National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (aka Bemis Center)
$25,000 Omaha, NE
To support an artist residency program and related activities. Selected in an open call by a juried process,
American and international artists will receive support to participate in residencies at one of Bemis's two
facilities in Omaha. Together, the facilities provide a large installation and performance space, a dark room, an
art research library, computer stations, and a 10,000-square-feet sculpture and ceramics facility.
Big Car Media, Inc. (aka Big Car Collaborative)
$25,000 Indianapolis, IN
To support the Art and Public Life Residency. Big Car Collaborative resident artists will work with area business
people to organize pop-up artist residencies. This is an effort to spur interest in the commercial corridor; build
relationships between business owners, artists, and neighbors; and provide resident artists with unique venues
and inspiration for their work. Big Car Collaborative also will host monthly mini-festivals featuring artwork and
music during citywide First Friday events.
Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation (aka The Watermill Center)
$15,000 New York, NY
To support artist residencies and related activities. Individual artists and artist collectives will be provided space,
resources, and financial support to create and publicly present their work at The Watermill Center. Residencies
will be designed to overlap to foster spontaneous collaborations and peer review among participating artists.
CEC ArtsLink, Inc. (aka CEC ArtsLink)
$25,000 New York, NY
To support residencies in the United States for international artists and managers. Artists primarily from
countries in Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Central Asia, and the Eastern Mediterranean will be selected through an
open call juried process and then placed in artist communities and nonprofit cultural organizations throughout
the United States. Resident artists will be matched with organizations providing experiences relevant to their
professional and creative goals.
Corporation of Yaddo (aka Yaddo)
$20,000 Saratoga Springs, NY
To support residencies for collaborative teams from all artistic disciplines. Artist teams will utilize a multipurpose
studio building with workspaces particularly conducive to collaborative work that crosses disciplines, defies
traditional styles, and requires fully concentrated time in a shared space. Working in conjunction with local
schools and libraries, Yaddo will provide volunteer opportunities for artists to engage with the community
through readings and/or exhibitions.
Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology (aka Crosshatch)
$10,000 Bellaire, MI
To support artist residencies based on storytelling. In the Long Memory Project, a group of songwriters and
poets will listen to local residents of the surrounding farming community. After listening and recording the
stories, the artists will translate them into stories, songs, and poems. The artists and local residents will
reconvene for a performance at the City Opera House.
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
$15,000 Woodside, CA
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.