Artadia

Artadia is an American arts non-profit organization founded in 1999. They are headquartered in New York City, and support visual artists with unrestricted, merit-based financial awards as well as other opportunities.

History

Artadia was founded in San Francisco in 1999 by businessman and art collector Christopher E. Vroom and a group of art collectors and philanthropists who sought to increase financial and professional support for artists.[1][2] In 2002, Artadia relocated to New York and increased the geographical scope of its grant making to include seven cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. As of 2012, Carolyn Ramo is its executive director.[3]

Programs

The Artadia Award is offered through an open call application, available to artists in six cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston,[4] Los Angeles,[5] New York[6] and San Francisco. Artist recipients are selected by a rotating team of curators who make studio visits with finalists. Artadia Award funds are unrestricted and typically $10,000.

Artadia awards two specialized grants, the Marciano Artadia Award, a $25,000 award given to a Los Angeles–based artist,[7] in addition to two standard grantees, and the NADA Artadia Award, which is presented in partnership with the New Art Dealers Alliance at their art fairs in Miami.[8]

Artadia presents an Art & Dialogue program series, which includes studio visits, public programs, and online media showcasing awardees, including free public talks by curators presented in collaboration with local partner organizations.[9][10] Artadia oversees the Artadia Fellowship, which supports immigrant and refugee artists with connections to Artadia awardees in the Houston art community.[11]

In 2019 the organization introduced a grant for emerging artists.[12] During the 2020 COVID 19 pandemic, the organization announced a plan to distribute $10 million to artists impacted by the crisis by distributing $5000 grants to 100 artists per week, ultimately funding 2000 artists.[13][14][15]

Since 1999, Artadia has given grants to over 331 artists.

References
  1. West, Melanie Grayce (2013-05-13). "A Network of 'Systematic' Support for Artists". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  2. "Free Money: Artadia's Unrestricted Grants Are All About Believing in Artists". 30 March 2020.
  3. "Carolyn Ramo Named Executive Director of Artadia". Observer. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  4. ARTnews, The Editors of; ARTnews, The Editors of (January 6, 2020). "ARTnews in Brief: Hauser & Wirth Names Marc Payot as President—and More from January 10, 2020".
  5. "Artadia Names 2020 Los Angeles Awardees". www.artforum.com.
  6. "Artadia Announces 2020 New York Awardees". www.artforum.com.
  7. "Art World News Today | BLOUIN ARTINFO". www.blouinartinfo.com. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  8. The Editors of ARTnews (2018-12-07). "NADA Artadia Award Goes to Artist Stephanié Saadé". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  9. "Artadia". Grantmakers in the Arts. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  10. "Artadia Celebrates 20 Years of Supporting Artists". Cultured Magazine. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  11. "Artadia Creates New Fellowship Program for Immigrant Artists in Houston". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  12. "Artadia, Influential Organization Offering Funding to Emerging Artists, to Significantly Expand Grant-Making Programs". 4 December 2019.
  13. "$10 million fund to help artists affected by COVID-19 pandemic". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  14. "Give $5,000 to 100 artists. Repeat. That's the goal of the new Artist Relief Fund". 8 April 2020.
  15. "Artist Relief Offers Emergency Funding to Artists Suffering from COVID-19 Fallout".
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