National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

artists and local artists. Goals include supporting and investing in artists whose work will affect the cultural
landscape, as well as providing artists with the support to produce a project which might not otherwise happen.
Hedgebrook Foundation
$25,000 Langley, WA
To support fully funded artist residencies. Hedgebrook will select resident authors, with a focus on women
writers, through an anonymous, juried process. The writers will reside in cottages on Whidbey Island and gather
each evening to serve as editors and sounding boards for one another's work.
Hermitage Artist Retreat, Inc. (aka Hermitage)
$20,000 Englewood, FL
To support artists residencies. Resident artists will be provided studio time, housing, meals, local transportation,
administrative support, and interaction with peer artists. Artists also have the option to bring their families with
them during the residency period. Artists will be encouraged to share their work with the public through open
studios, free community programming, and collaborative activities.
I-Park Foundation, Inc. (aka I-Park)
$20,000 East Haddam, CT
To support a collaborative residency for composers and musicians, as well as related activities. The program will
bring together composers and a performing ensemble working in the new music genre. The musicians will
collaborate with the composers on new compositions and then feature the works in a series of concerts for the
general public.
Island Institute (aka Island Institute)
$15,000 Sitka, AK
To support artist residencies and related activities. Island Institute will offer seven-week residencies for writers,
as well as a multidisciplinary residency for emerging artists. In addition, a group artist residency will be held on
the Alaska ferry system where residents will visit a number of small, remote, island and coastal communities,
presenting their work and talking with local audiences.
Kala Institute (aka Kala Art Institute)
$15,000 Berkeley, CA
To support artist residencies and related activities. U.S. and international artists will be provided the time and
materials to work in book arts, electronic/digital media, installation, photography, and printmaking. The new
bodies of work will be presented through exhibitions, performances, and public programs.
MCA Denver
$25,000 Denver, CO
To support an artist exchange residency and related activities. Artist residencies lasting approximately one
month will be held at the Museo Taller Jose Clemente Orozco in Guadalajara, Mexico, and MCA Denver. Artists
will advance their practices while immersing themselves in the local communities through formal programming
like lectures and studio visits, as well as informal programming such as community events and public outreach.
MacDowell Colony, Inc. (aka The MacDowell Colony)
$25,000 Peterborough, NH
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.