The Luminary announced the 9 projects awarded for Cycle 4 Futures Fund
LaCreshia Griffin-Pope, The Story of Greenwood Cemetery in St Louis
Tiara Burtin & Lilja Rose, Divine Daughters of Dikenish (D3)
Eden Attar, St Louis Smolnet
Sydney Tischler & Tobi Owolabi, The Tower
Edo Rosenblith, Four Seasons Mural at 3408 South Compton Ave
Destini Clark, Boost the Block
Sukanya Mani, Beside, Between, Beyond
Brian Lathan, Free Press Project
Myrina Otey, Her Eminent Reign
“The terrific range of project proposals we receive each year speaks to the mobile and porous disciplinary boundaries of contemporary art practice, and to the rich and inventive ways writers approach art today. They are alert to the urgent need to expand the conventions of art history and criticism with ideas from other discourses, such as black studies, transnational and diaspora studies, gender and women’s studies, and LGBT studies. The work of lesser known and overlooked artists and art communities continues to be mined, with writers articulating new ways to counter the striking imbalances of race, class and gender that continue to affect the arts and the culture industry.”
Pradeep Dalal, Program Director, The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant