The In-Between: Artists Build New Frameworks for Institutions
Nick Szuberla’s Campaign for Prison Phone Justice Nick Szuberla, after working on his Creative Capital project Thousand Kites for several months, found himself sitting in front of what he described as...
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Shih Chieh Huang, Seductive Evolution of Animated Illumination, 2013 The art world has gotten used to managing their calendars around the Venice Biennale every two years. In 2009, a collateral event...
View ArticleNick Szuberla Organizes for Criminal Justice Reform
Faces from the Nation Inside video Storybank A few months ago I had the opportunity to talk to Nick Szuberla, a 2006 Emerging Fields grantee, about the development of his Creative Capital project,...
View ArticleThe Creative Capital Award: What is the application process like?
2005 Visual Arts Awardee Pablo Helguera recording “Parallel Lives” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum What does applying to Creative Capital really mean? What do you have to do to make it happen?...
View ArticleOur Award Selection Process: What Happens Next?
We are so proud of the fact that Creative Capital is one of the only national nonprofit organizations that awards grants to individual artists through an open application process. This means that...
View ArticleThe Creative Capital Award – Who Helps Us Decide?
Amie Siegel - Heavy Metal A multi-element moving image work exploring the intertwined histories of nuclear reactors, uranium minds and Native American land. Anna Sew Hoy - Psychic Body Grotto A...
View ArticleValuing Artists’ Work: How and When Should Artists Get Paid?
Earlier this month, I was in Minneapolis / St. Paul for Hand-in-Glove 2015, a national convening for the field of alternative art spaces, artist-led projects and artists’ organizations. My session,...
View Article10 Tips for Performance Artists Working With Museums
Sarah Michelson’s performance at the Whitney Museum in 2014. Sarah also performed at the “New Circuits” conference at the Walker this past month. Earlier this week I had the pleasure of meeting with...
View ArticleThe 2016 Creative Capital Awards – Meet our Program Consultants
Robin Frohardt – Dumpster Monster, from “The Plastic Bag Store,” photo by Jeff Fitzgerald We couldn’t be happier about the 46 projects in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts that were...
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