(Left to right: MO WO. Uncle toms cabin fever, 2018-2020. Naomi Meyer. Jo at 13, 2018. Mya Lansing. Untitled, 2020. Gabriel Barrera. Sams Hands, 2020.)
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BLACK LIVES MATTER GRANTS AWARDED!
With the support of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, the JSMAs of UO, Portland State University, and Washington State University selected sixty artists from across Oregon and Washington to receive $2,500 each for their work in support of Black Lives Matter. At the UO, the JSMA worked with the Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center and their Coordinator Dr. Aris Hall to assemble a selection panel and oversee the program. The museum and the BCC congratulate the grant winners and thank the grant selection jury, including Dean Sabrina Madison-Cannon of the School of Music and Dance; Jamar Bean, Program Advisor and Director of the UO Multicultural Center; and Asst. Prof. Jovencio de la Paz of the Department of Art, who worked with Dr. Hall and JSMA director John Weber to make final selections. The JSMA and the BCC look forward to showing work from the grantees in 2021.
ARTIST GRANTEES:
John Adair | Eugene
Mika Aono | Eugene
Gabriel Barrera | Ashland
Gabby Beauvais | Eugene
Kathleen Caprario and Gregory S. Black | Springfield and Eugene
Marco Elliott | Eugene
Marina Hajek | Eugene
Jasmine Jackson | Eugene/Beaverton
Mya Lansing | Veneta
Ana-Maurine Lara | Eugene
Anthony Adonis Lewis | Ashland
Stormie True | Eugene
Malik Lovette | Eugene
Tumelo Michael Moloi | Eugene
Naomi Meyer | Eugene
Artemas Ori | Eugene
Michael Perkins | Creswell
Josh Sands | Cottage Grove
Aaron Thompson | Eugene
MO WO | Bend
“We congratulate the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Program grantees and thank all the applicants for their creativity and their commitment. In selecting the artists for the grant, we particularly sought out younger and emerging artists for whom the grant could make a real difference. We also paid close attention to artists’ connections to the Black Lives Matter movement, and we sought to support a wide range of artistic practices. We encourage our community to support these artists and other artists from marginalized communities who are confronting systemic racism and the legacy of white supremacy. Our selection includes artists working in traditional media such as drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and printmaking, and also video, performance works, community projects and collaborations between artists. Our committee had a difficult job, as so many worthy submissions were received. For artists who were not selected, we thank you for your efforts and encourage you to keep making art and working for racial justice.“