APPLICATIONS FOR ARTADIA AWARDS 2010 HOUSTON
Deadline: March 01, 2010
New York, NY – Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is now accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2010 Houston from all visual artists living and working in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all media and at any point in their career are strongly encouraged to apply. Open for three months, online applications close March 1, 2010 at 11:59pm CST. Awardees will be selected in the spring of 2010 through Artadia’s rigorous two- tiered jury process. This is Artadia’s fifth awards cycle in Houston.
Artadia's Executive Director Lila Kanner and Program Manager Ute Zimmermann will be hosting an information session at Lawndale Art Center on January 28, 2010 at 6pm to answer questions about the awards program, the selection process, and the online application. The information session is free and open to the public. No rsvp is required.
“Artadia is delighted to open our fifth cycle of awards open to all artists in Harris County/Houston and encourages all visual artists, working in all media and at all stages of their career to apply for our panel review. Of the 45 artists that have won Artadia Awards in Houston since our first Houston program, well more than two-thirds of the artists are still living and working in Houston,” commented Artadia Executive Director Lila Kanner. “The presence of so many great artists, nonprofits, cultural institutions, and individuals committed to supporting creative culture makes Houston one of the most vibrant cities in the country. We are deeply honored as an organization to have worked with the community since 2003.”
Artadia hopes to build on the 2008 cycle’s record number of applications received for the 2010 open call. An esteemed panel of nationally known curators, arts professionals, and artists will review all applications in New York in March and select 15 finalists, who will be announced in early April 2010. A second round jury will then travel to Houston for 45-minute studio visits with each of the finalists and determine the seven Artadia Awardees 2010 Houston later that month. Two awards of $15,000 and five of $3,000 will be distributed.
“Houston Endowment has historically cultivated the arts in the community and supported artistic achievement,” said Houston Endowment grant officer Debbie McNulty. “Artadia’s work to encourage innovative artistic practice and meaningful dialogue about contemporary art is well- aligned with the foundation’s belief that the value of the arts comes through both the creative expression of the artist and the experience of that expression by others.”
Visionary support for Artadia in Houston is provided by Houston Endowment, Inc. and many generous individuals in Houston who share a deep commitment to supporting the arts. Special thanks to Lawndale Art Center.
About Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue
Artadia’s mission is to encourage innovative practice and meaningful dialogue across the United States by providing visual artists in specific communities with unrestricted awards and a national network of support. Artadia was founded as The ArtCouncil in 1997 by investment banker and art collector Christopher E. Vroom. The first awards were given in San Francisco, where Vroom was living at the time. Chicago was added as a program city in 2001. In 2003, Artadia added Houston to its roster, Boston in 2007, and Atlanta in 2009. Once Artadia commits to a community, it returns every other year to run its awards programs and, on the off years, it co-sponsors a public program with a local institution. Started as an individual’s vision, Artadia’s base of support now includes private foundations, a national Board of Directors, a National Council, and members who are active in supporting the core of creative culture: the individual artist.
Artadia Awards are determined through a rigorous jury process that employs nationally prominent curators, artists, and critics. Artadia partners with local foundations and individuals in the host cities to raise funds that go directly to artists in that community. Artadia matches those contributions by providing the funds that administer the program. Once an artist receives an Artadia Award, he or she becomes part of a national network of support forever.
Last year Artadia launched a New York Artist Residency program, which brings Artadia Awardees from each of its program cities to New York for a three-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn. This groundbreaking addition to Artadia’s commitment to individual artists is the first of its kind in New York City for US-based visual artists and is supported by the National Endowment for Arts. Artadia also presents events in New York and Miami, which are intended to not only demonstrate the tremendous creativity in partner communities, but also facilitate exchange and dialogue nationwide.
Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue
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