January always sees a slew of grant announcements.
The National Endowment for the Arts already announced its Art Works grantees on Jan. 13.
Related: NEA Awards $1.2 Million to Texas Arts Organizations
Now, the NEA has announced the latest recipients of its Creative Writing (Prose) Fellowships. Two Texas writers received the $25,000 grant — Greg Marshall and Karen Olsson, both of Austin.
Also, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts today announced its awards $3.9 million to 46 arts organizations from 19 different states.
In Texas, the Warhol grantees are:
- Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas at Austin
$75,000 for the upcoming exhibition “Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil” - Rubin Center at the University of Texas at El Paso
$100,000 for two years of program support - Blaffer Art Museum, Univ. of Houston
$100,000 for two years of program support
Finally, Austin dancemaker Allison Orr of Forklift Danceworkhas been awarded a residency at the MacDowell Foundation where she will work on a book project about her artistic practice.
