The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

15 December 2023

Announcing the 2023-24 Flourish Fund Recipients

CultureSource is proud to announce its 2023-2024 recipients of the Flourish Fund grant program. Six artists were awarded $10,000 to support collaborative projects that are experimental, shared with the public, and embrace contemporary creative possibilities for the future of arts and culture.

In the spirit of embracing contemporary culture at its core and edges, grants were made to artists at various stages of their careers working on multidisciplinary projects that center the visual arts.

“Each year, we are thrilled to receive so many exciting applications from artists who are pushing the boundaries of visual arts across many different mediums. This year’s cohort is no exception and we are proud to announce six grants have been made to support the work of regional arts administrators and creative entrepreneurs.” – Adam Des Jardins, Director of Grantmaking

 

Asia Hamilton, Womxnhouse 3.0
Project Collaborators: India Solomon, Sophiya E., Erada, Dajaniere, Ricky Weaver

Cherry Wood, Barbed issue #12 winter/spring
Project Collaborators: Presh Johnson Arabitg

Clare Gatto, Documenting Art for Artists
Project Collaborators: Shelley Williamson Transforming Equity, Ceramics School

Ellen Rutt, Queer Ecologies Lab
Project Collaborators: Emilia Nawrocki

Laura Gibson, Dope Women in Media
Project Collaborators: Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor Art Center

Wayne Curtis, Creative Cargo
Project Collaborators: Ulysses Newkirk, Shanna Merola, Halima Cassels

 

 

“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