Juana Valdés included in the 2022 Latinx Artist Fellowship Cohort

Juana Valdés included in the 2022 Latinx Artist Fellowship Cohort

^05/12/2022

(NEW YORK, NY - May 12, 2022) The Mellon Foundation and the Ford Foundation today announced the newest cohort of the Latinx Artist FellowshiR-a multiyear initiative administered by the US Latinx Art Forum (USLAF) in collaboration with the New York Foundation for the Arts. In its second year, the fellowship recognizes 15 of the most compelling Latinx visual artists working in the United States today, and aims to address a systemic lack of support, visibility, and patronage of Latinx visual artists-individuals of Latin American or Caribbean descent, born or living in the United States.

The first-of-its-kind initiative launched in 2021, with a combined commitment of $5 million from the Mellon and Ford Foundations, to provide $50,000 in unrestricted funds each to a total of 75 Latinx visual artists through 2025. Additional funds support fellowship administration and capacity building at USLAF.

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