex is an artist-run exhibition space located on the border of Ridgewood, Queens and Bushwick, Brooklyn. Through an inclusive collaborative structure, Regina Rex aims to build an exhibition context that is rigorous, cogent and driven by our engagement and dialogue with other artists. There are currently thirteen participating curators at Regina Rex (including Theresa Ganz!). 


signal


SIGNAL is dedicated to staging ambitious, often large-scale exhibitions and installations by young artists. The gallery was founded in 2012 by Alexander Johns, Kyle Clairmont Jacques and Mckenzie Ursch. The gallery was established, has slowly been renovated, and operates thanks to the kindness and good graces of many friends. These guys are way cool. I helped them start the gallery this summer, and it's a really awesome space.


domaine de boisbuchet

So essentially at the Chateau de Boisbuchet is this incredible 16th century castle in the French countryside that hosts workshops and design courses for young artists. The workshops are over the summer, and tend to be more designy than fine-arty. BUT there are still some really cool looking options. Option to participate in workshops or to work there for the program (what I'm trying to do). Check it outtttt.


saatchi gallery grants + prizes

So we noticed/mentioned in our last class that many artists have shown in, or are somehow connected to, The Saatchi Gallery. Rather than post one grant/prize they advertise, I thought I'd just include them all.

Residencies (NY, various resources and Germany)

NYFA for all kinds of NY artists
http://www.nyfa.org/level3.asp?id=44&fid=1&sid= u

CAC Troy, NY
http://www.cactroy.org/residencies.php

Ox-bow residency
http://www.ox-bow.org/experience/residencies/fall-artist-residency

Cool resource for residencies
http://www.residencyunlimited.org/

Residency in Berlin, Germany
http://www.taktberlin.org/residency/index.htm

Residencies, Projects, Venues

Smack Mellon Art Studio Program
http://smackmellon.org/index.php/contact/how_to_apply/

Creative Time
Global Residency http://creativetime.org/projects/global-residency-2013/
Not a residency or anything, just an interesting project with MTV to show video art. http://creativetime.org/projects/art-breaks/ 

Hospital Artists in Residence
 http://www.thecreativecenter.org/tcc/programs/hospital/

 Recess: Interesting residencies where the artist's studio is open to the public http://www.recessart.org/play/apply

 Co-Create Artists and Technologists Collaborate
http://www.theimclab.com/residency

 Socrates Sculpture Park Nothing up now, but this organization seems to have a fun vibe. http://www.socratessculpturepark.org/exhibitions/exhibition/eaf12 http://www.risapuno.com/index.php/portfolio/the-big-apple-showdown-spectacular/

Fellowships and Jobs

Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown, MA

• http://www.fawc.org/fellowships/index.php 

Tobey Devan Lewis Fellowship

• http://clevelandartsprize.org/awardees/toby_devan_lewis.html

Howard Foundation

• http://brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/Howard_Foundation/

Warhol Foundation

• http://www.warholfoundation.org/grant/overview.html

Awesome Advertising Agencies With Cool Creative Departments:

Wieden+Kennedy (Nike, Old Spice, Coca Cola)

• http://www.wk.com/

DigitasLBi (Sprint, Miller, American Express)

• http://www.digitas.com/

Young & Rubicam (Gap)

• https://www.yr.com/

Saatchi & Saatchi (Toyota)

• http://www.saatchi.com/

TBWA/Chiat/Day (Apple)

• http://tbwachiatday.com/

  

Grants/Residencies/Publications

Here are some things I came across specifically for photography, but some of the residencies apply to all fine artists:

Emerging Photographer Grant

http://www.burnmagazine.org/emerging-photographer-grant/

“The Emerging Photographer Grant is designed to support continuation of a photographer’s personal project. This body of work may be of either journalistic mission or purely personal artistic imperatives. The primary intent is to support emerging photographers who will become the icons of tomorrow.”

