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Artadia Video: Building Life-Long Artist Networks

Our Values:

  • Visual artists are storytellers and civic leaders, with the power to unite people from all backgrounds.
  • Through our work, Artadia celebrates and supports the invaluable role visual artists play in society. 
  • Our vision is for artists to prosper through stronger communities and a more just arts economy.

Artadia is a nonprofit grantmaker and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons. We elevate the careers of artists at pivotal moments in their practice and help strengthen their communities through a proven combination of recognition, grantmaking, community support, and advocacy. Since its founding in 1999, Artadia has awarded over $6 million in unrestricted funds to 399 artists in 8 cities.

Founded by Christopher E. Vroom and a group of arts leaders in San Francisco, Artadia was built on the belief that visual artists play a foundational role in shaping society and the arts economy, both as storytellers and as civic leaders. In dialogue with the artists’ communities they intended to support, Artadia launched an awards program that now encompasses seven major U.S. cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Over two decades, Artadia has offered programs that reflect our mission to not only support artists, but remain informed by them. The Awards program identifies culturally underrepresented artists through a competitive process that convenes a rotating committee of curators as jurors, and annually supports at least 22 visual artists with $15,000 each in unrestricted funds. In addition to strengthening our core Awards program, we have developed the Artadia Network—an innovative platform for meetings and workshops that will unite artists across geographies, disciplines, and generations, increasing their access to the expertise of Artadia’s colleagues—and to one another. Also, as cofounder of Artist Relief, Artadia joined a coalition of arts grantmakers to offer immediate aid to artists throughout the United States working in many disciplines, who experienced extreme financial hardship as a result of COVID-19. A total of $25 million as part of this joint effort, supporting 4,682 artists with $5,000 emergency relief grants from April 2020 to June 2021.

Artadia continues to build collaborations and partnerships with renowned entities—including Frieze New York, Phillips, and 21c Museum Hotels—further amplifying its legacy of supporting groundbreaking artists of our time through unique initiatives.

Through our collaborative work across artists’ communities and institutions, Artadia continues to create conditions necessary for artists from all backgrounds to thrive and succeed.

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Exhibition tour of 2006 Chicago Artadia Awardee Nick Cave’s “Forothermore” at the Guggenheim with Guggenheim Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator Naomi Beckwith.
Artadia community celebrates 2007 San Francisco Awardee Hank Willis Thomas's exhibition "An All Colored Cast" at Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles.
Guests at Artadia's New York Artist Luncheon at Andrew Kreps Gallery. Photograph by Casey Kelbaugh.
From left to right: Anastasia Kidd, Artadia Senior Development Officer, and 2021 Houston Artadia Awardee Preetika Rajgariah, 2021 Houston Awardee Verónica Gaona, Bora Kim, Artadia Program Director, and 2021 Houston Awardee Robert Hodge.
Staff
Elizabeth Baribeau

Grant Writer

Bora Kim

Program Director

Patton Hindle

Executive Director

Claire Malloy

Director of Advancement

Megan Karangutkar

Assistant Manager of Advancement

Maya Teich

Program and Communications Assistant

Anastasia Kidd

Senior Advancement Officer

Board of Directors

Ian Alteveer
Boston

Susan Bridges
Atlanta

Nick Cave
Chicago

Joelle Connolly
San Francisco

Aurele Danoff Pelaia
Los Angeles
Co-Chair

Oliver Frankel
New York

Eugene Fu
Chicago

Marjory Graue
San Francisco

John Guess, Jr.
Houston

Tony Karman
Chicago

Naima J. Keith
Los Angeles 

Lucy Kim
Boston 

Ramon Manning
Houston 

Karen Mehiel
New York
Treasurer

Kes Narbutas
San Francisco

Judy Nyquist
Houston

Laura Roberson
New York
Co-Chair

Marie Samuels
Newport

Jessica Shaefer
San Francisco

Franklin Sirmans
Miami

Christopher E. Vroom
New York
Founder

Summer Wheat
New York
Secretary

Jennifer Williams
Vero Beach

Grant Withers
Los Angeles

Richard Ziegelasch
New York

Margot Ziegler
New York
Vice-Chair