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ARTOGRAPHY: Arts in a Changing America is a grant and documentation program aimed at supporting exemplary art-making set within the landscape of changing demographics in America.

ARTOGRAPHY nurtures arts communities that encourage diversity and artistry while engaging the wider public in a critical dialogue.

For ARTOGRAPHY, exceptional artistic practice is the standard by which investigations into diversity and human achievement can and must be manifested and understood.  Artists and arts organizations should be empowered to describe (as well as inscribe) their own practices and develop their own language of identity.

Now more than ever the obligation to broaden the discussion of diverse artistic practices and how they are transforming our understanding of culture is incumbent upon us all. ARTOGRAPHY reinforces this dedication to fostering a discourse, ongoing learning, and artistic practices that address our ever-evolving society.

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Upcoming Events!

ARTOGRAPHY grantees offer abundant opportunities to attend concerts, film screenings, exhibition openings and more! Check out the Calendar of Events for a schedule of presentations and activities offered by organizations from across the country.

ARTOGRAPHY Spotlight

Located in San Pablo, California, Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center is an artist-driven organization committed to the performance and production of Mexican-American arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. The group aims to increase the inclusion of a Mexican-American aesthetic into the fields of American and World music.

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ARTOGRAPHY Seeks to:

The name of this program--ARTOGRAPHY--reveals the desire to understand the nature of the relationship between changes in demographics and art practices across 3 distinct registers.  We seek to:

  • Map where the intersection of these changes is most acute--a cartography exercise;
  • Visualize how the change looks when it is translated to artistic choices and organizational modalities of operation--a photography exercise; and
  • Record and understand whose voices, identities, and heritages are impacted most directly and indirectly by these changes--a biography exercise.

News

Open Call for Entries:  2010 MetLife Foundation Innovative Space Awards (via www.lincnet.net, February 8, 2009)

American Stories, from Mexican Roots (via New York Times, December 9, 2009)

First Peoples Fund Honors Theresa Secord (MIBA) with 2009 Community Spirit Award (May 19, 2009)

Activists Ask White House for Role in Recovery (via the Washington Post, May 13, 2009)

The Creativity Stimulus (via The Nation, May 4, 2009)

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