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 Grantees from: 2022

Name	Year	Description	Keywords
Art Awareness, Inc.	1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
Sushi, Inc.	1992 , 1988 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
Artists Space	1988 , 1987 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
Artist Trust	1988	Organizational support.
Art Museum of South Texas	1986	Organizational support.
Artspace	1988	Organizational support.
Art Works	1986	Organizational support.
Aspen Art Museum	1987 , 1985	Organizational support.
BACA Downtown	1988 , 1987 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
Bemis Foundation	1988 , 1987	Organizational support.
Beyond Baroque Foundation	1988	Organizational support.
Big Star Art Space	1989	Organizational support.
Black International Cinema	1989	Organizational support.
Bronx Council	1987	Organizational support.
Center for Contemporary Art	1986	Organizational support.
Collective for Living Cinema	1989 , 1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
Contemporary Arts Center	1988	Organizational support.
Critical Art Ensemble	2007	Support for ongoing work.
DanceSpace	1986	Organizational support.
Dinosaur Productions	1988	Organizational support.
Dixon Place/Open Channels, Inc.	1987	Organizational support.
Franklin Furnace	1987	Organizational support.
Group Material	1988 , 1987	Fellowship.
Harvestworks	1986	Organizational support.
Igor Foundation	1986	Organizational support.
Intar	1988	Organizational support.
LACE	1988 , 1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
LA Museum of Contemporary Art	1992	Organizational support.
Life on the Water Theater	1989 , 1987	Organizational support.
MATRIX Program/UC Berkeley	1988	Organizational support.
Naotaka Hiro & Sid M. Dueñas	2014	Support for ongoing work.	Film & Video, Installation, Painting/Drawing, Performance, Photography, Research, Travel
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression	1993 , 1992	Organizational support.
Nexus	1986	Organizational support.
Otrabanda Company	1989 , 1988	Organizational support.
Parabola Arts Foundation, Inc.	1987	Organizational support.
PCVA	1986	Organizational support.
Pentacle	1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
Performance Project	1986	Organizational support.
Postcommodity	2012	Support for The Repellent Fence, a site-specific installation and monument examining the Tohono O’odham border experience as a metaphor for the Western hemispheres larger Indigenous human rights crisis. Image: Courtesy of the artists.
Primary Performance Group	1987	Organizational support.
Printmaking Workshop	1987	Organizational support.
P.S. 122	1987 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
Randolph Street Gallery	1987	Organizational support.
Renaissance Society	1988 , 1987	Organizational support.
robbinschilds	2010	Support for travel to Iceland to film the artists moving in extreme landscapes for a new video/performance piece involving the feminist reworking of the “man alone” trope.	Travel
Sculpture Space	1988 , 1986 , 1985	Organizational support.
Spaces	1986	Organizational support.
Talalay	1988	Organizational support.
The Kitchen	1989 , 1988 , 1987 , 1986	Organizational support.
TODT	1987 , 1985	Organizational support.
Visual AIDS	2009	Support for the Robert Blanchon Estate Project.
White Columns	1988 , 1986	Organizational support.
Women & Studio	1986	Organizational support.
XCHANGE TV	1986	Organizational support.
#XMAP: In Plain Sight	2020	Fellowship.	Film & Video, Performance, Photography, Travel, Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary, Multimedia
Karim Aïnouz	1993	Fellowship.
Patrick Abbey	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Amara Abdal Figueroa	2019	Fellowship.	Photography, Research, Travel, Sculpture
Reza Abdoh	1991	Fellowship.
Ray Abeyta	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Lynda M. Abraham	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
James Acord	1993	Fellowship.
Margaret Adachi	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Kevin Adams	1993	Fellowship.
Dennis Adams	1987	Fellowship.
Barak adé Soleil	2020	Fellowship.	Performance, Research, Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary
Peggy Ahwesh	1994 , 1990	Fellowship.
Visual AIDS	1988	Organizational support.
Visual AIDS	1989	Organizational support.
Marc Alan	1996 , 1995	Fellowship.
Seyed Alavi	1992 , 1990 , 1989	Fellowship.
Alice Albert	1986	Fellowship.
Marie-France Alderman	1990	Fellowship.
Rheim Alkadhi	2010	Support for travel to Syria and Jordan to conduct interviews with displaced Iraqis, including members of the artist’s extended family, towards a series of experimental videos.	Travel
Mark Allen	2014	Research support for new models of artistic collaboration based on Allen’s work as director of Machine Project in Los Angeles.	Research
William Allen	1988	Fellowship.
Jo Harvey Allen	1985	Fellowship.
Allied Arts	1987	Organizational support.
Catherine Allport	1986	Fellowship.
Jerri Allyn	1989 , 1986	Fellowship.
Max Almy	1997	Fellowship.
Edith Altman	1993	Fellowship.
Claudia Alvarez	2013	Support for travel to Mexico City for research at the Museo Nacional de Antropología and the Ceramoteca Research Center towards a new body of work.	Painting/Drawing, Travel
Miguel Alvear	1994	Fellowship.
Maryanne Amacher/Jessie Jane Lewis	1990 , 1988	Fellowship.
Jesse Amado	1992	Fellowship.
Michael Amescua	1990	Fellowship.
Emma Amos	1993	Fellowship.
Time and Space Limited	1988	Organizational support.
Mary Anderson	1994	Fellowship.
Douglas Anderson	1993	Fellowship.
Mark Anderson	1987 , 1986	Fellowship.
Jo Anderson	1993	Fellowship.
Jo Andres	1987 , 1986	Fellowship.
Nancy Andrews	1990	Fellowship.
Holland Andrews	2020	Fellowship.	Performance, Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary
Carl Angel	1994	Fellowship.
Los Angeles Fringe Festival	1989	Organizational support.
Los Angeles Poverty Department	1988	Organizational support.
Dona Ann	1992	Fellowship.

Grant Program

Viewing Grantees from: 2022

Art Awareness, Inc.

1987

1986

Sushi, Inc.

1992

1988

1986

1985

Artists Space

1988

1987

1986

1985

Artist Trust

1988

Art Museum of South Texas

1986

Artspace

1988

Art Works

1986

Aspen Art Museum

1987

1985

BACA Downtown

1988

1987

1986

1985

Bemis Foundation

1988

1987

Beyond Baroque Foundation

1988

Big Star Art Space

1989

Black International Cinema

1989

Bronx Council

1987

Center for Contemporary Art

1986

Collective for Living Cinema

1989

1987

1986

Contemporary Arts Center

1988

Critical Art Ensemble

2007

DanceSpace

1986

Dinosaur Productions

1988

Dixon Place/Open Channels, Inc.

1987

Franklin Furnace

1987

Group Material

1988

1987

Harvestworks

1986

Igor Foundation

1986

Intar

1988

LACE

1988

1987

1986

LA Museum of Contemporary Art

1992

Life on the Water Theater

1989

1987

MATRIX Program/UC Berkeley

1988

Karim Aïnouz