18 New England Artists and 11 Arts Organizations Receive Grants from Berkshire Taconic Fund
November 20, 2007
Great Barrington, MA –The Artist’s Resource Trust (A.R.T.) recently awarded grants totaling $161,170 to 18 artists and 11 arts organizations throughout New England. A.R.T., a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, annually awards grants to mid-career New England visual artists and to nonprofit organizations wishing to commission or purchase work by mid-career artists living in New England.
This year, A.R.T. awarded grants ranging from $1,500 to $20,000 to the following museums and art centers:
Berkshire Museum for acquisition of a painting by Morgan Bulkeley
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Museum for Kidspace at MASS MoCA to support an exhibition and artist’s residence project featuring sculptor Richard Criddle.
Danforth Museum of Art for a project by Boston-based multimedia artist Lana Z. Caplan, exhibited at the museum October 31–December 16, 2007.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park to support the installation/performance project, “Melon,” by artist Leah Gauthier.
MASS MoCA to support exhibitions of New England artists.
MIT List Visual Arts Center, to purchase, ship and frame prints and photographs from several New England artists for the Student Loan Art Collection.
Real Way Arts, to support “Shadow Show,” an exhibition of work in which shadows play an integral part.
Simmons College Art Collection for a commission that will allow Nancy Friese to paint along Boston’s Emerald Necklace over the course of a year.
Smith College Museum of Art to support the purchase of four photographs by Jerome Liebling.
Storefront Artist Project for a portfolio of digital, archival ink jet prints by six artists from Berkshire County, MA.
Vermont Studio Center for residencies for two artists.
Eighteen individual artists, selected from 125 applicants, received grants ranging from $1,000 to $15,000. The grantees are:
David Barnes, Newport, RI
Hannah Barrett, Jamaica Plain, MA
Doug Bosch, Providence, RI
Dana Clancy, Milton, MA
K.E. Duffin, Somerville, MA
Phyllis Ewen, Cambridge, MA
Samantha Fields, Avon, MA
James Florschutz, Newfane, VT
Hirokazu Fukawa, Tarrifville, CT
Josh Gaetjen, New Haven, CT
Peter Lipsitt, Brookline, MA
Greg Mencoff, Somerville, MA
Anne Neely, Milton, MA
Kirsten Reynolds, Newmarket, NH
Anne Sargent, Wellesley, MA
Susan Shutan, Hamden, CT
Jeff Slomba, West Haven, CT
Laurel Sparks, Jamaica Plain, MA
Application guidelines for individuals and organizations for the Artists Resource Trust fund are available online at www.berkshiretaconic.org or by calling Berkshire Taconic at 800-969-2823. The next deadline for applications r is August 1, 2008, at 5 p.m.
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation builds stronger communities and improves the quality of life for all residents in the region it serves: Columbia County and northeast Dutchess County, NY; Berkshire County, MA; and northwest Litchfield County, CT. For more information about Berkshire Taconic and its funds, please contact Berkshire Taconic at 271 Main Street, Suite 3, Great Barrington, MA, 800-969-2823, email info@berkshiretaconic.org or visit www.berkshiretaconic.org.