News Updates: Updated January 8, 2009

    In Association with:

  The Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Inc.

 and

The Aurora Picture Show in collaboration with "The Idea Fund' have announced the 2009 award recipients. The following 10 artists or artist groups will receive up to $4,000 to create and showcase their new projects in the coming year. The winning recipients are:

Kevin Curry, Mary Margret Hansen, Kara Hearn, J.Hill, Ayanna Jolivet McCloud, Cody Ledvina and Brian Rod, Benjamin Mason, Zach Moser, Kelly Pike in collaboration with Sasha Dela and Kara Hearn, and Ariane Roesch in collaboration with Sasha Dela.

Congratulations to all the recipients.

Of the more than 120 applications presented to The Idea Fund in December of 2008, these 10 projects were selected by Idea Fund panelists (Diane Barber – DiverseWorks; Long Chu – Writers in the Schools; Ashley Clemmer-Hoffman – Project Row Houses; Mary LeClere – Glassell School of Art, MFAH; Mary Magsamen – Aurora Picture Show; Sixto Wagan – DiverseWorks) as projects that most exemplify unconventional artistic practices falling outside the traditional frameworks of support, one of the main requirements put forth by the Andy Warhol Foundation Initiative and the collaborating organizations.  Project applications ranged from an exhibition or exhibition series; a public art project; a one-time event or performance; the ongoing work of a collective, collaborative, or artist space; an online project or publication; an artist residency; or a series of screenings; and more

Houston’s Idea Fund is only the second one of its type, following a similar project in San Francisco launched two years ago with the support of the Warhol Foundation.  The Warhol Foundation has committed to a two-year program in Houston that will support over 20 projects by January 1, 2011.

To read more about "The Idea Fund" and about the recipients visit: http://www.aurorapictureshow.org/news.asp

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From: 2008

The Warhol Foundation Initiative, Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks and Project Row Houses have come together to support art at its source by providing direct grants to artists. The Idea Fund provides cash awards to Houston-based, artist-generated or artist-centered projects that exemplify the unconventional, interventionist, conceptual, entrepreneurial, participatory, or guerrilla artistic practices that occur outside of the traditional frameworks of support.

The Idea Fund provides cash awards to up to 10 artists, associations of artists and/or curators that create and showcase new work that involves the public via process, production, or presentation. The Idea Fund will accept proposals from artists/curators focusing on the visual arts, performance, film, video, new media, social practice, and interdisciplinary projects.

Projects may include an exhibition or exhibition series; a public art project; a one-time event or performance; the ongoing work of a collective, collaborative, or artist space; an online project or publication; an artist residency; a series of screenings; and more. The Idea Fund seeks to support new works with the resulting project activities accessible and presented to the public.

Grants

The Idea Fund will support projects at levels up to $3,500. The resulting project activities must be accessible and presented to the public within the greater Houston area.

2. Projects must be completed by December 31, 2009

Awardees are encouraged to complete an evaluation/final report after completion of the project. Upon submission of final report, grantees are eligible for an additional $500 award to seed their next project.

Applications are due December 1, 2008

Time Table:

Information Sessions:

Nov. 12th : at the Aurora Picture Show Office/Library

Nov. 15th: at Project Row Houses (to be confirmed)

Nov. 17th: at Diverseworks

Deadline to apply: December 1, 2008

Awards Announced: January 5, 2008

For more information about The Idea Fund, Guidelines and Application Process visit: www.TheIdeaFund.org and www.AuroraPictureShow.org 

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