Artist Lavialle Campbell. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Artist Patty Chang. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Artist Kija Lucas. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Artist Maia Cruz Palileo. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
The Nancy Graves Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists. Established through a provision of the artist’s Last Will and Testament, the Foundation has supported the work and artistic development of individual artists since 2001. This year’s grantees include Lavialle Campbell, Patty Chang, Kija Lucas, and Maia Cruz Palileo. Initially nominated by artists and arts professionals from across the country, a second panel of jurors selected four grantees to receive unrestricted funds to work in a technique, medium or discipline that is different from the one for which they are primarily recognized.
Lavialle Campbell is an artist based in Studio City, California. Campbell uses quilting, ceramics, and glass in her work. She plans to use her grant to start hand stitching large quilts and utilizing Korean bojagi techniques. Patty Chang is a multidisciplinary artist based in Altadena, CA who works in performance, video, and photography. Chang plans on creating a seaweed farm with her grant in order begin a material-based practice utilizing seaweed as a sculpture medium as well as a site of ecosystem building and investigation. Kija Lucas is an artist based in San Francisco, CA. Working primarily in digital photography, Lucas plans on using the grant to experiment with photograms using detritus from her home and that of her friends and family. Maia Cruz Palileo is a painter based in Brooklyn, NY. She plans on using the grant to learn woodworking to expand her practice into sculpture.
Each artist will receive an award of $12,500.