The Japanese American National Museum is one of the nation’s premier culturally specific museums. Through the building of a comprehensive collection of material culture and development of multi-faceted exhibitions, educational activities, public programs and publications, the Museum preserves and shares for current and future generations the rich and diverse stories of Japanese Americans for national and international audiences alike. This …
Freewaves creates public media art events that bring diverse audiences and independent media artists together in dialogue on current issues. Media arts include the work of artists who use communication technology – video, film, the web, and mobile devices. Freewaves has pioneered every new development in the field of media art, establishing itself as one of the most respected and …
The Los Angeles Printmaking Society (LAPS) is a national non-profit dedicated to the encouragement of printmaking, educating the public and promoting the interests of printmaking as an art form. The grant will support the creation of a legacy video entitled “Portraits of Six Printmakers Breaking the Mold” that will showcase the work and methods of contemporary artists who push beyond …
Since its inception in 1965, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has been devoted to collecting works of art that span both history and geography, in addition to representing Los Angeles’ uniquely diverse population. Today LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection that includes over 120,000 objects dating from antiquity to …
LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) is a non-profit organization committed to curating site-specific public art exhibitions in Los Angeles and beyond. LAND believes that all people deserve the opportunity to experience innovative contemporary art in their everyday existence, to enhance their quality of life and ways of thinking about their community. In turn, artists deserve the opportunity to realize projects in …
LA><ART is the leading independent non-profit contemporary art space in Los Angeles, committed to the production of ambitious and experimental exhibitions, public art projects and publications with both emerging and mid-career artists working locally, nationally and internationally. Two shows will be funded with this grant. The first (February 20, 2016 through March 26, 2016) will feature the work of artist …
The Long Beach Museum of Art is a community-based organization that collects and cares for a permanent art collection, presents changing exhibitions in a variety of media, and provides engaging educational programming for youth and adults. The funding received from this grant will support the exhibition “Vitality and Verve,” which will invite contemporary ceramic artists to transform the museum space …
Machine Project is a loose group of artist/performer collaborators who do projects together when invited by other people and institutions, usually museums. Even though it is half their name, the word “Project” is loosely defined. Most of the time, it means an institution has asked us them to do something to explore their space. Sometimes, they explore a topic on …
The MAK Center was established in 1994 as an alliance between MAK Vienna and Friends of the Schindler House. Unique in its role as a constellation of historic architectural sites and contemporary exhibition spaces, the MAK Center develops local, national and international projects exploring the intersection of art and architecture. The grant will lend support to artist Stephanie Taylor’s “The …
Materials & Applications (M&A) is an independent space for contemporary, experimental and alternative architecture. Their mission is to advance innovative and critical ideas in architecture through public programming, which includes temporary architecture, curated events, and special projects. The funding will be used as exhibition support for “The Kid Gets Out of the Picture,” which is a cycle of three shows …
