I'm very pleased to announce that Tessa Greene O'Brien and I have been awarded a grant together through the Kindling Fund. The Kindling Fund is provided by Space Gallery as part of a regional re-ranting of the Warhol Foundation. The mission of the Kindling Fund is to support the energy of Maine’s visual arts community by funding innovative, artist-organized visual arts projects that engage the public in ways that are both inventive and meaningful. The Kindling Fund values risk and experimentation, unconventional engagement, and critical dialogue, and encourages collaborative efforts to reach new audiences, increase public interaction, and create new models for presenting artists’ work.
Our Project that we're starting with this grant is the Portland Mural Initiative. We aim to bring contemporary art into the public spaces of Portland and its’ surrounding areas. We will work with emerging and established artists that have a strong connection to Maine, to create innovative murals and architectural interventions. We also aim to facilitate a dialogue between the artists and the communities in which the murals are located, through public meals and artist talks.
To get a more detailed look into this project check out our website here.
Our confirmed 2015 artists are:
We'll post another entry this spring, as the snow melts and the mural get under way...
