The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the 10 recipients of its 2016 ‘Artist as Activist’ fellowships, a two-year grant supporting artists and collectives whose work addresses important global challenges. The theme for this second edition was ‘racial justice through the lens of mass incarceration’.
This year’s fellows are: Maria Gaspar, The Graduates, Titus Kaphar, Los Angeles Poverty Department, Jeremy Robins/Echoes of Incarceration, Favianna Rodriguez, Paul Rucker, El Sawyer, jackie sumell, and Shontina Vernon. The artists will receive between $50,000 – $100,000 over the course of two years, with a total budget of $775,000 from the Foundation. The two-year research will culminate with a presentation of the fellows’ works and strategies of change at the Foundation’s residency campus in Captiva, Florida.
4 July 2016.
