National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

To support the Visual Artist Fellowship program. Each two-year fellowship cycle will provide selected artists
from the Philadelphia region with a stipend and career enhancement services, including operational assistance,
mentorship, and networking with curators and collectors. Additionally, artists will receive guidance about
fundraising, marketing, and how best to use new technology for both promoting and making their work. A
retreat bringing past fellows together with current artists is also planned.
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Inc. (aka CPW)
$20,000 Woodstock, NY
To support a residency program for photographers. A peer review panel will select artists to receive studio,
darkroom, and equipment access, an honorarium, and lodging and meals. Established in 1999, the annual
program provides American artists, with an emphasis on artists of color, working in photography with onemonth
residencies. A curator or critic also will be selected to enable him or her to advance individual research.
Center for Women & Their Work (aka Women & Their Work)
$20,000 Austin, TX
To support a series of solo exhibitions with a focus on emerging women artists of Texas. Artists will be selected
by an advisory council made up of alumni artists and staff to develop a new body of work for an exhibition in
consultation with a curatorial advisor. The exhibitions will be accompanied by catalogues, educational programs,
and video interviews with the artists. Outreach activities also may include talks by the exhibiting artists,
performances, and panel discussions.
City of Yonkers, New York (On behalf of Department of Planning & Development)
$20,000 Yonkers, NY
To support a site-specific, public art project to commemorate the emancipation of a group of 18th-century
enslaved Africans from the region. The creation of a life-sized bronze sculpture by local artist Vinnie Bagwell will
be part of "The Enslaved Africans' Rain Garden" initiative in downtown Yonkers. The sculpture will illustrate the
breadth of slavery's impact on women, men, elders, and children. The artist will give talks and an open studio for
the community will be conducted during the Rain Garden's creation. Arts-integrated workshops for multicultural
youth will provide exposure to an art medium not taught in local public schools. An exhibition is planned at the
state museum in Albany.
Coleman Center for the Arts (aka Coleman Center for Arts And Culture)
$25,000 York, AL
To support the project "Somewhere is Here: A Town Called York." Visual and performing artist Tameka Norris
will embark on a year-long intervention in which she will immerse herself into the social, political, and cultural
fabric of York, a small town in Alabama. These interactions will serve as a backdrop for Norris to explore her own
rural Southern roots. The interactions will be filmed, and made available as short vignettes on small screens
throughout the town. The project will culminate in a collaborative narrative film.
County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania
$20,000 Pittsburgh, PA
To support Pittsburgh International Airport's artist residency program. Art in the Airport will provide the
selected artist with workspace and materials to create a permanent installation in the medium of his or her
choice. As part of the conceptualization process, the artist will engage various communities and audiences at the
airport through self-directed creative exercises and events. Airport staff will serve as docents for the events.
Public engagement will include an artist talk and a press event.
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.