Saturday, October 05, 2024

Applications NOW OPEN for 2025 Wherewithal Grants

 

2025 Wherewithal Grants

Info Session: Wednesday, October 16 at 6:30pm 

Deadline: Tuesday, November 12




The application portal for the next cycle of Wherewithal Grants is now open! DC-area artists may apply for support in areas of Project & Presentation or Research depending on which best supports your practice at this time. The deadline for applications is November 12.


$7,500 Project & Presentation Grants support ongoing or new projects that embrace unconventional or D.I.Y. values and will be presented publicly in the DC-area during the grant period. Project & Presentation grants are intended to directly support artists presenting work in spaces beyond commercial galleries, museums, or established non-profit art spaces.


$5,000 Research Grants are for DC-area artists to further their practices through ideation, research, and experimentation. Grant funds compensate you for your intellectual labor, support payment for other artists and thinkers for their time and contributions, and other research-related expenses.


The application deadline is Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 11:59pm.


Applications will be reviewed by an independent panel of artists and arts professionals with up to 10 grants awarded. The grant period is from January–December 2025.


For full details, visit wherewithalgrants.org.


Below, find links to RSVP for the Virtual Information Session on Wednesday, October 16 and sign up for one-on-one meetings between October 22 and November 8. Please email Regrants Manager Nathalie von Veh at nvonveh@wpadc.org with any additional questions.

DETAILS & APPLICATION HERE

Virtual Information Session

The Information Session is on Wednesday, October 16 from 6:30–7:30pm and will take place over Zoom. This is for DC-area artists and collectives to learn more about current grant opportunities ahead of the deadline on Tuesday, November 12. It will be recorded and accessible afterwards. RSVP Here.

Sign up for Office Hours

If you have questions specific to your application, we encourage you to meet one-on-one with Regrants Manager Nathalie von Veh. Meetings will take place virtually between Tuesday, October 22 and Friday, November 8 and will each be 20 minutes long. Reserve a meeting slot here.

About Wherewithal Grants

Wherewithal Grants are a funding source for artists in the DC-area. Generously funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as part of its Regional Regranting Program and managed by WPA, these grants are intended to support a wide range of experimental and multidisciplinary practices, particularly those that emphasize collaboration and discourse. Since launching in 2019, Wherewithal Grants has supported 146 visual artists with a total of $340,000 in grants.

Friday, October 04, 2024

Sofia Hart at Watkins Nature Center

 

Don't miss the new art exhibition

at Watkins Nature Center

October 7-December 21, 2024

Brazilian American artist Sofia Hart explores nature's beauty and perfection across different landscapes, by painting nature scenes from her two cultures. Her main passion is Brazil's Cerrado, a beautiful and vast tropical savanna that is being deforested at a faster rate than the Amazon. Sofia highlights the need for its protection by showcasing Cerrado's flora, fauna and natural treasures.


Visit the exhibition and meet the artist at a free, public art reception on October 19 from 1-3 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Watkins Nature Center is located at # 331 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro/ Kettering, MD 20774. Hours are: Tuesday -Saturday 10am -5pm, Sunday 10am -4pm. 


To learn more about the artist and her works, visit:

https://www.sofiaartista.com

New Call For Artists for the 2024 Prince George's County Juried Exhibition

 

New Call For Artists for the

2024 Prince George's County Juried Exhibition at Harmony Hall Regional Arts Center

"A Sense of Place"

DEADLINE: 11:59PM on November 3, 2024


Submissions are now being accepted:

https://m-ncppc.submittable.com/submit

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Patin & Oberndorfer staying in NYC

The AAFNYC continues -- a couple of decent works by Dora Patin and Cory Oberndorfer are staying in New York!

Dora Patin
Dora Patin

Cory Oberndorfer
Cory Oberndorfer



Saturday, September 28, 2024

Friday, September 27, 2024

Tony Porto working the fair at AAFNYC Fall 2024

 

Tony Porto working the fair at AAFNYC Fall 2024
Tony Porto working the fair at AAFNYC Fall 2024


Thursday, September 26, 2024

The tale of the Bisque

 

AAFNYC

The Bisque drawings are literally and figuratively flying off the walls!