National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

artist-generated texts, and new literature including fiction and poetry. Through collaborative dialogue, artists
working across various genres and media reveal their ideas, concerns, and creative processes. The magazine's
content is digitized and indexed into a searchable, online-archived resource.
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Inc. (aka Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC))
$25,000 Oklahoma City, OK
To support the exhibition "Art 365." Emerging Oklahoma visual artists will be invited to create new work for one
year, in consultation with guest curator, Dana Turkovic, Curator of Exhibitions at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St.
Louis, Missouri. The new work will be documented through a catalogue and website. Artists will receive a
commissioning fee, quarterly visits from the curator, video, web and print documentation, and exhibition
opportunities at several local venues.
Open Source Gallery, Inc. (aka Open Source Gallery)
$20,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support a series of exhibitions by artists and artist collectives with an emphasis on international exchange.
Artists expected to participate will use historic imagery to explore contemporary issues in their work and include
Sana Obaid (Pakistan), Liinu Gronlund (Finland), Kimberly Mayhorn (United States), as well as a theme-based
exhibition curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud (United States). Each exhibition will include an artist presentation
and a moderated lecture series.
Otis College of Art and Design (aka Otis Art Institute)
$20,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support a solo exhibition and catalogue featuring the work of Suzan Pitt (b.1943). The Los Angeles-based
experimental film animator and painter will be the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the College's Ben
Maltz Gallery. The exhibition will highlight the artist's intensive process of producing hand-painted films, and will
include paintings, animated videos, short films, animation cells, and painted textiles made for the last 50 years.
Plans for the catalogue include essays by film archivists, curators, scholars and other artists.
Otterbein University
$20,000 Westerville, OH
To support the exhibition and artists residency, "Between Us: Identity and Relationship in Tibetan Contemporary
Art." The series will explore contemporary Tibetan art featuring the work of brothers Tsherin Sherpa and Tulku
Jamyang. Although their work is rooted in the traditional thangka painting style that features meditational
figures or Buddhist teachings, the artists' current work explores issues related to identity, cultural shifts, and
modernity. A panel discussion and exhibition catalogue will cover Tibetan contemporary art, its relationship to
traditional Tibetan art, and its role in defining an emerging Tibetan culture in the diaspora.
Penland School of Crafts, Inc. (aka Penland School of Crafts)
$30,000 Penland, NC
To support an artist-in-residence program. Artists working in a variety of mediums including papermaking,
ceramics, drawing, painting, glass, iron, metal, photography, printmaking, textiles, and woodworking will be
invited for one- to six-week residencies. Selected by a jury comprising current and alumni Penland artists, as
many as 150 participants will receive studio space, housing, and a stipend, as well as equipment access,
technical assistance and community engagement opportunities.
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates (aka Philadelphia Mural Arts Program)
$60,000 Philadelphia, PA
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.