Located in Pomona, the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) is one of the few museums in the country dedicated solely to ceramic art and the only one of its kind on the West Coast. Grants funding will be used to support the exhibition Plunder Me, Baby, the first West coast exhibition by U.S.-based Peruvian artist Kukuli Velarde. The show …
The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena is a community-based contemporary arts center that offers innovative approaches to creating, exploring, and presenting the visual arts. The grant will help support the exhibition Down and to the Left: Reflections on Mexico in the NAFTA Era. This exhibition is part of a year-long series of programs that consider the social, economic, …
Established in 1930, ArtCenter College of Design is a global leader in art and design education. ArtCenter’s visionary approach to education is based on the college’s conservatory-like approach to teaching and learning; a desire for rich, intercultural and transdisciplinary dialogue; and a mandate to provide students innovative learning and making spaces. The two-part grant will be used for scholarship funding …
Boston Court Performing Arts Center is dedicated to presenting works that are creative, bold and daring. They strive to challenge the audiences of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley with diverse programs in an intimate setting. Funding will be used to support Boston Court’s ongoing series, Art Upfront, along with their Annual Art Show. The exhibitions are curated shows displaying …
REDCAT is a 7,000 square foot state-of-the-art black box performance space, a 3,000 square foot exhibition space, and lounge located in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in downtown Los Angeles. It is CalArts’ downtown center for innovative visual, performing, and media arts. Grant funding will support It is obvious from the map, an exhibition exploring the refugee crisis in …
Cal State Dominguez Hills provides education, scholarship and service that are by design accessible and transformative. It welcomes students who seek academic achievement, personal fulfillment and preparation for the work of today and tomorrow. Grant funding will be used to support Praxis, an exhibition intended to strengthen the visibility and voice of the South Los Angeles community through socially engaged …
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock’s mission is to be innovative in providing multidisciplinary, arts-inclusive programming to the diverse communities of northeast Los Angeles and beyond. Grant funding will support the center’s exhibition, Haunted Memories. This project will commission and feature new work by approximately ten emerging Los Angeles-area visual artists working in ceramics, sculpture, photography, painting, print and film, …
Clockshop is a multifaceted arts organization that works to expand the dialogue around cultural production, politics, and urban space by commissioning new projects by contemporary visual artists and writers and partnering with diverse cultural institutions. Funding will be used for a site-specific artistic performance at the Bowtie, a plot of land on the LA River where the public has engaged …
Coaxial is a non-profit multi-disciplinary media arts organization devoted to the creation of new video art. Coaxial provides artists a studio to use pro-video equipment to realize pieces that otherwise would be out of reach including use of analog video synthesizers, a green screen, and a public exhibition space for live events. Coaxial will use the funding to support a …
CAFAM is the only museum in Los Angeles dedicated solely to the support of contemporary craft and folk artists and gives audience to diverse makers and artists whose work is often not represented in larger art institutions. The grant will help fund Material as Metaphor. The title is taken from an essay by Anni Albers celebrating the free experimentation occurring …
