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: “s”

Name	Year	Description	Keywords
Peggy Shaw (Split Britches Company)	2007	Support for Shaw and Lois Weaver to bring their performance piece Long Table to the Hemispheric Institute’s 2007 Encuentro in Argentina. Image: Courtesy of the artist.	Performance, Travel
Primary Performance Group	1986	Organizational support.
Cary S.	1993	Fellowship.
Catherine Saalfield Gund	1992 , 1990	Fellowship.
Betye Saar	1994	Fellowship.
Victoria Sacks	1988	Fellowship.
Rijin Sahakian	2021	Fellowship.
Patrick Saidmore	1993	Fellowship.
Gregory Sale	2013	Support for the first iteration in Phoenix, AZ of Sleepover, a series of activities with diverse constituents exploring re-entering society after incarceration.
Jayce Salloum	1993	Fellowship.
Jackie Salloum	2007	Support for the creation of concert video projections in collaboration with DAM and PR, Palestinian hip hop groups, and Waleed Zaiter, an Arab-American graphic animator. These projections will accompany the release of Salloum’s feature-length documentary, Slingshot Hip-Hop: The Palestinian Lyrical Front.	Film & Video
Marcia Salo	1987	Fellowship.
Isabel Samaras	1992	Fellowship.
Connie Samaras	1993	Fellowship.
Darran Sampson	1990	Fellowship.
Jim Sanborn	1990	Fellowship.
Janea Sanchez	2020	Fellowship.
M. Jenea Sanchez	2020	Fellowship.	Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary
Juan Sanchez	1994	Fellowship.
Kathe Sandler	1988	Fellowship.
Hope Sandrow	1990	Fellowship.
Vivien Sansour	2024	Fellowship.
Joseph Santarromana	1994	Fellowship.
Rene Santos	1985	Fellowship.
John Sapp	1989	Fellowship.
Jacolby Satterwhite	2013	Support for the expansion of the artist’s current performance and video practice into sculpture with the purchase of a 3D printer.
Wade Saunders	1987	Fellowship.
Elizabeth Saveri	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Margo Sawyer	1987	Fellowship.
Julia Scher	1988 , 1987	Fellowship.
Candace Schermerhorn	1994	Fellowship.
Gary Schiro	1996 , 1995 , 1993 , 1989	Fellowship.
Tracy Schlapp	2020	Fellowship.	Performance, Printmaking, Multimedia
Tracy Schlapp	2020	Fellowship.
Heidi Schlatter	1989	Fellowship.
Roger Schmitz/Miroslav Janek	1988	Fellowship.
Carolee Schneemann	1986	Fellowship.
Carolee Schneemann	2013	Support for ongoing work.	Film & Video, Painting/Drawing, Performance
Peter Schroth	1994	Fellowship.
Bruce Schwartz	1986	Fellowship.
Michael Schwartz	1992	Fellowship.
Susan Schwartzenberg	1992	Fellowship.
David Schweitzer	2007	Support for the travel to Cusco, Peru to work with collaborators on QORICANCHA (AND THE SACRED SONGS OF CUSCO), a new multimedia opera addressing the forced application of modern cultures onto the remnants of ancient ones in Peru with “lost” Peruvian songs sung in Quechua by Sonia Ccahuana.	Travel
David Schweizer	1986	Fellowship.
Leni Schwendinger	1988	Fellowship.
Mickael Scott	1993	Fellowship.
Dread Scott	2020	Fellowship.	Performance, Photography, Printmaking, Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary
Dread Scott	2013	Support for research trips to New Orleans and Charlotte to develop Slave Rebellion Reenactment, a restaging and reinterpreting of Louisiana’s German Coast Uprising of 1811.	Film & Video, Performance, Photography, Travel
Joyce Scott	1992	Fellowship.
Jordan Seaberry	2018	Fellowship.	Painting / Drawing, Photography, Research, Printmaking
Jessica Segall	2011	Support for travel to Mongolia to collaborate with local artist Tuguldur Yondonjamts on a performative sculpture project involving natural electric fields.	Film & Video, Performance, Travel
Dui Seid	1992	Fellowship.
Beverly Semmes	1988	Fellowship.
Robert Seng	1994	Fellowship.
Nicholas Sergio	1994	Fellowship.
Andres Serrano	1988 , 1986	Fellowship.
Eran Shakine	1989	Fellowship.
Dorothy Shamonsky	1989	Fellowship.
Xuhong Shang	1993	Fellowship.
Ruby Shang/Kei Okada	1987	Fellowship.
Celia Shapiro	1989	Fellowship.
Leslie Sharpe	1992	Fellowship.
Peggy Shaw	2020	Fellowship.	Performance, Multimedia
Jim Shaw	1986	Fellowship.
Peggy Shaw	2020	Fellowship.
Thet Shein	1993	Fellowship.
