Artadia

Artadia is an American arts non-profit organization founded in 1999. They are headquartered in New York City, and support visual artists with unrestricted, merit-based financial awards as well as other opportunities.

History

Artadia was founded in San Francisco in 1999 by businessman and art collector Christopher E. Vroom and a group of art collectors and philanthropists who sought to increase financial and professional support for artists.[1][2] In 2002, Artadia relocated to New York and increased the geographical scope of its grant making to include seven cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. As of 2012, Carolyn Ramo is its executive director.[3]

Programs

The Artadia Award is offered through an open call application, available to artists in six cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston,[4] Los Angeles,[5] New York[6] and San Francisco. Artist recipients are selected by a rotating team of curators who make studio visits with finalists. Artadia Award funds are unrestricted and typically $10,000.

Artadia awards two specialized grants, the Marciano Artadia Award, a $25,000 award given to a Los Angeles–based artist,[7] in addition to two standard grantees, and the NADA Artadia Award, which is presented in partnership with the New Art Dealers Alliance at their art fairs in Miami.[8]

Artadia presents an Art & Dialogue program series, which includes studio visits, public programs, and online media showcasing awardees, including free public talks by curators presented in collaboration with local partner organizations.[9][10] Artadia oversees the Artadia Fellowship, which supports immigrant and refugee artists with connections to Artadia awardees in the Houston art community.[11]

In 2019 the organization introduced a grant for emerging artists.[12] During the 2020 COVID 19 pandemic, the organization announced a plan to distribute $10 million to artists impacted by the crisis by distributing $5000 grants to 100 artists per week, ultimately funding 2000 artists.[13][14][15]

Since 1999, Artadia has given grants to over 331 artists.

References
  1. West, Melanie Grayce (2013-05-13). "A Network of 'Systematic' Support for Artists". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  2. "Free Money: Artadia's Unrestricted Grants Are All About Believing in Artists". 30 March 2020.
  3. "Carolyn Ramo Named Executive Director of Artadia". Observer. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  4. ARTnews, The Editors of (January 6, 2020). "ARTnews in Brief: Hauser & Wirth Names Marc Payot as President—and More from January 10, 2020". {{cite web}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  5. "Artadia Names 2020 Los Angeles Awardees". www.artforum.com.
  6. "Artadia Announces 2020 New York Awardees". www.artforum.com.
  7. "Art World News Today | BLOUIN ARTINFO". www.blouinartinfo.com. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  8. The Editors of ARTnews (2018-12-07). "NADA Artadia Award Goes to Artist Stephanié Saadé". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-06-08. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. "Artadia". Grantmakers in the Arts. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  10. "Artadia Celebrates 20 Years of Supporting Artists". Cultured Magazine. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  11. "Artadia Creates New Fellowship Program for Immigrant Artists in Houston". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  12. "Artadia, Influential Organization Offering Funding to Emerging Artists, to Significantly Expand Grant-Making Programs". 4 December 2019.
  13. "$10 million fund to help artists affected by COVID-19 pandemic". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  14. "Give $5,000 to 100 artists. Repeat. That's the goal of the new Artist Relief Fund". Los Angeles Times. 8 April 2020.
  15. "Artist Relief Offers Emergency Funding to Artists Suffering from COVID-19 Fallout". Forbes.
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