Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announces recipients for inaugural round of its SEED Grant Program
Twenty emerging arts organizations receive three years of operating support as a surprise award.
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (RRF) has identified 20 groundbreaking small arts organizations to receive grant awards in five key geographies: Atlanta, Detroit, New Orleans, Portland and Providence. These organizations did not apply for the grant but were identified by local cultural leaders and researched by RRF, highlighting national effort to focus on and support great work across the United States. The SEED grant award will provide these organizations with much-needed operating capital.
List of SEED grantees 2012:
Atlanta:
Dashboard Co-op
The Lucky Penny
Living Walls
gloATL
Eyedrum Gallery of Art and Music
Detroit:
The Heidelberg Project
Power House Production
Allied Media Projects
New Orleans:
Congo Square Preservation Society
Umoja Committee
Antenna Gallery /Press Street
New Orleans Fringe, Inc.
Mondo Bizarro
Portland, Oregon:
Performance Works Northwest
Conduit Dance
Shaking the Tree
Providence:
RK PROJECTS
Magic Lantern Cinema
The Dirt Palace
The Avenue Concept
“There is nothing more rewarding than giving unrestricted support and providing a broader recognition to deserving organizations. Robert Rauschenberg was known for supporting artists at the earliest stages in their careers in generous, surprising and unrestricted ways—this program reflects that spirit,” said Christy MacLear, Executive Director of the Foundation. “Bob considered naming his foundation SEED so this seemed an appropriate name for a program built directly on the values of the artist.”
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation asked for nominations from organizations such as the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Ashe Cultural Arts Center, Arts Council of New Orleans, Regional Arts & Culture Council of Portland, and AS220 and from the RRF board members. This is the pilot year for the SEED grants and RRF hopes to expand to additional cities in 2013 and will rotate its nominators.
About the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (RRF)
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation was formed by Robert Rauschenberg in 1990 to promote awareness of the causes and groups close to his heart. The Foundation’s activities include managing the artwork of plus exhibitions and scholarship related to Rauschenberg, as well as the growth of philanthropic programs that deal with art and issues central to Rauschenberg’s concerns during his lifetime. The Foundation’s vision, mission and strategy are coordinated to promote its founder’s values and to ensure that all endeavors express the essence of Robert Rauschenberg’s legacy.
Media contact: Christa Carr, T + 1 (203) 275-7565 / ccarr [at] rauschenbergfoundation.org
For more information, please visit www.rauschenbergfoundation.org
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