Accra Shepp	2013	Support for ongoing work.	Photography
Stuart Sherman	1992 , 1987	Fellowship.
Treasure Shields Redmond	2022	Fellowship.
Shikeith	2020	Fellowship.	Film & Video, Installation, Photography, Sculpture
Roger Shimomura	1994 , 1992 , 1989	Fellowship.
Clay Shirky	1992	Fellowship.
Lincoln Shlensky	1987	Fellowship.
Alyson Shotz	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Medicine Show	1986	Fellowship.
Binod Shrestha	2010	Support for travel to Nepal, the place of the artist’s birth, for interviews and video/photo documentation exploring body politics, violence, memory, and identity towards an exhibition involving Nepali expatriates in the US.	Travel
Lady Shug	2022	Fellowship.
Lady Shug (Diné)	2020	Fellowship.	Performance
Daniel Shurman	1985	Fellowship.
Suzan Shutan	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Linda Carmella Sibio	1994 , 1992 , 1991	Fellowship.
Lisa Sigal	2012	Support for ongoing work.
Susan Silas	1992 , 1988	Fellowship.
Amy Sillman	1990	Fellowship.
Joe Silovsky	2007	Support for the continued development of the performance work, The Jester of Tonga, based on the true story of Jesse Bogdonoff, a Californian accountant who was officially declared the jester of the island of Tonga by the country’s king. He earned millions in interest for the country from a scheme of selling Tongan passports to Hong Kong citizens. Involves travel to California and Tonga for further research.	Performance, Travel
Susan Silton	2011	Support for travel to La Gomera in the Canary Islands to work with women practitioners of the whistling language Silbo Gomero towards a project involving a whistled adaptation of Gertrude Stein’s Lifting Belly.	Travel
Larry Silver	1993	Fellowship.
Joy Silverman	1997 , 1996 , 1995 , 1992	Fellowship.
Jeffrey Silverthorne	1992	Fellowship.
Hannah Sim	1993	Fellowship.
Xaviera Simmons	2008	Travel to the Northeast coast of Australia to research ideas of Dreamtime and landscape in aboriginal communities, and to set up a free outdoor photography studio in collaboration with Australian sculptor and painter Daniel Templeton.	Photography, Travel
Jeannie Simms	2008	Support for Readymaids, a performance video and photo project involving “maid agencies” in Java, Indonesia.
Adam Simon	1992 , 1990 , 1987	Fellowship.
Jason Simon	1992	Fellowship.
Ahya Simone	2018	Fellowship.	Film & Video, Performance
Ahya Simone	2020	Fellowship.	Film & Video, Performance
Gail Simpson	1988	Fellowship.
Deborah Singletary	1989	Fellowship.
Theodora Skipitares	1994	Fellowship.
Stephanie Skura	1990 , 1988 , 1985	Fellowship.
Lisanne Skyler	1993	Fellowship.
Helen Slade	1993	Fellowship.
Clarissa Sligh	1989	Fellowship.
Deborah Small	1992	Fellowship.
Tuesday Smillie	2014	Support for ongoing work.	Painting/Drawing
Louise Smith	1989	Fellowship.
Cynthia Smith	1990	Fellowship.
Alvin Smith	1991 , 1990	Fellowship.
Jaiko Suzuki	2022	Fellowship.
Nastassja Swift	2021	Fellowship.
Luis Sánchez Ramírez	2008	Support for a new site-specific installation and single channel video recreating the artists experience during his process of immigration in Baja California. To be presented in Tijuana and Chicago. Image: Courtesy of the artist.
jackie sumell	2021	Fellowship.

Grant Program

Viewing names beginning with: “s”

Peggy Shaw (Split Britches Company)

2007

Primary Performance Group

1986

Cary S.

1993

Catherine Saalfield Gund

1992

1990

Betye Saar

1994

Victoria Sacks

1988

Rijin Sahakian

2021

Patrick Saidmore

1993

Gregory Sale

2013

Jayce Salloum

1993

Jackie Salloum

2007

Marcia Salo

1987

Isabel Samaras

1992

Connie Samaras

1993

Darran Sampson

1990

Jim Sanborn

1990

Janea Sanchez

2020

M. Jenea Sanchez

2020

Juan Sanchez

1994

Kathe Sandler

1988

Hope Sandrow

1990

Vivien Sansour

2024

Joseph Santarromana

1994

Rene Santos

1985

John Sapp

1989

Jacolby Satterwhite

2013

Wade Saunders

1987

Elizabeth Saveri

1996

1995

Margo Sawyer

1987

Julia Scher

1988

1987

Candace Schermerhorn

1994

Gary Schiro

1996

1995

1993

1989

Tracy Schlapp

2020

Tracy Schlapp

2020

Heidi Schlatter

1989

Roger Schmitz/Miroslav Janek

1988