In 2012, the fund awarded $10,000 to one finalist, and two runners-up received $2,500.  Over 1,000 entries are submitted in a slew of photographic styles, though the most consistent theme is the photojournalistic.

Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for International Photography, Grant

http://mrofoundation.org/?page/77111/home

“The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography and Film will award a US $5,000 grant to the winning documentary/reportage project proposal and supporting image portfolio. The "Top 12" shortlisted portfolios will be exhibited during Les Rencontres d'Arles at our sister space Galerie Huit, located in the heart of Arles. The winning project must be completed within the following calendar year of receiving the grant. Our grant is open to both professional and up and coming, non-professional photographers in all countries. Participants must be committed to the field of reportage and documentary photography.”

Getty Images Emerging Talent Award

http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/Emerging.html

“Getty Images proudly supports photographers, filmmakers and communications professionals who use their talents to promote positive change in our world. The Getty Images Creative Grants help these creative visionaries as they work together to create new, compelling imagery or video for a nonprofit organization of their choice.”

“To complement our Grants for Editorial Photography program, we offer an opportunity for young photographers to receive mentoring and support through our Emerging Talent Award. Applicants must be under the age of 25 or currently enrolled in a full time photojournalism program (please include a signed letter from a faculty member, confirming this). Winners are added to the Emerging Talent roster on Reportage by Getty Images.”

Burn Magazine

http://www.burnmagazine.org/

“Burn is an evolving journal for emerging photographers. Burn was launched as an online magazine/journal on December 21, 2008, and is curated by Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey. We publish new stories or singles at least two times per week.”
Burn Magazine functions not only as a place of publication, but also as a site for mentoring and discussion amongst up and coming photojournalists and documentary photographers.

Woodstock A-I-R Photography Residency

http://www.cpw.org/AIR/main/main.html

“WOODSTOCK A-I-R  is a workspace residency program designed to support artists of color working in the photographic arts who reside in the United States with access to time, facilities, financial, critical, and technical support. This activity is created with an emphasis on supporting artists working in the photographic arts who are at the brink of their careers and promising talent. All of us lead very busy lives – the drive for this program is to free the artist - from the busy routines and demands of everyday – and to provide a sanctuary for creativity.”
“WOODSTOCK A-I-R encourages participants to pursue creative risk-taking in an environment rich in cultural resources. Working without distraction or interruption, participants focus intensely on their own work, continuing works in progress, setting goals for the future, and breaking new ground.”

Instituto Sacatar Visual Arts Residency

http://www.sacatar.org/

“The INSTITUTO SACATAR operates a residency program for creative individuals in all disciplines at its estate on the Island of Itaparica in the Bay of All Saints, across from the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.”

“The purpose of the Instituto Sacatar is:

• To provide artists a place to live and create
• To generate opportunities for artists to interact and collaborate with the local and regional community
• To enhance the visibility and cultural impact of the host city and nation
• To encourage art that returns us to where art began — to a wordless silence before all of creation”

“We are in a somewhat primitive location and encourage artists to work primitively - that is, simply and directly with few complex tools, materials or technologies.”

PhotoGlobal Residency

http://www.sva.edu/special-programs/photoglobal

PhotoGlobal is a one year program for international photographers to share in the vast creative opportunities that the School of Visual Arts and New York City has to offer. The post-baccalaureate certificate program fosters work of the advanced photographer through critique, lectures, museum and gallery visits and a dialogue with faculty and other participants.

