Announcing the 2022 Artist2Artist Fellows – Announcements

Art Affairs Foundation is proud to announce the second year of Artist2Artist, a program in which our grant recipients, artists, serve as donors. This year, the Board chose 15 recipients (including 6 Art Matters alumni and 9 artists new to Art Matters support) to receive and award a scholarship, resulting in 30 Artist2Artist Fellows. Artist donors and the Art Affairs Board were asked to consider the following guidelines when making their selections:

–Artist2Artist recognizes that artists do not necessarily identify as professional artists and collaborate with broadly defined cultural workers.
–Artist2Artist seeks donors/recipients who align with our vision of giving through mutual aid, micro-donations, peer/community care, or other solidarity economy strategies.
–Artist2Artist seeks to support experimental practices and under-recognized artists.
–Artist2Artist seeks to foster stronger relationships between artists/cultural workers.

These principles reflect feedback from the 2021 pilot year Artist2Artist Fellows, who identified barriers around the most prominent issues of precariousness and care. Director of Artistic Affairs williams abbey said: “Artist2Artist works to undo the divisive competitive structures perpetuated by arts institutions, both philanthropic and non-profit. Through this new process, we seek to remove the barrier to support and embolden those who are already building new networks towards true artist sovereignty.”

In December, the…