Artis Awards $200,000 in Grants
Artis has announced the winners of $200,000 in grants. This year, the nonprofit, which funds artists from Israel, is supporting projects that will be staged everywhere from Kunstraum Kreuzberg in Berlin to Pelican Bomb in New Orleans. The BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art will receive money for an Omer Fast show opening in March, as will a program featuring art by Noa Ginzburg and Yael Bartana, opening November 2015 at Museo de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia.
Since 2008, Artis has given out over $1 million in grants for artists and exhibitions in over a dozen countries.
The full list of grant recipients is as follows:
Artists
Yael Efrati
Noam Enbar
Guy Goldstein
Tzion Abraham Hazan
Luciana Kaplun
Miki Kratsman
Leigh Orpaz
Sala – Manca Group
Elham Rokni
Dana Yahalomi
Maya Zack
Research and travel grant recipients
Jelle Bouwhuis, curator, Stedelijk Museum
Nathanja van Dijk, independent curator, Amsterdam
Agnieszka Kurant, artist, New York