DEMIL Art Fund Fall 2024 Cohort
This Armistice Day, the DEMIL Art Fund is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 cohort.
The group includes William Chan, Ruth Kaneko (Kanaka Wahine) and Meranda Roberts (Yerington Paiute).
Image from Continuity: Cahuilla Basket Weavers and their Legacies, Benton Museum of Art, 2024. Curated by Meranda Roberts.
DEMIL Art Fund Spring 2024 Cohort Announcement
This Memorial Day, the DEMIL Art Fund is excited to announce the Spring 2024 cohort of artists to be supported by the fund.
The newest cohort are veterans Eric J. Garcia, Maura García (non-enrolled Cherokee/Mattamuskeet) and Carlos Sirah.
Image from Maura García's residency at the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, 2019. Photo courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of Art.
War and Disbelief: An Interview with Veteran Artist Gerald Sheffield
Gerald Euhon Sheffield II is an artist and educator living and working in Poughkeepsie, NY. His studio discipline is based in critical and site-specific research, painting, and sculpture. Sheffield’s professional background consists of a diversity of institutions and collaborations across borders. He served in the United States Army for eight years as a Visual Communications and Military Intelligence Public Affairs Specialist in Paraguay, Guatemala, Brazil, and Kuwait. Sheffield was a 2021 DEMIL Art Fund awardee.
DEMIL Art Fund supports next Veteran Art Summit
The DEMIL Art Fund has awarded three more grants to veteran artists.
Over the last year, DEMIL Art Fund has supported nine artists with grants. These awards support veteran artists to expand their practice as we prepare for the next Veteran Art Triennial and Summit, SURVIVING THE LONG WARS, scheduled for March 16 - 19, 2023 in Chicago, IL.
ON "GHOST OF MYSELF AND YOU" INTERVIEW WITH GOODW.Y.N.
An interview with artist GOODW.Y.N. about her project “Ghost of Myself and You: Mothers of the Disappeared” performed in Times Square.
DEMIL ART FUND ANNOUNCES SECOND COHORT OF ARTISTS
The DEMIL Art Fund is pleased to announce its second cohort of award recipients this Veteran’s Day.
The DAF, in partnership with the emerging Veteran Art Movement, provides veteran artists with $5,000 grants to amplify their artistic practices and engage the public.
The artists in DAF’s second cohort are Miridith S. Campbell of Oklahoma; Erika Renee Land of Georgia; and Gerald Sheffield of Los Angeles.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF INAUGURAL ARTISTS
The DEMIL Art Fund is thrilled to announce its first round of award recipients this Memorial Day. A group of anti-war veterans created the DEMIL Art Fund (DAF), a creative arts nonprofit, in November 2020 to promote the creation of artwork inspiring racial and social justice, and promoting dialogue around war and militarism.