The Individual Support Grant is offered annually to painters, printmakers, and sculptors who have been creating mature art for at least 20 years and who have a current financial need. And it's that season again: the Individual Support Grant application is now open for submissions. For this newsletter, we are taking a look back at some letters from past grant recipients. Here's what they have said about the effect receiving this grant has had on their lives:

“I am overjoyed and excited by the possibilities and freedom this grant allows me.”

“Beyond the check, there is the recognition of my lifetime artistic work. This is a huge honor!”

“These funds have allowed me to greatly increase the time I am able to focus on my work – and – on the process of its making. I was able to dig deeper into the why and how I make the paintings I make. Also, I was able to increase my understanding, through both actual research and just quiet time in the studio, of the concepts from which I build my work. With deep thanks for this opportunity you have given me.”

“Just today I have received your letter informing me that I have been selected to receive an Individual Support Grant from the Gottlieb Foundation. Needless to say, I am still shaking as I write this with tears in my eyes and a grateful heart. … For now, I want to say, in addition, to my profound thanks, that I hope you have at least glimpses into the change your Foundation grants make in the lives of the artist recipients--and then as well in the lives of those who are touched by the work we produce under the financial sponsorship of the Foundation. Receiving the grant is more than a dream come true.”

Works shown above are by recipients of the 2019 Individual Support Grant. Artists shown (in order from left to right):
Row 1: Cynthia Back, Johannes van Meeuwen, Danville Chadbourne, Celia Eberle
Row 2: Helen Booth, Susan York, Barbara Kemp Cowlin, Joan Weber
Row 3: Scott Reeds, George Lowes, Heather Hutchison, Susan Togut.
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For more information about the Individual Support Grant and to apply, click here.