VAE is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2024 Snapdragon Grants! The Snapdragon Fund is a partnership between VAE and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Fund provides $60,000 of direct funding to artists in our community.

• $40,000 for eight $5,000 project grants that directly support artist-organized projects.
• $10,000 for five $2,000 grants available to artists to do research for new or ongoing projects.
• $10,000 for twenty $500 micro grants that directly support individual artists with a demonstrated talent in social artistry.

PROJECT GRANTS

Londs Reuter – funding for a dance performance, GOOD EFFORT

Freeman Long – funding a documentary on The Bull City Riders

Spencer Hathcock – funding for the Neighbor to Neighbor Basketball Court Mural

Aida Guo – funding for RAD Arts leadership program

Amber Echevarria – funding for a live painting event, Basement Battle 2024

Courtney Napier – funding for the Black Oak Society Magazine Vol. 7: Black Foodways

Phillip Loken – funding for photographic portraits of the SE Raleigh Community, Free Memories

Alyssa Cuffie – funding for a podcast, NC Artist Oral History Archive

RESEARCH GRANTS

Lee Perine – funding for research for an immersive installation imaging safe futures for QTPIC folks

Meg Day – funding for an American Sign Language poetry exploration

Makala Muhammed – funding for archiving community interviews

Tyshika Dickens – funding for research for an African American photo zine

Becky Joye – funding for research related to her upcoming project, an inhabitable quilt structure

MICRO GRANTS

Smote Mote
Maura Garcia
King Godwin
Marty Rogers
Candy Carver
Wiley Johnson
Sofia Mastorakis
Todd Jones
Tyshika Dickens
Raul Rublera
Ina Liu
Jennifer Clifton
Phillip Loken
Emma Ptak
Tatiana Johnson
Justin Perry
Kennedie King
Feyi Adekunle
Elizabeth Trefney
JD Campbell