{"id":6552,"date":"2021-02-10T12:58:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T12:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/mike-kelley-foundation-for-the-arts-distributes-400000-to-la-arts-organisations-with-revisioned-grant\/"},"modified":"2021-02-10T12:58:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T12:58:05","slug":"mike-kelley-foundation-for-the-arts-distributes-400000-to-la-arts-organisations-with-revisioned-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/mike-kelley-foundation-for-the-arts-distributes-400000-to-la-arts-organisations-with-revisioned-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts distributes $400,000 to LA arts organisations with revisioned grant"},"content":{"rendered":"
Adapting to the landscape of the pandemic, the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts<\/a> (MKFA) has announced 18 organisations that will be the first beneficiaries of its Organizational Support Grants, a slight revision of their annual Artist Project Grants. The grants will provide the selected organisations with up to $30,000 in unrestricted funds to help support the continuation of their work.<\/p>\n The MFKA, based in Los Angeles, was founded in 2007 to support the \u201cspirit of critical thinking, risk taking, and provocation in the arts\u201d by artist Mike Kelley, who passed away in 2012. In 2016, the foundation offered its first Artist Project Grants, an initiative that has supported the work of dozens of artists since.<\/p>\n However, 2020 presented a new set of issues to the arts community. The MFKA contributed to Artist Relief<\/a>, but, in the wake of a tumultuous year, it recognised the continued needs of arts organisations within the LA community. So, the foundation chose to pivot the model of their Artist Project Grants<\/a> to aid small to midsize arts organisations.<\/p>\n The 18 organisations selected for the 2021 grants vary in disciplines ranging from poetry to experimental music to performance art to multimedia works.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are struck by the resilience and flexibility of so many arts organizations and artists during this devastating time,\u201d executive director of the MKFA Mary Clare Stevens said in a press release. \u201cEach one of these organizations has helped shape the unique arts landscape in Los Angeles. In the face of cancelled and delayed exhibitions, performances, and fundraising events, we hope that this support will help the grantees navigate this next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n the Center for Land Use Interpretation<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n Sarah Williams, co-founder and executive director of the Women\u2019s Center for Creative Work described the past year as a \u201cvery destabilizing period.\u201d Williams continued saying: \u201cThis kind of overarching support is desperately needed to keep people employed and to help small arts organizations weather the months to come. [\u2026 and] to ensure a meaningful arts landscape on the other side of the pandemic\u201d<\/p>\n The grantees were selected by an independent panel that reviewed applications. That panel included Erin Christovale, Associate Curator at the Hammer Museum; artist Todd Gray; artist Tala Madani; Sohrab Mohebbi, Kathe and Jim Patrinos Curator of the 58th edition of the Carnegie International and Curator at Large at Sculpture Center; and Diana Nawi, Co-Artistic Director of Prospect.5, New Orleans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Adapting to the landscape of the pandemic, the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts (MKFA) has announced 18 organisations that will be the first beneficiaries of its Organizational Support Grants, a slight revision of their annual Artist Project Grants. The grants will provide the selected organisations with up to $30,000 in unrestricted funds to help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe 2021 Organizational Support Grant recipients are:<\/h6>\n
\nCenter for the Study of Political Graphics<\/strong>
\nCoaxial Arts Foundation<\/strong>
\nClockshop<\/strong>
\nEcho Park Film Center<\/strong>
\nFuture Roots Inc. DBA dublab<\/strong>
\nHuman Resources LA<\/strong>
\nInstitute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA)<\/strong>
\nLos Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions<\/strong>
\nLos Angeles Filmforum<\/strong>
\nLos Angeles Poverty Department<\/strong>
\nMuseum of Jurassic Technology<\/strong>
\nPieter Performance Space<\/strong>
\nPoetic Research Bureau<\/strong>
\nSide Street Projects<\/strong>
\nSociety for the Activation of Social Spaces through Art and Sound<\/strong>
\nVincent Price Art Museum Foundation<\/strong>
\nWomen\u2019s Center for Creative Work<\/strong><\/p>\n