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Past Grants for Artists Recipients

January 2025 Grantees

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October 2024 Grantees

Candacee White, Tulsa | Professional Basics
"Mapscapes" Exhibition

Dr. Jessica Moore Harjo, Weomepe, Tulsa | Professional Basics
Professional Tools

Gregg Standridge, Norman | Creative Projects
ALL CAPS!

Michael Takahata, Oklahoma City | Education Assistance
NCECA Support

Nic Annette Miller, Tulsa | Community/Artist Partnership
NAM Common presents Kệ Sách

Paul Acevedo Gomez, Tulsa | Community/Artist Partnership
Project Monarch

Việt H. Nguyễn, Tulsa | Creative Projects
Western Currents

Wesley Kramer, Norman | Education Assistance
Lithography Development

Maywadee Viriyapah, Oklahoma City | Creative Projects
Emerge 2025 Exhibition

March 2024 Grantees

Kiona Wooton Millirons, Oklahoma City | Professional Basics
Vermillion

Denae Smith, Oklahoma City | Professional Basics
Garden Oasis

Marika Christofides, Stillwater | Education Assistance
Artist in Residence, Constellation Studios

Kyle Todaro, Tulsa | Education Assistance
Kent Art Blossom Art Intensive Residency

Destiny Graham, Ada | Community/Artist Partnership
Allen Arts

Merhawit Gebregziabher Tsegay, Norman | Creative Projects
Phone Home: ድሃይ ገዛና ናፍቁና (The voice of our house and our yearning)

Wesley Luster, Oklahoma City | Creative Projects
Art for All: Empowering At-Risk Youth Through Community Mural Teaching

Loren Waters, Tulsa | Creative Projects
TIGER Short Documentary Film

January 2024 Grantees

Jim Weaver, Edmond | Professional Basics
Solo Show at the Black Rock Art Gallery at Joshua Tree National Park

Heather Valenzuela, Tulsa | Education Assistance
Las Fallas

Jordan Wilson, Oklahoma City | Professional Basics
Rumours

October 2023 Grantees

Arthur Haywood, Tulsa | Community/Artist Partnership
Murals for Literacy

Cortney McConnell, Wellston | Professional Basics
Completion of Home Studio

Dana Lombardo, Vinita | Professional Basics
Professional Framing for Participation in the WAOW Woolaroc Invitational

Jasmine Jones, Oklahoma City | Creative Projects
Candied Garden

Kendall Ross, Oklahoma City | Education Assistance
Penland School of Craft Winter Residency

Liz Dueck, Sand Springs | Creative Projects
Along the Cimarron Exhibition & Artist Retreat

Megan Wimberley, Tulsa | Education Assistance
Working with Artist Consultant

Mery McNett, Tulsa | Creative Projects
Artsy Cartsy

Narciso Arguelles, Yukon | Community/Artist Partnership
Orgullo/Pride

March 2023 Grantees

Alicia Smith, Creative Projects
Toci

Andrea Day, Creative Projects,

A. Day's Work Innovative Native

Chandler Wilson, Education & Travel Assistance
Camino de Santiago

James Woods, Professional Basics
Purchasing a Digital Camera

JP Morrison, Professional Basics
Framing for Heron Arts

Kayla Anley, Community/Artist Partnership
Oxley Nature Center Artist Residency

Michael Diaz, Creative Projects
Solo Exhibition at Leslie Powell Gallery

Sarah Sullivan Sherrod, Professional Basics
Supplies for New Collection

January 2023 Grantees

Dawn Tree, Community/Artist Partnership
Icee & Paint

Erin Baird, Professional Basics
Mural Business Supplies

Heather Valenzuela, Creative Projects
Soltar

Maria Anderson, Professional Basics
Honor Thy Mother

Naima Lowe, Creative Projects
Tainted Love

Sarah Ahmad, Creative Projects
Unearthing Stories from the Core

October 2022 Grantees

Aaron Jones, Professional Basics
Nature in the Round

April Dawes, Education & Travel Assistance
The Story Behind the Portrait Oil Painting Workshop

