Ja'Tovia Gary and Paul Pfeiffer Receive 2024 Trellis Art Fund Grants

Ja’Tovia Gary and Paul Pfeiffer are recipients of the 2024 Trellis Art Fund Award.

The Trellis Art Fund grants are conceived to help visual artists pursue their creative endeavors. Each year, 12 grant recipients will receive $100,000 distributed over a two-year period. Grant proceeds can be used for any purpose—without restriction or influence—for project-specific support or general professional needs.

The fund supports artists with a demonstrated trajectory of excellence, regardless of their career stage. Their support is designated for artists of any age, level of education, location, working with or without commercial gallery representation. Evidence of sustained professional commitment and a consistent, engaged practice are key criteria when selecting grantees. They have a particular interest in artistic practices from historically underrepresented groups as well as those working outside the commercial art market.

Every year, a diverse group of arts professionals and artists from across the country will nominate candidates for the grant. These recommendations are kept anonymous. Nominated artists will then be invited to apply. A jury will thoroughly review each application and select the final grantees. In each award cycle, two grants will be reserved for artists with children under the age of 12. This designation recognizes the particular challenges faced by working parents at that stage of their lives.

A full list of 2024 grantees below:

Candida Alvarez, Chicago
American Artist, New York
Ja’Tovia Gary, Dallas
Every Ocean Hughes, New York
Autumn Knight, New York
Young Joon Kwak, Los Angeles
Lorraine O’Grady, New York
Paul Pfeiffer, New York
Ronny Quevedo, New York*
Alison Saar, Los Angeles
Shizu Saldamando, Los Angeles*
Jorge González Santos, San Juan, PR

*Trellis Art Fund Artist-Parent Grantee