The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts is a 501(c)3 non-profit[1] that “fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realizes this vision through making project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications.”[2]

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Founded1956
TypeNon-profit organization
Location
Websitegrahamfoundation.org

It is located in the Madlener House in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.[3] As of 2018, the Graham Foundation has awarded over 4,400 grants.[4]

Grants

The Graham foundation provides two types of grants to individuals: Production and Presentation Grants and Research and Development Grants.[5] Grantees are chosen based on four criteria: originality, potential for impact, feasibility, and capacity. Part of the Graham Foundation's mission includes supporting the developing careers of grantees and enabling projects that would not otherwise be possible.[6] The Graham Foundation's 11-member Board of Trustees selects the cohort of grantees each year. Current and former board members include John Ronan and Theaster Gates.[7]

Grantee projects range from interactive exhibitions and workshops to books and documentary films. Past projects include a photographic survey of Le Corbusier’s completed works and an online oral history of housing construction for homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS in New York City.[8] The Graham Foundation has supported the publication of several field-defining architecture books, Robert Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture and Rem Koolhaas's Delirious New York among them.[9]

In July 2020, The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts reported a total of 52 awards worth $320,800.[10] Grants will fund important projects tackling and shaping the future of architecture and the developed environment.[11]

Public Programming

The Graham Foundation aims to foster dialogue and expand the audience around architecture and its impacts on society and culture.[12] To that end, the organization hosts galleries, an outdoor collection of architectural fragments, an archive of grantee publications, and a ballroom for lectures and events open to the public.[13] Notable architects including Rem Koolhaas, Denise Scott Brown, Robert Venturi, Buckminster Fuller, and Louis Kahn have lectured and held exhibitions there.[14]

The Graham Foundation Bookshop, also located in the Madlener house, houses grant-funded titles, international periodicals, and rare publications on architecture, urbanism, and related fields.[15]

See also

References
  1. "Graham Foundation For Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts". ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. "Graham Foundation Mission". Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. "Graham Foundation". Timeout Chicago. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. AYOUBI, AYDA (14 May 2020). "The Graham Foundation Awards a Total of $534,850 in New Grants". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. "GRAHAM FOUNDATION: GRANTS". World Art Foundations. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. "Graham Foundations: Grants to Organizations". Instrumentl. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  7. Elbaor, Caroline. "Graham Foundation Announces Over $400,000 Architecture and Design Grants". Artnet News. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  8. Rosenfield, Karissa. "Graham Foundation Awards Grants for 63 Outstanding Projects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  9. "Graham Foundation Bookstore". Art Book. Distributed Art Publishers. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. Pacheco, Antonio (30 July 2020). "Graham Foundation awards $320,800 to individuals "working worldwide on urgent issues"". Archinect. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  11. Baldwin, Eric (31 July 2020). "Graham Foundation Announces 2020 Individual Grants". archdaily. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  12. "Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts". Association of Architecture Organizations. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  13. "At Home in Chicago: Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts". Chicago House Museums. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  14. "Graham Foundation". Water Tower Arts District. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  15. "Graham Foundation". Water Tower Arts District. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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