Ghazal Ghazi, Creative Projects
Fish Without a Sea

Leslie Kraus, Creative Projects
SQUID

Mia Pons, Education & Travel Assistance
MFA Application Fees

Nicole Emmons, Professional Basics
Speak Again

William Livingston, Community/Artist Partnership
Calling Cards Poster Project

July 2022 Grantees

Briana Hefley-Shepard, Professional Basics
A Level Cutting Field

Deborah Burian, Education & Travel Assistance
Halls Island Artist Residence

Destiny Green, Creative Projects
On Space and Time

Erick Perry, Creative Projects
Takes of Village

Nancy Andrasko, Professional Basics
New Ceramic Studio Set-Up

Theresa Sacket, Community/Artist Partnership
Veteran's Landing Art Therapy Classes

March 2022 Grantees

Debra Martin-Barber, Professional Basics
Website Development

Erin Latham, Creative Projects
Passage

Hailey Craighead, Education Assistance
The Illustration Conference

Kendall Ross, Professional Basics
Artwork Images

Lauren Rosenfelt, Professional Basics
Myriad Botanical Gardens

Marium Rana, Creative Projects
Flowers for Surayya Anne: A Multisensory Mural

Nancy Peterson, Education & Travel Assistance
Convergence

Raasheda Burnett, Creative Projects
DreamLand Exhibition

January 2022 Grantees

Audrey Schmitz, Community/Artist Partnership
Kay County Patriotic Art Installation Project

Darci Lenker, Professional Basics
Funding for Website

Emma Lynn, Professional Basics
Jewelry and Metals Shop Advancements

Jordan Vineyard, Creative Projects
All the King's Horses

Matthew Ferree, Professional Basics
Display Booth

Sierra Revis, Professional Basics
Sas Designs

October 2021

Audrey Peck, Professional Basics
Photography Equipment

Lucas Wrench, Creative Projects
OK #1 Collaboration with Edgar and Shanna Heap of Birds

Liz Roth, Creative Projects
Understanding Place and 40 Degrees North Latitude

Nicki Wood, Professional Basics
Ceramic Studio Supply Grant

Shelby Head, Creative Projects
Am I That Name?

July 2021

Gayla Hollis, Professional Basics
Large Artworks, Demos, and Artist Tour & Talk

Jessica Teckemeyer, Creative Projects
Global Food Insecurities Exposed by COVID-19

LaQuincy Reed, Creative Projects
Black in the West

Ronn Burton, Community/Artist Partnership
Mix-Tape at Factory Obscura

Dominique McPhail, Education & Travel Assistance
Introduction to Encaustic Workshop

Michael Hoffner, Creative Projects
Movement

Amy Sanders De Melo, Professional Basics
Website and Branding Redesign by OKC BIPOC Designer

April 2021

Marie Casimir, Creative Projects
Notes on Survival

Liz Blood, Creative Projects
Creative Field Guide to Northeastern Oklahoma

Gabriel Rojas, Professional Basics
Professional Development Aid

Perpetual Motion, Creative Projects
REWIND - A Collaboration with Factory Obscura

Cathryn Thomas, Professional Basics
New Studio

Deborah Burian, Professional Basics
Juxtaposition: Oil and Water

JP Morrison Lans, Professional Basics
Assistance with Application Fees

Kathy White, Education Assistance
High Road to Taos

Brenda Eidson, Education & Travel Assistance
High Road to Taos Workshop

January 2021

Julie Alpert, Creative Projects
Familiar Things Solo Exhibition at Ahha Tulsa

Lauren Rosenfelt, Community/Artist Partnership
Artistic Signage at the Norman Central Library

Tanner Bowen, Creative Projects
Bright Souls Mural Quilt

October 2020

Emma Difani, Community/Artist Partnership
Seed Reef

Shelby Head, Professional Basics
Am I That Name?

Carrie Kouts, Creative Projects
Dominion

July 2020

Alexander Walter Tamahn, Creative Projects
Anti-Venom Exhibition

Lucas Wrench, Creative Projects
Art, Archives, and Memory

Patrick Conlon, Creative Projects
You Are Here

Amy Rockett-Todd, Professional Basics
Evenheat Studio Pro 17 Glass Kiln

Cristiana Prado, Professional Basics
Offering and Guarding Exhibition

Nicole Emmons, Creative Projects
Commodification of the Sacred

April 2020

Gabriel Rojas, Professional Basics
Painting/Mixed Media Supplies

Jordan Vinyard, Creative Projects
Scummy Scummy No Fun Bunny Bunny

Amber DuBoise-Shepherd, Professional Basics
Framing and Matting of Mixed Media Piece

