Artadia Network

The Artadia Network is an activated community offering ongoing support exclusively to Artadia Awardees beyond the unrestricted financial award. Through one-on-one meetings and workshops with a variety of professionals, and an Awardee listserv, the Artadia Network provides Awardees with a forum for structured discourse, resource sharing and opportunities for new connections.

Artadia’s vision is for visual artists to prosper through stronger communities and a more just arts economy. To realize this, the Artadia Award program offers a pathway toward sustainable growth for artists. The Artadia Network, which directly evolved from our long-running Art & Dialogue series (2015-2020) and Houston Fellowship program (2018-2020), extends the benefits of the grant funds by fostering discourse between artists and a community of professionals ranging from curators to legal experts. Together, they explore practice-based solutions to the most pressing challenges facing artists today.

The Artadia Network comprises a wide range of professionals including:

○  Art academics ○ Art advisors ○ Art administrators ○ Auction specialists ○ Curators ○ Collectors ○ Dealers ○ Established artists ○ Financial advisors ○ Lawyers ○
Marketing and digital strategists ○ Production specialists ○ And more

Awardees connect with the Network in three ways:

One-on-one virtual meetings:

  • In the program’s inaugural year, Artadia is matching 50 of its 350+ Awardees with professionals for one-on-one meetings, based on artists’ specific needs and scheduled on a first-come first-serve basis.
2018 San Francisco Awardee Indira Allegra, Casting II. 2017
2006 Chicago Awardee/ Board Member Nick Cave, Soundsuit. 2009. Photo by James Prinz Photography. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Eight annual virtual workshops hosted by professionals:

  • Four public events providing a window into the current state of the arts and arts communities. 
  • Four private events exclusively Awardees and Finalists, to connect in small groups for resource sharing and intimate, topical discussions. 

Artadia Awardee listserv:

  • A forum for discussion, resource sharing, and connection with one another.
2020 Los Angeles Awardee Suné Woods, Aragonite Stars. 2018.
Upcoming Workshops
Bria Lauren x Rebecca Matalon

March 9, 2021, click here to RSVP

Artist and 2020 Houston Artadia Awardee Bria Lauren and Rebecca Matalon, Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, discuss Lauren’s work in photography and film, the ongoing importance of Houston’s Third Ward on her practice, and the value and urgency of honoring her local community of Black women, artists, and collaborators.

L: Rebecca Matalon, Photo by Myles Pettengill. R: Bria Lauren, Portrait of Artist by Troy Montes
Network Specialists
2021

Courtenay Finn, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Doug Gourley, Private Banker

Gregory Harris, Associate Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta

Daonne Huff, Director, Public Programs & Community Engagement, Studio Museum in Harlem

Rachel Jans, Assistant Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Miranda Lash, Ellen Bruss Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver

Margot Norton, Curator, New Museum,  New York

Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Artist

Gabriel Ritter, Curator and Head of Contemporary Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Brian Sholis, Editor, Writer and Curator

Irene Shum, Curator, Art & Architecture

Katia Zavistovski, Assistant Curator of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art