From the press release

New York, NY, February 15, 2023 - Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA)—a non-profit organization founded by the artists John Cage (1912-1992) and Jasper Johns to support their fellow artists—is pleased to announce the 21 recipients of the 2023 Grants to Artists awards, which comprise $45,000 unrestricted grants to individual artists. This year’s awards include the newly inaugurated Richard Pousette-Dart Award, established in memory of the artist and supported through a multi-year gift from the Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation. The new award joins seven annual awards named for artists associated with FCA’s history.

Totaling $945,000 this year, support for Grants to Artists awards stem from a community of artists joined by individuals and foundations that support FCA’s unique “artists for artists” vision.

Established in 1993, Grants to Artists are unrestricted, by-nomination grants that provide recipients with the financial means to engage in any artistic endeavors they wish to pursue. Each year, the Foundation conducts national outreach to invite artists and arts professionals to nominate one exceptional individual, collective, or performing group whom they feel deserves and will benefit from an unrestricted $45,000 award. FCA staff conduct research to inform the deliberations of a selection committee that includes FCA’s Board members and guest panelists working in the five disciplines FCA supports. Nominated artists are not asked to apply, and artists are informed only when they have been awarded the grant. In addition to the financial support, the awards provide grantees with meaningful peer recognition and encouragement.

For more information about the recipient of the Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, please see the page dedicated to poet Kyle Dacuyan.

For further information:
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
foundationforcontemporaryarts.org