Visual Arts Sea Grant
THE VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM OF SEA GRANT (Rhode Island) was established in 1988 to encourage New England
professional visual artists to address the issue of the environment of the ocean and its coastal communities.
Grants are intended to financially assist individual and/or collaborating artists whose works are
related to themes of the marine environment.
Curatorial proposals will be considered.
The grants, up to $2,000, will be awarded annually.
How To Apply
APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT:
1)
A maximum of Ten digital images of recent work. Digital entries should be
saved in RGB (not CMYK)
color Image Mode, in JPEG file format, and be readable by Macintosh platforms.
We recommend an
image size--in Pixel Dimensions--of approximately 1024 Pixels on the longest
side (in Width or
Height).
If possible, save the file name of each image as: 'artist's
initials_image number_brief
title.jpg': (e.g. VLM_1_crustacean.jpg, VLM_2_giantsquid.jpg, etc.).
Do not send PowerPoint
presentations or automated slide presentations.
Send the images on one CD (no work on DVD).
Include a list of your images: on the list, identify each work with your
name, title, date, medium,
dimensions, and the file name of the image.
Digital format is preferred--35mm slides may be
accepted. (One format per entry, do not combine 35mm slides and digital
entries.)
2) A current resume
3) A brief statement, outlining the
objective of the proposal, relevance of the work to ocean environments, and the relationship of the proposal
to your past work
4) Itemized budget including: supplies, services and support personnel
5) A self-addressed, stamped envelope for the return of slides and materials and a self-addressed, stamped postcard
to acknowledge receipt and processing
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MAY 29, 2009
Previous recipients of Sea Grant awards are not eligible for 5
years.
Individuals enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students are not eligible.
Proposals
will be reviewed by a panel of RI professionals in the visual arts.
Awards winners will be notified by
September 2009.
A written report of the results of creative activities supported by Sea Grant,
including appropriate visual documentation, is required at the conclusion of the project.
Award Winners for 2008
Janelle Iglesias
Iglesias will be researching translucent/transparent forms and creatures and creating an environment made from clear plastic trash and recyclables. The installation will blur the lines between plastic and organic, provoking a sense of the unusual. Iglesias received her MFA in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University and currently resides in Hollis, New York.
Kim Salerno
Salerno is creating an installation, "White Sea", of cut paper organisms based on cephalopods and cnidarians. Light and shadow will create a luminous marine environment in which viewers can move. Salerno has an MA in Architecture from The University of Pennsylvania and resides in Newport, Rhode island.
Award Winners for 2007
Deborah Wing-Sproul
Tidal Culture is a five-part nomadic work using the Atlantic Ocean as a focal point and primary resource. The
work takes place in several countries that border the North Atlantic Ocean: the United States, Newfoundland,
Greenland, Iceland and the Hebrides. Wing-Sproul uses aspects of time and impermanence to address and reflect
upon current conditions of the world as well as the relationships between and among cultures. There are two
primary components to the work: performance and object making. She received support for Part III of the
project which takes place in Greenland.
Wing-Sproul received her MFA at the State University of
New York at New Paltz. She is from Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Images from Tidal Culture Part I.
Jennifer Simms
Simms works with found materials that have been washed ashore and received
support for her installation , Flotsam and Jetsam. She is interested in how quickly the ocean can transform
and decay human debris. The resulting objects are often hard to identify, blurring the distinction between
what is from nature and what is man-made.
Simms received her MFA from the University of
Massachusetts and her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She resides in Wendell, Massachusetts.
Past Awards Visual Arts Sea Grant
2006 - Christy Georg
2006 - Todd McCollister
2005 - Tabitha Vevers
2005 - Susan Schultz
2004 - Kimberly Faler
2004 - Donna Hamil Talman
2003 - Marguerite White
2003 - Patti Capaldi
2002 - Jeffrey Marshall
2002 - Kathie Florsheim
2001 - Tina tryforos
2000 - Olivia McCullough
2000 - Lilla Samson
1999 - Lindsay Packer
1999 - Caroline Bagenal
1998 - Ana Flores
1998 - Kathy Kissick
1997 - Laura Davidson
1997 - Laura Baring-Gould
1996 - Thomas Walsh
1996 - Nancy Richter
1995 - Dan Ranalli
1994 - Charles McQuillen
1993 - Barbara Shamblin
1992 - Majorie keller
1991 - John Ninneman
1990 - Jennifer Ann Murray
1989 - Chris Horton
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