National Art Education Foundation: Grant Announcement 2023

National Art Education Foundation Announces Grant Recipients for 2023–2024

The Board of Trustees of the National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) has announced the recipients of the next cycle of grant awards. The 11 grants awarded reflect total funding of $55,722. This year’s requests totaled over $250,000 for the first time, due to a very large number of submissions. The grant awards were voted on by the NAEF Board of Trustees in April 2023.

The NAEF Board of Trustees and reviewers continued to be impressed with the range of projects NAEA members are developing with support from the NAEF grant program. F. Robert Sabol, NAEF Chair for 2022–2024, noted, “We are pleased to be able to offer substantive levels of funding to support a set of very timely proposals from applicants pursuing professional development opportunities, developing new models of classroom practice, and research in visual arts education. With a very competitive grant cycle, we are excited about the topics and issues our applicants are seeking to explore, and we are looking carefully at how the NAEF funded research projects can have an impact in our field.”

Kathi R. Levin, NAEF Program/Development Officer, noted that the Foundation’s support doesn’t end with the funding. “We look forward to hearing about the impact and outcomes of the work funded through NAEF’s grant programs. The Trustees identify select grantees to present their work each year at the NAEA National Convention. We also look forward to having our grantees share more information about their funding projects through a new video snapshot program being developed by the NAEF Communications Committee Chair, Frank Juarez, over the coming year.”

The postmarked deadline for applications for the next funding cycle, for projects beginning July 1, 2024, will be October 1, 2023. The NAEF Grant Program Guidelines and Application are updated each summer, and they will be available on the NAEF website in mid-August. A calendar for the NAEF Grant Program is available on the NAEF portion of the NAEA website. Questions may be directed to Kathi R. Levin, NAEF Program/Development Officer, at naef@arteducators.org.

2023 NAEF Grant Recipients

Project Dates: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024

Ruth Halvorsen Professional Development Grants

Jay Linsenbigler, Pennsylvania, “Black, Blue, and Color Too!” Exploring Mixed Media Through Kallitype and Cyanotype Photographic Processes and the Hand Colored Print, $3,000

Amber Reed, South Carolina, Art and Early Childhood Education, $1,197

Genal West, North Carolina, Deep Dive: Appalachian Art and Culture, $3,000

Mary McMullan Grants

Marta Cabral, New York, Artistic Explorations in Higher Education: Experiments in Interdisciplinarity Approaches to Teacher Training, $3,000

Robert Sweeny, Pennsylvania, Promoting Inclusive Digital Art Education for Western Pennsylvanian Art Educators, $2,550

SHIP Grants

Chris Anderson, Pennsylvania, Clay Slab Roller for Newly Created Ceramics Course for Class Use, Food Bank Bowls/Cups Project and Clay Tile Instillation, $1,000

Ann Ossey, Illinois, Building a Robust Visual Arts Department by Expanding Access to 3D Media Arts in a Title I District for High School Students, $975

Teacher Incentive Grants

There are no Teacher Incentive Grants awarded this year.

NAEA Research Grants

Larry Barnfield and Tracy Hunter-Doniger, South Carolina, Identifying Gifted and Talented Students in Visual Art: A National Study of Criteria From State Departments of Education and Public Art Magnet Schools, $9,500

Mark Graham, Utah, STEAM, Arts Integration, and Academic Achievement Among Native American Youth, $10,500

Ahran Koo, California; Kyungeun Lim, Georgia; and Borim Song, North Carolina; The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Art Education: Insights From Contemporary Art Creators, $10,500

Mara Pierce (Montana) and Lori Santos (Kansas), Hearing From the Silenced: Applying Native American Artist Voices for Anti-Racist/Culturally Competent Curriculum and Student Identity Development, $10,500