• Participate in an individual critique class and a contemporary photography seminar, along with three electives of your choice.
• Features a lecturing faculty that, individually, has shaped the discourse of contemporary American photography
• Multi-cultural and international learning experience that will enhance the knowledge and understanding of both the resident undergraduate students and those who will gather from various parts of the world

Lastly, here's a really interesting site you may already be familiar with that hosts work from all sorts of up-and-coming visual artists:

http://www.booooooom.com/

“Booooooom was launched in 2008 by Vancouver-based artist Jeff Hamada, with the hope that it would foster a community of people excited to go out and be creative. It has quickly become one of the largest blogs on the internet, with 3 million pageviews each month, and readers from all over the world. Incredibly, this is mainly the result of good old fashion word-of-mouth! So if you’ve told even one person about this place hold your hand up to the monitor and accept this high-five! Did you feel that? That was no regular high-five, that was the highest-five in the history of highs and fives.”

mostly galleries + some international art things

After stalking all my favorite artists on Artsy all the way to the galleries they have shown in or are currently showing in, I now have a few galleries I want to check out:

Jonathan Levine Galleryhttp://jonathanlevinegallery.com/
New York, NY
Currently showing Aakash Nihilani and Haroshi (but unfortunately these shows are only up until tomorrow)

Pavel Zoubouk
http://www.pavelzoubok.com/
New York, NY

Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art 
http://www.cjazzart.com/index.htm
Miami, FL (going to Miami for spring break - maybe I'll check it out!)

Zg Gallery
http://www.zggallery.com/index.htm
Chicago, IL

Plus, this artist residency in Spain:
http://www.ccandratx.com/en/c1/home.html
"For more than ten years, CCA Andratx has been a production place and a platform for artists. In conjunction with the presentation of high-profile international contemporary art by CCA Kunsthalle, CCA offers an Artist-in-Residence Program. Over 500 artists from 20 different countries have already benefited from this program.

CCA Andratx assigns to artists 4 studios free of charge for a period of 3 to 6 weeks.

The studios are located on the ground-floor of the building. With 120 m2 of surface, the studios are fully equipped with kitchen, bathroom and a bedroom. CCA Andrtax welcomes proposals from all fields of artistic work, showing the development of ideas and projects, to which the facilities of the CCA Andratx may contribute. Applications of single persons as well as groups are welcome. Re-applications are possible up to three times.

To apply for residency please send the following:

- Letter of motivation including a short description of the project.

- CV

- Additional information on your artistic work: catalogues, DVD's, images, press dossiers.

A jury will select the artists accepted."

I was most surprised to find that the time period of residencies ranges from a few weeks to many months. I guess I always thought they all lasted at least 6 months, if not a year. I like that there are options, not only in terms of location, but also in terms of duration.

Grants and Residencies-Connor

Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

The Joan Mitchell Foundation was established in 1993 to fulfill the ambitions of Joan Mitchell to aid and assist contemporary artists and to demonstrate that painting and sculpture are significant cultural necessities. To further this mandate, the Foundation supports visual artists through a range of grant programs.

The Foundation annually awards grants nationally, by nomination, to individual artists through its Painters and Sculptors Grant Program and MFA Grant Program for unrestricted career support. The Emergency Grant Program provides funding after natural or man-made disasters that have affected a community. Further assistance to individual artists consists of program initiatives such as Creating a Lasting Legacy, Career Opportunity Grants, and the Joan Mitchell Center on Bayou Road in New Orleans, an artist in residence program.

By encouraging the work of a diverse group of artists, the Foundation celebrates the unique legacy of Joan Mitchell as an American artist and seeks to illuminate the important contributions of painters and sculptors working today.

National Endowment of the Arts

http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/Visualarts.html

The National Endowment for the Arts supports the visual arts -- painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, printmaking, drawing, craft, etc. -- through grants to organizations that serve the needs of and enhance opportunities for artists and their audiences. The Arts Endowment is committed to advancing and preserving the work of contemporary visual artists that reflects serious and exceptional aesthetic investigation.

Grants in the visual arts support projects undertaken by organizations that encourage individual artistic development, experimentation, and dialogue between artists and the public through exhibitions, residencies, publications, commissions, public artworks, conservation, documentation, services to the field, and public programs.

Sarah Nix Ginn, 2661,mixed media. Exhibited at Women & Their Work, 2002.		Restored mural in the Hippodrome Theatre at the Baltimore Performing Arts Center.

