Artadia, a nonprofit grantmaking organization and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, is pleased to announce the 2022 Boston Artadia Awards Finalists:
The 2022 Boston Artadia Award application was open to visual artists working in any visual media, at any stage in their career, who have been living and working within Allston, Arlington, Belmont, Beverly, Boston, Brighton, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Dedham, Everett, Fall River, Gloucester, Lawrence, Lexington, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Medford, Melrose, Milton, Nahant, New Bedford, Newton, Peabody, Quincy, Revere, Salem, Saugus, Somerville, Stoneham, Swampscott, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Winchester, Winthrop, and Woburn for a minimum of two years.
This year’s semi-final jurors were Daniel Byers, John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Taylor Bythewood-Porter, Curator, California African American Museum (CAAM), and Bianca Morán, Independent Curator based in New York City.
On the jurying process, Morán remarked: “Participating as a juror for the Boston award this year was a tremendous pleasure. The opportunity to look at artistic practices across a specific region and then to be in dialogue with colleagues in different cities was so refreshing and inspiring. I am grateful to have had the chance to participate!”
“It’s an honor to be a part of the review process, to provide artists a platform to share their practice,” shared fellow juror Bythewood-Porter. “With all of the amazing submissions it was challenging to narrow in on the finalists’ but alongside the other panelists we’ve arrived at an outstanding group.”
Click here to read the full press release and here to read about it in Boston Art Review.
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 Boston Artadia Awards are supported by The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation, Liberty Specialty Markets, the Meraki Artist Award, the Artadia Board of Directors, Artadia Council Members, anonymous funders and individual donors across the country.
Image Captions:
Top, left to right: Ben Sloat, Shantel Miller, Harry Gould Harvey IV.
Bottom, left to right: Napoleon Jones-Henderson, Stephen Hamilton, Jessica Tam.