Artadia, a nonprofit grantmaking organization and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, patrons, and philanthropists, is pleased to announce the 2026 Boston Artadia Awardees: Cathy Della Lucia, Harry Gould Harvey IV, and Eric Rannestad. The 2026 finalists also included Copenger, Timothy Hyunsoo Lee, and Sneha Shrestha.

Each awardee will receive an unrestricted grant of $15,000 and unlimited access to the nationwide Artadia Network, a community of curators, gallerists, artists, and arts professionals that offers creative and professional development opportunities, practice-based solutions, and guidance in navigating the arts economy. Through workshops, one-on-one meetings, events, and programs, the Artadia Network establishes and nurtures strategic relationships to foster a more just arts ecosystem.

The Boston Artadia Awards are open to visual artists working in any visual medium and at any stage of their careers who have lived and worked for at least two consecutive years in Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, or Suffolk County in Massachusetts.

The 2026 Awardees were selected from an open call of over 300 applicants through an extensive, two-round jury process. All six finalists were selected by the first-round jury, including Stephen Kwok, Curator of Public Engagement at Dia Art Foundation; May Makki, Associate Curator at Storefront for Art and Architecture; and Kate McNamara, John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director of the Carpenter Center. The finalists participated in virtual studio visits with the second-round jurors, Kate McNamara and DJ Hellerman, Deputy Director and Senior Curator at MoCA Cleveland.

On December 9, Artadia will host a public panel discussion with the three 2026 Boston Awardees at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, moderated by Kate McNamara. Further details will be announced through Artadia’s newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here. 

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