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How we choose the artists we fund
The fund's selection process, in plain language: peer nomination, in-person meeting, a decade of unglamorous support.
There is no committee behind a closed door. Every artist the Art Fund supports is nominated by a rotating council of practicing artists in their region, then met in person by at least two custodians before the first grant.
We look for practice that could not be replaced by any other, and lives that could not be lived by anyone else. Then we ask what a decade of quiet support would let them do.