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Graham Foundation awards 56 individual grants for 2024
Chen Zhan, “Situated Imaginaries: Group Dance Improvisation,” 2022. Digital photograph, Shigushan Village, Wuhan, China. Courtesy Chen Zhan. From the 2024 grant to Jingru (Cyan) Cheng, Mengfan Wang, and Chen Zhan for the project “Ripple Ripple Rippling”
The Graham Foundation’s 2024 Grants for Individuals recipients have been announced in Chicago. A field of 56 architectural researchers, artists, filmmakers, and other design scholars was given the prestigious annual grants for various projects that support and foster the exchange of ideas about architecture. The 68th edition includes 11 exhibitions, 21 publications, 16 research projects, six films, a podcast, and one new media endeavor from 84 individuals to total some $519,500 in grant funding overall.
The Graham Foundation says it has now awarded over $44 million through the individual grants program since 1956. The 2024 grants to organizations recipients and Carter Manny Award winner will be announced
later this summer.
This year's individual grantees are:
EXHIBITIONS
Every Ocean Hughes, “The Piers Untitled (#2),” 2009–23. Inkjet prints with frame, 33 x 33 in. Courtesy the artist. From the 2024 grant to Every Ocean Hughes for the publication “Every Ocean Hughes: Alive Side”
FILM, VIDEO, AND NEW MEDIA PROJECTS
James Wines, “Highrise of Homes, project (Exterior perspective),” 1981. Ink and charcoal on paper, 22 x 24 in. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: SITE. From the 2024 grant to James Wines, Suzan Wines, and Phillip Denny for the research project “What Else Could It Mean? Writings and Drawings by James Wines, 1972–2022”
Germane Barnes, “Identity,” 2022. Digital drawing on unique Roman, recycled paper, cut through analog processes, 18 x 13 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist and Nina Johnson Gallery. Photo: Greg Carideo. From the 2024 grant to Germane Barnes for the exhibition “Columnar Disorder”
Fred Schmidt-Arenales, “IT IS A GOOD PROJECT AND SHOULD BE BUILT,” 2024. Film still. Courtesy the artist From the 2024 grant to Fred Schmidt-Arenales for the film project “IT IS A GOOD PROJECT AND SHOULD BE BUILT”
The deadline for next year's Grants to Individuals inquiries is September 15th. Applications will be available after July 15th.
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