2024-11-21T10:37:08-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150009099/the-graham-foundation-awards-over-560-000-in-grants-to-individuals Nicholas Korody 2017-05-24T12:40:00-04:00 >2017-05-24T13:48:56-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/mn/mn5pc1w25uk3zl6s.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Twice a year, the <a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/592090/graham-foundation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Graham Foundation</a> issues a series of significant grants, first to individuals and then to organizations. The Foundation has just released the list of recipients of the 2017 Grants to Individuals, totaling over $560,000 divided amongst 72 projects.</p><p>"Many of our grantees this year are exploring the agency of design," states Graham Foundation director <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/128711733/sarah-herda-co-director-of-the-chicago-architecture-biennial-on-establishing-the-city-as-the-site" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Herda</a>. "They are testing the limits of conventional practice to make new work that directly engages the social and political dimensions of the designed environment."</p><p>Here&rsquo;s the full list of grantees:</p><p><strong>Exhibitions</strong></p><p>Marcelo Araya, Andr&eacute;s Garc&eacute;s, Iv&aacute;n Ivelic &amp; Manuel Sanfuentes<br>Daniel Cardoso Llach<br>Assaf Evron<br>Nathan Friedman<br>Anna Halprin<br>Suzanne Harris-Brandts &amp; Angela Wheeler<br>Rick Lowe<br>Zahra Malkani &amp; Shahana Rajani<br>Senam Awo Okudzeto<br><a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/75817380/maxi-spina-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maxi Spina</a><br>Martine Syms</p><p><strong>Film/Video/New Media Projects</strong></p><p>Josef Asteinza &amp; Mariano Ros<br><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/143595050/next-up-mini-session-16-toma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TOMA</a>: Leandro Cappetto, Mathias Klenner, Eduardo P&eacute;rez, Ignacio Rivas &amp; Ignacio Saavedra<br>Aggie Ebrahimi, Oscar Molina, Br...</p>