Grant Program

Art Matters considers applications by invitation only. Through our current program, Art Matters provides 7,500 USD fellowships to individual artists and collective teams working in contemporary art and performance. Priority is given to artists working with social issues and experimenting with form.

Our funds can be used for any and all aspects of artistic practice – from early research and development of ideas, to travel costs, to production and presentation expenses, to day-to-day material or space needs.

Viewing names beginning with: “o”

Name	Year	Description	Keywords
Artstillery	2022	Organizational support.
Museum of Modern Art	1985	Organizational support.
Anna O’Cain	1996 , 1995 , 1993	Fellowship.
Patrick O’Connell	1991	Fellowship.
Patrick O’Connell	1992	Fellowship.
Danny O’Dowdy	1986 , 1985	Fellowship.
Nancy O’Reilly	1988	Fellowship.
Michael O’Reilly	1994	Fellowship.
Anna O’Sullivan	1987	Fellowship.
Alison O'Daniel	2012	Support for The Tuba Thieves, a film project exploring the recurring theft of sound in Southern California.
Lorraine O'Grady	2011	Support for travel to Jamaica to meet local family members, artists and art workers, documenting the trip in photos, video and text.Image:Lorraine O’Grady, The Strange Taxi: From Africa to Jamaica to Boston in 200 Years. Courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates, New York, NY.	Travel
Lorraine O'Grady	1990	Fellowship.
Juan Obando	2019	Fellowship.	Film & Video, Installation, Performance, Research
Juan Obando	2019	Relevant Links:Astroturfs of Offense, 2021, a focused debate around the mechanics and aesthetics of contemporary crowds. What are the truths of crowds both "real" and "fake"? Who and what directs their flows? And what is the cost (and price) for the bodies that show up? Central to this discussion was "astroturfing" (i.e., the manufacturing of "grass roots") and its historical precedents.https://newmodels.io/proprietary/astroturfs-of-offense-glossary
Bill Obrecht	1990	Fellowship.
Aric Obrosey	1992	Fellowship.
John Obuck	1986	Fellowship.
Manuel Ocampo	1994	Fellowship.
Cultural Odyssey	1989 , 1987	Fellowship.
Richard Ogust	1988	Fellowship.
Hiroko Okahashi	1990	Fellowship.
Yoshua Okón	2011	Support for a project restaging key battles from the Guatemalan Civil War in the late 80s and 90s in the parking lot of a Cypress Park Home Depot with members of the Mayan community in LA who fought in the war and are now day laborers.
Tunde Olaniran	2017	Fellowship.	Installation, Performance
Pat Oleszko	1989 , 1985	Fellowship.
Karyn Olivier	2007	Travel to her native country of Trinidad (her first time working there) during Carnival to learn the stilt-walking traditions of Moko Jumbies at the Keylemanjahro School of Arts and support to create an installation at the project space of local architect Sean Leonard.	Travel
Ahamefule Oluo	2016	Support for the development of SUSAN, a theatrical performance about the artist's mother.	Performance
Camilo Ontiveros	2010	Support for El Pedon, a project in which the artist extracts a cubic meter of soil from Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico and transports it, intact, to an arts institution in the US.
Jane Orleman	1992	Fellowship.
Laura Ortman	2016	Support for the recording and collection of sounds, songs, stories and voices of Native Americans in the New York City area to take the form of an experimental album.	Film & Video, Installation, Painting / Drawing, Performance, Research, Travel
Sono Osato	1993	Fellowship.
Scott Oshima	2021	Fellowship.
Pepon Osorio	1990	Fellowship.
Georg Osterman	1988	Fellowship.
Jorin Ostroska	1994	Fellowship.
Sol Ostrow	1987	Fellowship.
Eiko Otake	2015	A Body in Places, a series of intimate solo performances.	Film & Video, Installation, Performance, Photography, Travel
Eiko Otake	2020	Fellowship.	Film & Video, Installation, Performance, Photography, Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary, Multimedia
Eiko Otake	2020	Fellowship.
Clifford Owens	2007	Support for Owens’s first international travel to Ecuador to explore multiple cities and research aspects of local culture and politics.	Travel
Akosua Adoma Owusu	2012	Support for travel to work on a film adaptation about Kwaku Ananse, a folk hero in West African fables.	Film & Video, Travel
Sisters of Watts	2021	Organizational support.
Theater of the Two-Headed Calf	2009	Support for the travel to Istanbul for the development of the live soap opera Room for Cream Istanbul in collaboration with Lambda Istanbul and local queer performers and artists.	Travel

Grant Program

Viewing names beginning with: “o”

Artstillery

2022

Museum of Modern Art

1985

Anna O&rsquo;Cain

1996

1995

1993

Patrick O&rsquo;Connell

1991

Patrick O&rsquo;Connell

1992

Danny O&rsquo;Dowdy

1986

1985

Nancy O&rsquo;Reilly

1988

Michael O&rsquo;Reilly

1994

Anna O&rsquo;Sullivan

1987

Alison O'Daniel

2012

Lorraine O'Grady

2011

Lorraine O'Grady

1990

Juan Obando

2019

Juan Obando

2019

Bill Obrecht

1990

Aric Obrosey

1992

John Obuck

1986

Manuel Ocampo

1994

Cultural Odyssey

1989

1987

Richard Ogust

1988

Hiroko Okahashi

1990

Yoshua Okón

2011

Tunde Olaniran

2017

Pat Oleszko

1989

1985

Karyn Olivier

2007

Ahamefule Oluo

2016

Camilo Ontiveros

2010

Jane Orleman

1992

Laura Ortman

2016

Sono Osato

1993

Scott Oshima

2021

Pepon Osorio

1990

Georg Osterman

1988

Jorin Ostroska

1994

Sol Ostrow

1987

Eiko Otake

2015

Eiko Otake

Anna O’Cain

Patrick O’Connell

Patrick O’Connell

Danny O’Dowdy

Nancy O’Reilly

Michael O’Reilly

Anna O’Sullivan