Funding Opportunities in Visual Arts

Grants for Arts Projects
CFDA No. 45.024

The National Endowment for the Arts' primary funding opportunities for organizations can be found here. An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY 2014 Grants for Arts Projectscategories (see "Application Limits" for the few exceptions to this rule). For most organizations, these categories represent the full range of funding options for the entire year. Applicants should examine the goal and purposes of their project as well as the review criteria of these categories, and apply to the one category that is most relevant. The Arts Endowment will not transfer applications between categories.

• Art Works: To support the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. Within these areas, innovative projects are strongly encouraged. Grants generally range from $10,000 to $100,000. (Deadlines: March 7 and August 8, 2013)
• Challenge America Fast-Track: To support projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Grants are for $10,000. (Deadline: May 23, 2013)

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship
Who: Artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers living and working in the state of New York
When: annually
How Much: $7,000

The holy grail of artist grants for New York City artists, the NYFA Fellowship are cash awards given to artists working in various disciplines. These grants are for unrestricted use, meaning you can spend the dough however you like. Applications are accepted in five categories each year.

Notable Grantees: Jennifer Egan, Zhou Long, Doug Aitken, Junot Diaz; Todd Haynes, Barbara Kruger, Spike Lee, Christian Marclay, Marilyn Minter. Lynn Nottage, Julie Taymor

[Fine Print]: Check to make sure grants are currently offered in your medium, as they change every year.

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New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artists Grants
Who: Artists supported through non-profit organizations
When: Not available for 2013 yet
How Much: No less than $2,500

NYSCA grants offer support for artist projects to create new work in architecture, planning and design, dance, electronic media, film, and many other categories. Whether you are an emerging or established artist, if you are backed by a non-profit organization you can receive generous funding from the state of New York to make some art.

[Fine Print]: The grantee must be a New York state resident for a minimum of two years with proof. There is a three-request limit.

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Who: Painters, sculptors, printmakers, drawers
When: No deadlines
How Much: $5,000 to $20,000 depending on the individual circumstances of the artist   

Established by Lee Krasner, the Abstract Expressionist painter and widow of Jackson Pollock, the Pollock-Krasner foundation gives grants to artists year-round on a rolling basis. Applicants must demonstrate both artistic talent and and financial need.

Notable Grantees: Aziz & Cucher, Zoe Leonard, Valerie Hegarty, Jane Benson, Alyson Shotz, Thornton Willis, John Beech

[Fine Print]: In order to be considered, applicants must be currently showing their recent work in exhibition spaces, galleries, and/or museums.  

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Photo (mostly) things

I was looking mostly for photography opportunities but space1026 is involved in other things too.

Space1026 in Philly - Open Submissions & Internships
http://space1026.com/contact/
"Space 1026 is a common excitement for making, producing and creating, not for some outside world of aficionados, but for each other, for our own kind. Space 1026 is two floors of a building at 11th and Arch. that‘s in Philadelphia. It is a network of dozens of artists who‘ve had studios at the Space, past and present. It is dozens of artists who‘ve had shows at the Space over the last 13 years. It is dozens of artists who come to our events, and participate in our community. Space 1026 is a community – a creative community – not an institution."
 
Center for Photography at Woodstock - Open Submissions 
http://www.cpw.org/CurrentOpportunities/Artists/pages/artists_exhibition.html
"Center for photography at Woodstock each year host 5 group exhibitions, 5 solo exhibitions We welcome submissions from artists who use photography, digital imagery, multi-media, and/or installations that incorporate photography."

Photofusion Gallery in London - Open Submissions & Internships
http://www.photofusion.org/submitting/ 
"London Photofusion’s gallery has established a growing reputation for showcasing work that looks beyond photography’s traditional forms towards innovative ways of using the medium and extending its vocabulary. Photofusion encourages work that has a strong  thematic basis dealing with contemporary issues, whether social, environmental, cultural or aesthetic. Photofusion continually seeks out new work by artists using photography and considers proposals from artists nationally and internationally. Our exhibitions programme is usually planned up to 9 months ahead and new proposals are considered at gallery committee meetings throughout the year."