MariaLeticia Galizzi, Education Assistance
Painting Residency

Carol Webster, Education & Travel Assistance
Layers and Plates July 2020

January 2020

M J Alexander, Community/Artist Partnership: OF PERPETUAL SOLACE

Tess Elliot, Creative Projects: Grass Land

Krista Mustain, Creative Projects: Sleep Study

Nancy Peterson, Education Assistance: Convergence International Fiber Arts Conference

Kerry Billington, Professional Basics: 2020 Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts

October 2019
Sayuri Artsy, Education Assistance: Gamerome Conference

Maria Chaverri, Professional Basics: Paseo Plunge Solo Show
Jim Weaver, Creative Projects: The Long Hard Ride
Jennifer Bradley, Education Assistance: Stone Setting Course
Mariah Addis, Professional Basics: Living Table

July 2019

Ryan Davis, Education Assistance: Anderson Ranch Ceramic Workshop
Brian Lawes, Creative Projects: Lost Kings: Short Film
Jeff Van Hanken, Community Artist Partnership: We Slept by Creeks
Naima Lowe, Creative Projects: Ropes, Pinks.
Tali Weinberg, Creative Projects: Woven Climate Datascapes

April 2019

Eric Hoefer, Creative Projects: Architectonic Ceramic Vessel Exhibition and Public Lecture in Rome, Italy
Carla Waugh, Professional Basics: Exhibition Displays
Leslie Dallam, Professional Basics: Exhibition Framing
Sarah Ahmad, Creative Projects: Quilting Across Great Divides
Marilyn Artus, Creative Projects: Her Flag
Dan Farnum, Creative Projects: Young Blood
Christen Humphries, Professional Basics: Exhibition Framing
Eyakem Gulilat, Creative Projects: Humanity is the Foundation
Jenna Bryan, Community Artist Partnership: Zines Y’all

January 2019
Virginia Sitzes, Oklahoma City, Education Grant: Texchange
Colleen Thurston,Tulsa, Creative Projects Grant: Drowned Land
Jordan Vinyard, Mustang, Creative Projects Grant: Scumgullion
Danielle Weigandt, Norman, Creative Projects Grant: Creating Memories in Utopia

October 2018
Margaret Aycock, Tulsa, Community Artist Partnership Grant: Art of Healing
Lydia Cheshewalla, Skiatook, Creative Projects Grant: Ephemeral Reliquaries for Experience
Antone Dolezal, Bartlesville, Creative Projects Grant: Formula #5
Alexa Goetzinger and Emma Difani, Oklahoma City, Creative Projects Grant: Connect: Collect
Gabriel Rojas, Tulsa, Professional Basics Grant: Custom Frames

July 2018
Jack Bryant, Tulsa, Professional Basics Grant: Found on Side of Road
Jamil Jaser, Tahlequah, Creative Projects Grant: Then and Now
Darci Lenker, Norman, Creative Projects Grant: Tiny Masterpieces
Mandy Messina, Oklahoma City, Creative Projects Grant: Vermont Studio Centre
Laurence Myers Reese, Norman, Education Grant: NYC Study Trip and CoreAlign Workshop
Shannon Smith, Oklahoma City, Professional Basics Grant: Inclusion in Art 2018 Mentee Showing

April 2018
Nancy Andrasko, Tulsa, Education Grant: 5 Day Workshop with Peter Pincus

Crystal Z Campbell, Tulsa, Education Grant: Flaherty Film Seminar

Jason Cytacki, Norman, Creative Projects Grant: Midwestern Capriccio

Nicole Emmons, Oklahoma City, Creative Projects Grant: Domesti City

Mike Litzau, Edmond, Creative Projects Grant: Baseball in Japan

Trace Logan, Oklahoma City, Professional Basics Grant: Digital Composites Framing

Bryon Perdue, Midwest City, Professional Basics Grant: Works of Paper

Barbara Scott, Oklahoma City, Professional Basics Grant: Display Pedestals

January 2018
Sheridan Conrad, Oklahoma City, Education Grant: Chasing and Repousse Workshop

