Foundation awards MacColl Johnson Fellowships to three visual artists
Local artists Liz Collins, Ellen Driscoll, Lynne Harlow each will receive $25,000 awards
Three Rhode Island-based visual artists have been named recipients of prestigious MacColl Johnson Fellowships from The Rhode Island Foundation. Liz Collins, Ellen Driscoll and Lynne Harlow will receive $25,000 each - one of the largest no strings awards to artists in the United States.
The fellowships are intended "to fund an artist's vision or voice," and have been awarded on a three-year cycle since 2005 to composers, writers, and visual artists.
"The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships are among the largest offered in the United States and provide significant financial support that enables artists to further their work," notes Daniel Kertzner, grant programs officer at the Foundation who administers the selection of MacColl Johnson Fellows. He adds, "The Fellowships enable Rhode Island artists to focus more time and resources on the creative process and contribute to their professional development. They echo the value the MacColl Johnsons placed on the role of artists in the community."
Learn about the MacColl Johnson Fellows and three finalists. |
Expansion Arts Program seeks applications by March 15
The Rhode Island Foundation, the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, and Rhode Island State Council on the Arts are pleased to announce the 2011 Expansion Arts Program.
Expansion Arts is a capacity-building grant program that focuses on small and emerging arts and humanities organizations that serve culturally-specific communities.
The program offers funding and technical assistance - in the form of consultation time, administrative support, and peer group work - to develop and grow emerging organizations in the areas of governance, financial management, marketing and audience development, documentation and evaluation, leadership development, and strategic collaborations.
Read more about the Expansion Arts Program; please note the March 15 application deadline. |
