Past Artist Grant Recipients
April 2023
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
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
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 Assistance: MFA Application Fees
Nicole Emmons, Professional Basics: Speak Again
William Livingston, Community/Artist Partnership: Calling Cards Poster Project
July 2022
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
April 2022
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
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 Grant: Purchasing Framing and Matting Materials
Keli Mashburn, Fairfax, Creative Projects Grant: Wah.shka
Angela Piehl, Stillwater, Creative Projects Grant: Exhibition Support
Amanda Weathers, Oklahoma City, Community Artist Partnership Grant: The Wild Illuminate
Jason Wilson, Hartshorne, Professional Basics Grant: Funding Towards Professional Photographs of Artwork
July 2016
Nancy Peterson, Norman, Education Grant: Convergence Conference Workshop: Mashru Scarf: Ikat in Indian Style with Natural Dye
Jordan Vinyard, Mustang, Creative Projects Grant: Orifice
Carolyn Wheeler, Tulsa, Creative Projects Grant: 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 Center Residency and 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 City
Dallos Paz, Norman, Creative Projects Grant: Soul Education: The Life and Teachings of Sri B.N.S. Iyengar
Amy Sanders, Kellyville, Education Grant: National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 50th Annual Conference