Nasher Artist Grants

Nasher Artist Grants

Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Grants are small-sum awards offered to artists to further their personal or professional development.

About

In 2003, Raymond Nasher chose to make a permanent home for the Nasher Collection in Dallas. Since then, the Nasher Sculpture Center has become an indelible part of the city’s cultural landscape and an important focal point of inspiration for artists and art lovers around the world. In this spirit, the Nasher Sculpture Center is pleased to offer a grant program that invests in the art community of North Texas. In presenting these grants, the Nasher recognizes the great artistic talent residing in North Texas and our privilege and responsibility to support it.

Criteria for Eligibility

  • Application is open to artists working in any media.
  • Eligible artists must be over 18 years of age and currently reside in North Texas (Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Rockwall, Kaufman, Navarro, Ellis, Johnson, Somervell, Erath, Palo Pinto Hood, Parker or Wise counties).
  • Individual artists or artist collectives may apply once per calendar year. Artist collectives must list all active members on their application.
  • Artists may apply for grants of $2000 to be used directly on physical resources or endeavors that will further their artistic activity and practice.
  • Proposed usage of funds may include, but is not limited to: general expenses associated with artistic practice, such as studio rental, materials and equipment, travel for research purposes, or exhibition-related expenses.
  • Nasher Sculpture Center employees and immediate family members of Nasher Sculpture Center staff or trustees are not eligible to apply.
  • All submissions are subject to institutional review.

The 2021 cycle of Artist Grants will be open for application June 1 - 30, 2021.

 

 

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Drawing of an Alexander Calder mobile with the letter C.

Nasher Collection ABCs

Drawing of a taxi, an ice cream cone, and a pair of underwear.

Claes Oldenburg

drawing of artist Doris Salcedo

Celebrate Women's History

drawing of a bird

Garden Guide 

Drawing of a tiger, a submarine, a butterfly, a trumpet, a duck, a lemon, a pumpkin and a traffic cone

Color Through the Rainbow 

Drawing of The Kiss by Constantin Brancusi

Color the Nasher Collection Version 1 

Drawing of a sculpture by Henry Moore with the words Nasher Sculpture Center.

Color the Nasher Collection Version 2   

Drawing of magnolia blossom and vitex flowers.

Nasher Garden Flora Adult Coloring Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Grant Application

The next cycle of Artist Grants will open for application in summer 2022.

Artist Grant Recipients

2021

Amber Bemak
Xxavier Edward Carter
Christian Cruz
Karla Garcia
Inyang Essien

Panelists: Leigh Arnold, Jer'Lisa Devezin, Leslie Martinez, Shelby David Meier, Matthew Ronay, Anna Smith

2020

Sarah Ayala

Sara Cardona

Janeil Engelstad

Julia Jaloweic

David Jeremiah

Cynthia Mulcahy

Nancy Newberry

Darryl Ratcliff

Raul Rodriguez

Third Space DFW

 

Panelists: Leigh Arnold, Nida Bangash, Arnoldo Hurtado, Bettina Pousttchi, Anna Smith, Allison V. Smith

 
2019

xtine burrough and Sabrina Starnaman
Jessica Garland
Riley Holloway
Devon Nowlin
Sweet Pass Sculpture Park

Panelists: Chesley Antoinette Williams, Leigh Arnold, Nathan Carter, Nic Nicosia, Anna Smith, Giovanni Valderas
 
2018
Nida Bangash
DADE (Angie Reisch, Ellen Smith, D.S. Chapman)
Arnoldo Hurtado
Jonathan Molina-Garcia
Colton White 
Panelists: Leigh Arnold, Thomas Feulmer, Eileen Maxson, Devin Mays, Anna Smith, lauren woods
 
2017

Chesley Antoinette
Eileen Maxson
Marcela Reyes
Giovanni Valderas
Montoya Williams

Panelists: Leigh Arnold, Alicia Eggert, Randy Guthmiller, Michael Morris, Ruben Ochoa, Anna Smith, Harold Steward
 
2016

Tim Harding
Francisco Moreno
Greg Ruppe
lauren woods
Longhui Zhang

Panelists: Leigh Arnold, Christopher Blay, E. V. Day, Margaret Meehan, Cam Schoepp, Anna Smith
 
Fall 2015

Alicia Eggert
Brian Fridge
Kelsey Heimerman
Mike Morris
Darryl Ratcliff

Panelists: Leigh Arnold, Frances Bagley, Annette Lawrence, Mai-Thu Perret, John Pomara, Anna Smith
 
Spring 2015

Christopher Blay
Brick Haus Collective: Rachel Fischer and Abby Sherrill
Celia Eberle
Jeff Gibbons
Margaret Meehan

Panelists: Leigh Arnold, Frances Bagley, Annette Lawrence, John Pomara, Anna Smith, Tony Tasset


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2001 Flora Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
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