SF Camerwork - Open Submissions
http://www.sfcamerawork.org/exhibitions/submit_work.php 
"SF Camerawork’s exhibitions are nationally recognized as a focal point for innovation, a pacesetter for new trends in the medium and a launching pad for artists’ careers. Our exhibitions present contemporary work in the photographic arts, as well as digital, video, and related visual image media. Open submissions Each year, SF Camerawork stages six to eight major exhibitions featuring photography, video, digital media, and film."

Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
http://www.mocp.org/about/portfolio-reviews.php
"The museum reviews portfolios from national and international artists on a monthly basis for consideration for exhibition and acquisition."

5 venues, grants, residency programs, etc

I mostly ended up looking for stuff that was New York-based but I thought it was kind of important to seek out stuff there that I haven't heard of, since there's so much. I also included the artist names that I looked up in case anyone is ever curious how their art corresponds to the types of places they've shown/residences they've had/etc.


Brian Scott Campbell
- Artists Alliance Inc.
o Based in NYC, focused on fostering artistic community especially on
Lower East Side, for underrepresented and emerging artists
o Provide free studio spaces, access to art professionals and the public
o Host exhibitions and cultural activities
o Education programs for local public schools
o LES Studio Program- Artist residencies for those who apply and are
accepted

Aron Wiesenfeld
- Arcadia Gallery
o Soho, NYC
o Focuses on contemporary, representational artwork
o Most of the artists featured seem to strongly harken back to art historical
tradition
o You can send them your work for review in form of slides, photos,
transparencies

Winston Chmielinski
- NP Contemporary Art Center
o 131 Chrystie St., New York, NY, 10002
o NYC Lower East Side
o Crossover/multimedia exhibitions
o Considered “edgier” and more experimental
o Emphasis on new media art
o Exhibitions, performances, concerts, artist talks, movie screenings
o Contemporary Art gallery, performance space, education center

Jillian Tamaki
- Society of Illustrators Award
o Student Scholarship Competition
o Only department chairs/administrators can enter work…
o Deadline Jan 30/31

Matt Bollinger
- THE ICEBOX
- Part of Crane Arts in Philadelphia, PA
- Visual and multimedia contemporary art
- Crane aims to support artistic production by emerging and established artists
- Help Philadelphia’s artistic community and growth as a whole
- Provide space for visual/performing arts

Digital Media

I went after my research with a digital/new media angle... So here are some cool things that combine art + technology:

School of Visual Art : MFA in Computer Art -- located in NYC

" The MFA Computer Art Department emphasizes creativity and a multidisciplinary approach to making art with computers and emerging technologies.

• The goal of the program is to develop artists who will produce significant creative work throughout their careers
• The faculty comprises internationally renowned artists, curators, critics, theorists and industry professionals—a who’s who of New York’s art world
• Recently renovated, state-of-the-art facilities; named one of the top ten digital art schools in the world"

It seems like it focuses more on commercial jobs than fine art, since they say, "Graduates of the department are employed by the most prestigious digital studios : Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar, DreamWorks, Disney, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rhythm & Hues, Digital Domain, Blue Sky Studios, mtv and Electronic Arts."

Ars Electronica -- Linz, Austria
"Art, technology, society. Since 1979, Ars Electronica has sought out interlinkages and congruities, causes and effects. The ideas circulating here are innovative, radical, eccentric in the best sense of that term. They influence our everyday life—our lifestyle, our way of life, every single day.

The Festival as proving ground, the Prix as competition honoring excellence, the Center as a year-‘round setting for presentation & interaction, and the Futurelab as in-house R&D facility extend their feelers throughout the realms of science and research, art and technology. Ars Electronica’s four divisions inspire one another and put futuristic visions to the test in a unique, creative feedback loop. It’s an integrated organism continuously reinventing itself."

