Artadia, a non-profit grantmaking organization and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, is excited to announce that Northwest Arkansas has been selected as this year’s city for the sixth annual 21c Artadia Award! This opportunity provides $15,000 in unrestricted funds to one visual artist living and working in the Northwest Arkansas area in partnership with 21c Museum Hotels.
Launched in Louisville in 2021, the 21c Artadia Award is a long-term partnership that annually provides $15,000 to one artist living and working in the unique creative communities where 21c Museum Hotels are located.
The 21c Northwest Arkansas Award application is an open call, free to apply, and available to visual artists currently living and working within Bentonville and Washington Counties, Arkansas.
Mark your calendar for June 15th when the application opens and click here to read the full newsletter!
“We are pleased to spotlight the burgeoning Northwest Arkansas artist community in Bentonville this year through our annual partnership with Artadia, for the sixth 21c Artadia Award. This amazing opportunity provides networking and financial support to artists working in communities often passed over in favor of established markets in larger cities. It exposes the creative endeavors of individuals working in regions where there is always something new and exciting happening congruently to places like NY and LA, proving there is indeed a ‘There’ there. Drawing upon a wide survey of artists born in or assimilated to the communities they call home, this award recognizes and celebrates cultural significance and universal shared experiences of expression.”
– Patrick Weber, Senior Director of Museum Operations, 21c Museum Hotels
About Artadia
Since its founding in 1999, Artadia has awarded over $6 million in unrestricted funds to over 400 artists nationally. Celebrating visual artists and their foundational role in shaping society, the Artadia Award benefits three artists annually in seven major US cities with high concentrations of creative workers—Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
About 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville
Located in the heart of Bentonville and walking distance from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 21c Museum Hotel blends contemporary art with a unique hotel experience, offering an inspiring space for culture, creativity, and comfort.
About 21c Museum Hotels
21c Museum is a multi-venue museum and boutique hotel located in six cities.. One of the largest contemporary art museums in the U.S., and North America’s only collecting museum dedicated solely to art of the 21st century, each property features exhibition space open free of charge to the public, combined with a boutique hotel and restaurant. It was founded in 2006 by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson; philanthropists, preservationists, and collectors, committed to expanding access to contemporary art as a means of catalyzing revitalization and civic connection. 21c presents a range of arts programming led by Senior Director of Museum Operations, Patrick Weber, including both solo and group exhibitions that reflect the global nature of art today, as well as site-specific, commissioned installations, and a variety of cultural events. The organization collaborates on arts initiatives with artists and organizations worldwide, including Speed Art Museum, North Carolina Museum of Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Artadia, Creative Time, For Freedoms, and others.