SPECIAL EVENTS

The Idea Fund, a re-granting program administered through Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks Artspace and Project Row Houses, and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, announces the 2012 The Idea Fund Grantees. The Idea Fund will honor the 2012 Grantees at  the 2012 Idea Fund Grantees Special Reception, a public reception to be held Wednesday, January 25, at the Eldorado Ballroom (2310 Elgin St.) from 6:30 – 8:30PM. Refreshments generously provided by Oh My! Pocket Pies and Saint Arnolds Brewing Co.

The year's grantees are:

Kingspoint Crew: Alejandro Saenz Jr.

Lakes Were Rivers Collective: Adam Schreiber, Anna Krachey, Barry Stone, Ben Ruggiero, Elizabeth Chiles, Jason Reed, Jessica Mallios, Leigh Brodie, Mike Osborne,  Sarah Murphy and Susan Shahan

Las Manos Negras: Scott Gleeson and Dane Larsen

MASS: Aaron Dubrow, Xochi Solis, Jules Buck Jones,  Drew Liverman, Scott Eastwood, Margit Raczkowski, Timothy Schmidt and Carlos Rosales-Silva

Gastronanza-Archetapas: Nestor Topchy and Robert Rosenburg

The Gopher Projects: Michelle Benaim Steiner, Lope Guitierrez Ruiz and Alexander Wright

Pastelegram: Ariel Evans and Richard Yanas

Carrie Schneider
Christina Sukhgian Houle
Lauren Woods

Of the more than 170 applications submitted to The Idea Fund from across Texas, these ten were selected by The Idea Fund Panelists as projects that most exemplify artistic practices that fall outside the traditional frameworks of support, one of the main requirements of the grant. This year’s panelists were: Kate Hackman (Co-Director, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Mo.), J. Hill (Houston-based artist and former recipient of Idea Fund grant), Noah Simblist (Austin/Dallas-based artist, curator and writer, and associate professor of art at SMU), and Michelle White (curator at The Menil Collection).

The Idea Fund is the second re-granting initiative of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, following the pilot program, Alternative Exposure, administrated by Southern Exposure in San Francisco, CA. The Idea Fund is structured to provide artists with quick access to substantial financial support for projects that might not otherwise have access to funding.