Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
{{Short description|Arts organization}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
| image = Graham-foundation-01.jpg
| logo =
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| type = Non-profit organization
| founded = 1956
| location = Madlener House; Chicago, IL
| website = {{URL|grahamfoundation.org}}
}}
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts is a 501(c)3 non-profit{{cite web |title=Graham Foundation For Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/362356089 |website=ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer |date=9 May 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2020}} that "fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realizes this vision through making project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications."{{cite web |title=Graham Foundation Mission|url=http://grahamfoundation.org |website=Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts |accessdate=20 May 2020}}
It is located in the Madlener House in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.{{cite web |title=Graham Foundation |url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/art/graham-foundation |website=Timeout Chicago |accessdate=24 May 2019}} As of 2018, the Graham Foundation has awarded over 4,400 grants.{{cite news |last1=AYOUBI |first1=AYDA |title=The Graham Foundation Awards a Total of $534,850 in New Grants |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-graham-foundation-awards-a-total-of-534-850-in-new-grants_o |accessdate=24 May 2020 |agency=Architect Magazine |date=14 May 2020}}
Grants
The Graham foundation provides two types of grants to individuals: Production and Presentation Grants and Research and Development Grants.{{cite web |title=GRAHAM FOUNDATION: GRANTS |url=https://www.worldartfoundations.com/job-offer-example-2-2-91/ |website=World Art Foundations |accessdate=23 May 2020}} Grantees are chosen based on four criteria: originality, potential for impact, feasibility, and capacity. Part of the Graham Foundation's mission includes supporting the developing careers of grantees and enabling projects that would not otherwise be possible.{{cite web |title=Graham Foundations: Grants to Organizations |url=https://www.instrumentl.com/grants/graham-foundation-grants-to-organizations |website=Instrumentl |accessdate=22 May 2020}} The Graham Foundation's 11-member Board of Trustees selects the cohort of grantees each year. Current and former board members include John Ronan and Theaster Gates.{{cite news |last1=Elbaor |first1=Caroline |title=Graham Foundation Announces Over $400,000 Architecture and Design Grants |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/graham-foundation-announces-grants-597575 |accessdate=23 May 2020 |agency=Artnet News}}
Grantee projects range from interactive exhibitions and workshops to books and documentary films. Past projects include a photographic survey of Le Corbusier’s completed works and an online oral history of housing construction for homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS in New York City.{{cite news |last1=Rosenfield |first1=Karissa |title=Graham Foundation Awards Grants for 63 Outstanding Projects |url=https://www.archdaily.com/636398/graham-foundation-awards-grants-for-63-outstanding-projects |accessdate=21 May 2020 |agency=ArchDaily}} The Graham Foundation has supported the publication of several field-defining architecture books, Robert Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture and Rem Koolhaas's Delirious New York among them.{{cite web |title=Graham Foundation Bookstore |url=https://www.artbook.com/graham-foundation-bookstore.html |website=Art Book |publisher=Distributed Art Publishers |accessdate=22 May 2020}}
In July 2020, The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts reported a total of 52 awards worth $320,800.{{Cite web|last=Pacheco|first=Antonio|date=30 July 2020|title=Graham Foundation awards $320,800 to individuals "working worldwide on urgent issues"|url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150209248/graham-foundation-awards-320-800-to-individuals-working-worldwide-on-urgent-issues|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 September 2020|website=Archinect}} Grants will fund important projects tackling and shaping the future of architecture and the developed environment.{{Cite web|last=Baldwin|first=Eric|date=31 July 2020|title=Graham Foundation Announces 2020 Individual Grants|url=https://www.archdaily.com/944835/graham-foundation-announces-2020-individual-grants|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 September 2020|website=archdaily}}
Public Programming
The Graham Foundation aims to foster dialogue and expand the audience around architecture and its impacts on society and culture.{{cite web |title=Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts |url=http://www.aaonetwork.org/organizations/graham-foundation-advanced-studies-fine-arts |website=Association of Architecture Organizations |accessdate=23 May 2020}} To that end, the organization hosts galleries, an outdoor collection of architectural fragments, an archive of grantee publications, and a ballroom for lectures and events open to the public.{{cite web |title=At Home in Chicago: Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts |url=http://chicagohousemuseums.org/home/graham-foundation |website=Chicago House Museums |accessdate=23 May 2020}} Notable architects including Rem Koolhaas, Denise Scott Brown, Robert Venturi, Buckminster Fuller, and Louis Kahn have lectured and held exhibitions there.{{cite web |title=Graham Foundation |url=https://watertowerarts.org/organizations/graham-foundation/ |website=Water Tower Arts District |accessdate=23 May 2020}}
The Graham Foundation Bookshop, also located in the Madlener house, houses grant-funded titles, international periodicals, and rare publications on architecture, urbanism, and related fields.{{cite web |title=Graham Foundation |url=https://watertowerarts.org/organizations/graham-foundation/ |website=Water Tower Arts District |accessdate=23 May 2020}}
See also
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.grahamfoundation.org/}}
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Category:Arts foundations based in the United States
Category:Non-profit organizations based in Chicago