Reese Hadzeriga, Stillwater, Education Grant: Residencia Corazon

Mary Ketch, Norman, Professional Basics Grant: Artist Tent

Angie LaPaglia, Mulhall, Professional Basics Grant: Lucid

Beatriz Mayorca, Oklahoma City, Creative Projects Grant: [Evolve] Artistic Bike Rack

Haley Prestifilippo, Norman, Professional Basics Grant: Framing

Jordan Vinyard, Mustang, Creative Projects Grant: Addendum #2

October 2017
MJ Alexander, Oklahoma City, Creative Projects Grant: Oklahoma

Tammy Brummel, Oklahoma City, Professional Basics Grant: Mutable Landscape

David Holland, Oklahoma City, Professional Basics Grant: Clouds in Perpetual Motion

Holly Wilson, Mustang, Creative Projects Grant: Through the Lens

July 2017
Sarah Atlee, Oklahoma City, Education Grant: Artist Residency
Rena Detrixhe and Grace Grothaus, Tulsa, Creative Projects Grant: Wake

Mandy Messina, Oklahoma City, Professional Basics Grant: Professional Framing

Amy Sanders, Oklahoma City, Creative Projects Grant: Invisible Words for Hidden Messages

Jim Weaver, Ada, Education Grant: Watershed Summer Residency at Wingtip Press

Amy Young, Shawnee, Professional Basics Grant: Funds for Preparation to Apply to Grad School

April 2017
Rebecca Arman, Oklahoma City, Professional Basics Grant: Marketing and Display

James Cook, Oklahoma City, Creative Projects Grant: Digital Divas

romy owens, Oklahoma City, Community Artist Partnership Grant: Under Her Wing was the Universe

Liz Roth, Stillwater, Education Grant: Golden Foundation 2017 Residency

Audrey Schmitz, Tonkawa, Community Artist Partnership Grant: Hands in Clay

Timothy Walsh, Oklahoma City, Professional Basics Grant: Pottery Wheel Accessories

Nicki Wood, Stillwater, Education Grant: Watershed Ceramics Summer Session

January 2017
Nancy Andrasko, Tulsa, Education Grant: Watershed Summer Residency Session

Crystal Z Campbell, Tulsa, Education Grant: NCECA

Taylor Painter-Wolfe, Tulsa, Creative Projects Grant: Earth and Sky

October 2016

Justine Green, Tulsa | Professional Basics:
Purchasing Framing and Matting Materials

Keli Mashburn, Fairfax | Creative Projects:
Wah.shka

Angela Piehl, Stillwater | Creative Projects:
Exhibition Support

Amanda Weathers, Oklahoma City | Community Artist Partnership: The Wild Illuminate

Jason Wilson, Hartshorne | Professional Basics:
Funding Towards Professional Photographs of Artwork

July 2016

Nancy Peterson, Norman | Education Assistance
Convergence Conference Workshop: Mashru Scarf: Ikat in Indian Style with Natural Dye

Jordan Vinyard, Mustang | Creative Projects
Orifice

Carolyn Wheeler, Tulsa | Creative Projects
Osage Orange

April 2016

Randall Barnes, Midwest City | Professional Basics Grant
rs-barnes.com

Brian Landreth, Midwest City | Professional Basics Grant Equipment for Making Prints

Monty Little, Tulsa | Professional Basics Grant
Nomenclature

Liz Roth, Stillwater | Creative Projects Grant
Energy Landscapes: Xiaoxiang International Printmaking Residency/Solo Art Exhibition

Gloria Shows, Oklahoma City | Professional Basics Grant
Artist Residency

Mark Zimmerman, Edmond | Education Grant
Advanced Course: Wet Collodion Workshop

January 2016

Felix Blesch, Ramona | Education Grant
Southern Graphics Council International 2016 Conference

Katelynn Knick, Norman, Education Grant
Material, Image, & Place: An Interdisciplinary Approach, a workshop with Letha Wilson

Adam Lanman, Oklahoma City | Community/Artist Partnership Grant
Skyline: Timeline: A Celebration of the Changing Face of Oklahoma

Dallos Paz, Norman | Creative Projects Grant
Soul Education: The Life and Teachings of Sri B.N.S. Iyengar

Amy Sanders de Melo, Kellyville | Education Grant
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 50th Annual Conference

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