The Pollock-Krasner Foundation has announced that during its July 2021-June 2022 fiscal year grant cycle it awarded $2.685 million to 106 artists and nonprofit organizations. 

The grant and award recipients include artists from 14 states and 16 countries. The funding imparts professional support to artists around the globe, enabling the grantees to create new work, purchase materials, rent studio space, prepare for and mount exhibitions, attend residencies, and offset living expenses.

This year, the Lee Krasner Award—bestowed in recognition of a lifetime of artistic achievement—is awarded to first-time recipient Josely Carvalho. A São Paulo-born multimedia artist, Carvalho maintains studios in Rio de Janeiro and New York, and seeks to highlight memory, women’s issues, and social justice in her work. In addition to being the 2022 recipient of the Pollock Prize for Creativity, Beili Liu was awarded the Brian Wall Foundation Grant for Sculptors, a $25,000 prize that identifies an exceptional sculptor and is awarded by the Brian Wall Foundation and administered by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.

“As we continue to support Lee Krasner’s legacy, our 2021-22 grant and award recipients illustrate the foundation’s philanthropy thanks to the generosity of Krasner herself,” said Pollock-Krasner Foundation president and CEO Ronald D. Spencer. “She understood how important it is to give artists the funding they need to continue to create new work, and we are proud to expand the opportunities available to our recipients through support for their exhibitions and residency programs.” 

(Photo credit:Patricia Bordallo Dibildox/Pollock Krasner Foundation)