Note to self: learn German.

Los Angeles Center for Digital Art

Not much info on their website but it might be a cool place to visit. However, not necessarily a good place to submit artwork?

Lastly, this gallery in NYC that seems really awesome: Bitforms Gallery

"bitforms gallery is devoted to emerging and established artists who embrace new media and contemporary art practice."

RISCA + Boomerang Fund

Two of the more interesting/within reach sources of funding that I found:

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)
http://www.arts.ri.gov/individuals/

Lots of grants/fellowships/resources for individual artists. No stipulations about amount of time passed since being a student, and lots of former Brown students have gotten fellowships! I believe you have to be a resident of Rhode Island to qualify, but that's not too difficult to work out. Especially if you're living here post-graduation.


Boomerang Fund for Artists
http://www.boomerangfund.org/

No-strings attached funding to artists of all kinds. Again, no stipulations about time passed since being a student. A couple of the Advisors (they choose the grant recipients) are Brown professors.

Week 2 LINKS

MFA on DVD
http://hennessyyoungman.com/gradschool.html

Artsy
artsy.net

Open Letter from Sara Wookey

shouldiworkforfree.com

Chronicle of Higher Education

GYST software
http://www.gyst-ink.com/index.php

College Art Association Guidelines for Resumes and CVs
http://www.collegeart.org/guidelines/resume
http://www.collegeart.org/guidelines/visartcv

Artist Statement Generator
http://www.500letters.org/form_15.php

Joan Mitchell Foundation Grants

I mentioned the Joan Mitchell Foundation in class. A bunch of my favorite artists have received their grants. Heather mentioned the Foundation's professional development program, and they also run art education programs for kids and high school students. Here's an overview of their grant programs:

http://joanmitchellfoundation.org/artist-programs/artist-grants

Painters and Sculptors Grant Program:
"The Foundation currently awards $25,000 to twenty-five artists through a nomination process. Nominators from across the country are invited to recommend artists, at any stage in their career, who are currently under-recognized for their creative achievements, and whose practice would significantly benefit from the grant. In an anonymous process, a jury panel then selects the twenty-five awardees. Nominators and jurors include prominent visual artists, curators, and art educators who are dedicated to supporting artists."

The MFA Grant Program:
"...created in 1997 to assist painters & sculptors who are receiving their MFA degrees. The Foundation awards $15,000 to each of the fifteen recipients. With these grants the Foundation aims to further the recipients’ artistic careers and to aid, upon graduation, in the transition from academic to professional studio work."

Emergency Program:
"...provides emergency support to artists working in the mediums of painting, sculpture, and/or drawing after natural or manmade disasters that have affected a community."

Howard Foundation, Fellowship

http://brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/Howard_Foundation/

The Howard Fellowship awards $30,000 to a scholar or artist to complete one year of work. It requires you to be an "Early mid-career" artist (at least 5 years out of school) with recognition for at least one project. Also, the Fellowship must "provide you with time off from other responsibilities to work on your proposed project," you must live in the US, and your proposed project must fall within that year's theme. Below is the rotation of project themes, which repeats continually in this order. Nobody qualifies for this yet, but it might be something to keep in the back of your mind. (You senior painter/sculptor-types might pay special attention because we will be 5 years out of school for the next Painting, Sculpture grant.)

Award Year	Creative Arts	Historical and Critical Studies
2014-2015	Playwriting, Music	Theatre Studies, Musicology, History
2015-2016	Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry	Philosophy
2016-2017	Creative Non-Fiction, Literary Translation into English	Film Studies, Literary Studies
2017-2018	Photography	Anthropology, Archaeology
2018-2019	Painting, Sculpture	History of Art and Architecture

*table courtesy of http://brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/Howard_Foundation/