Lenore G. Tawney Fellowship
Applications are now open at The John Michael Kohler Arts Center
29 September – 14 November 2022
Lenore Tawney, ‘In Poetry and Silence: The Work and Studio of Lenore Tawney’, 2019-2020, installation view, Mirror of the Universe, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, New York. Courtesy: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, New York
The fellowship fosters new engagement with the art environment created by Lenore Tawney, installed at John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Art Preserve in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The center’s 486-piece Tawney collection includes work by the artist and her contemporaries alongside collages, assemblages, furniture, and supplies.
In keeping with Tawney’s interdisciplinary spirit, candidates may apply with projects that study overlooked aspects of works and movements related to Tawney, or that discuss previously unexplored connections between those works and art from other disciplines.
This follows Tawney’s solo exhibition at JMKAC titled ‘Mirror of the Universe’ which was on display from August 18, 2019–March 7, 2020. The show explored Tawney’s work through an emulation of her studio environment and, at once retrospective and forward-looking, shed light on the enduring and multifaceted impact that Lenore Tawney had on contemporary art.
The fellowship is anticipated to run from May through December 2023. JMKAC will announce the recipient in early 2023. The deadline to apply is November 14, 2022. The fellowship includes a $30,000 stipend plus additional funds of up to $10,000 to support travel, accommodation, research materials, and translation for the entire period.