21c Museum Hotels, a multi-venue contemporary art museum and award-winning hospitality company, and Artadia, a nonprofit grantmaker and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, are thrilled to announce the 2022 21c Kansas City Artadia Award Finalists:
The 2022 21c Kansas City Artadia Award application was open to visual artists working in any visual media, at any stage in their career, living and working within Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Platte, Ray, and Wyandotte Counties.
This year’s jurors were Daisy Nam, Executive Director and Curator, Ballroom Marfa, and Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi, Curatorial Assistant, Hammer Museum.
On the awards process, juror Onyewuenyi remarked, “the 21c Artadia Award’s process allows a deep dive into the Kansas City artists actively working on and pushing their practice.”
The 2022 21c Kansas City Artadia Awardee will be announced in mid-August.
Artadia is a nonprofit grantmaking organization and a nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons. Over two decades, Artadia has worked collaboratively to foster a more just arts economy and improve the conditions necessary for artists from all backgrounds to thrive. We elevate artists’ careers at critical moments in their practice 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 over 360 artists in 8 cities, with partnerships like the 21c Artadia Award allowing an even further reach.
The 2022 21c Kansas City Artadia Award is generously supported by 21c Museum Hotels, the Artadia Board of Directors, Artadia Council Members, and individual donors across the country.
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Left to right: Jill Downen, Kathy Liao, Ruben Castillo.