Creative Capital Funds 50 Artist Projects for a Total of $2.5 M., Including UCLA Arts Alumni
UCLA Arts alumni Jennifer Moon, Sarah Rosalena, Pinar Yoldas, and Marina Magalhães are among the recipients of 2022 Creative Capital Awards.
Hand beaded gourds by Sarah Rosalena visualizing an image of the cosmic microwave background radiation.
The New York–based nonprofit Creative Capital has announced the 50 artist projects it will fund as part of its 2022 Creative Capital Awards. Each project will receive varying amounts up to $50,000, with the amount of funds being administered this year totaling $2.5 million.
For the 2022 cycle, Creative Capital increased the number of projects it will fund from 35 to 50, and the organization reported that 90 percent of awardees identify as Asian, Black, Indigenous, or Latinx artists. Selected from more than 4,000 applications received after an open call, the awardees were chosen by a 14-member panel that included curators John Andress, Edgar Miramontes, María Elena Ortiz, and Jasmine Wahi as well as previous awardees Zach Blas, Srikanth Reddy, and Kaneza Schaal.
In a statement, Aliza Shvarts, Creative Capital’s director of artist initiatives, said, “The selected projects critically and creatively address some of the most pressing issues of our moment, as well as painful historical legacies that continue to shape our present—from abortion, to money laundering in the art world, to the mass graves from the convict leasing program, to the lasting imprint colonization has left on the construct of time zones. These artists demonstrate, with urgency and power, the many ways creative practice not only engages the world, but endeavors to shape it.” — Maximilíano Durón, Jan. 12, 2022
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