2023 GRANT AWARDEES
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Art+Everywhere call for Innovation Grant proposals. This was an exciting first round of submissions, with many excellent projects brought forth.
The Board of Directors judged submitted proposals on how well they adhered to the Innovation Grant principles of Collaboration, Generation, Transformation, Activation, Innovation, and Benefaction.
We are so pleased to introduce the awardees of the 2023 Innovation Grant.
Chuck Davis
Innovation Grant: Ozark Giraffe
Visual representation by mass media has othered people of the Ozarks. Seeking to reverse hillbilly narratives, Chuck Davis (Lesley MFA alum 2019) has been awarded an Innovation Grant by Art+Everywhere to engage his local community in a celebration of the vernacular architecture of the Ozarks.
Ozark Giraffes are stone-stacked homes and community buildings made of humble means – and the focus of the Innovation Grant.
Mariana Paz
Innovation Grant: Listening Works
"Listening Works" is an innovative art installation that tackles significant issues in the city of Everett by creating a safe space for art and conversation. This project will be the first project of our newly formed collective “Listening Works.” We intend to cultivate consciousness, compassion, and discourse within community, thereby nurturing a more profound comprehension of the meaning of community, in particular the value of listening.
Lori Leckliter
Innovation Grant: Universal Mural
The Universal-Mural Project is an art outreach project that will engage communities using public services and shelters. I had the opportunity to design and create a mural in CT at the Darien Community Association this year, and it sparked an idea. If this community can have a professional mural to bring the natural world into the dining room of a grand home, why can’t I find a way to reproduce the same serene work of art for the dining rooms of local shelters?
Martha Chason-Sokol
Innovation Grant: Listening Works
"Listening Works" is an innovative art installation that tackles significant issues in the city of Everett by creating a safe space for art and conversation. This project will be the first project of our newly formed collective “Listening Works.” We intend to cultivate consciousness, compassion, and discourse within community, thereby nurturing a more profound comprehension of the meaning of community, in particular the value of listening.