2021 Grant Program
1/12/2021
Tree of Life is pleased to announce that information about our 2021 Grant Program is now online. Please visit the Grant Program link on our website to download the Grant Application Guidelines and the Grant Application Form for the Individual Artist Grant. We also suggest that you visit our Contact page to join our mailing list (if you haven’t already) in order to receive updates regarding our Grant Program and to ask any questions that are not answered in our downloadable materials. Applications may be submitted between February 12 and April 5, 2021.
1/12/2021
Tree of Life is pleased to announce that information about our 2021 Grant Program is now online. Please visit the Grant Program link on our website to download the Grant Application Guidelines and the Grant Application Form for the Individual Artist Grant. We also suggest that you visit our Contact page to join our mailing list (if you haven’t already) in order to receive updates regarding our Grant Program and to ask any questions that are not answered in our downloadable materials. Applications may be submitted between February 12 and April 5, 2021.
Lydia Rubio in Scenic Hudson
1/4/2021
Artist Sees Hudson River as Majestic, Yet Vulnerable
Lydia Rubio (Grantee 2020) was featured in an article in Scenic Hudson magazine by Mazuba Kapambwe.
Image: Impermanent (2019)
1/4/2021
Artist Sees Hudson River as Majestic, Yet Vulnerable
Lydia Rubio (Grantee 2020) was featured in an article in Scenic Hudson magazine by Mazuba Kapambwe.
Image: Impermanent (2019)
Irving Marcus at Wake Forest University Art Collection
11/16/2020
Tree of Life has gifted twenty oil pastels from 2008-2009 Grantee, Irving Marcus, to the Wake Forest University Art Collection.
Marcus is currently represented by Sam Parker Gallery of Los Angeles, CA (www.parkergallery.com).
Image: Not Subject To Approval (1989)
11/16/2020
Tree of Life has gifted twenty oil pastels from 2008-2009 Grantee, Irving Marcus, to the Wake Forest University Art Collection.
Marcus is currently represented by Sam Parker Gallery of Los Angeles, CA (www.parkergallery.com).
Image: Not Subject To Approval (1989)
2020 Grantees
6/26/2020
Tree of Life is pleased to announce the four artists who were selected to receive the Tree of Life Individual Artist Grant.
The Grantees are:
Melquiades Rosario Sastre, Hato Rey, PR
Lydia Rubio, Hudson, NY
Kevin Sampson, Newark, NJ
Robert Witz, New York, NY
Additional information about the artists and their projects is posted to the website under Grantees.
Image: Kevin Sampson, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 2017
6/26/2020
Tree of Life is pleased to announce the four artists who were selected to receive the Tree of Life Individual Artist Grant.
The Grantees are:
Melquiades Rosario Sastre, Hato Rey, PR
Lydia Rubio, Hudson, NY
Kevin Sampson, Newark, NJ
Robert Witz, New York, NY
Additional information about the artists and their projects is posted to the website under Grantees.
Image: Kevin Sampson, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 2017
Kathy Rose at University of the Arts
2/11/2020
Tree of Life Grantee (2015) Kathy Rose is having a 50-Year Retrospective, A Rose is a Rose, at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia from January 21-February 28, 2020. "Rose (Film '71) is considered one of the world’s leading animation, video and performance artists. Her work has evolved from early drawn animated films of the 1970s, through her unique, pioneering performance work combining dance with film in the 1980-90s, to her current surreal performance video spectacles, installations and videos, with influence from symbolist art and Japanese Noh theater."
University of the Arts
Terra Hall Room 1201A-Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
Image: Opera of the Interior, https://vimeo.com/365590345
2/11/2020
Tree of Life Grantee (2015) Kathy Rose is having a 50-Year Retrospective, A Rose is a Rose, at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia from January 21-February 28, 2020. "Rose (Film '71) is considered one of the world’s leading animation, video and performance artists. Her work has evolved from early drawn animated films of the 1970s, through her unique, pioneering performance work combining dance with film in the 1980-90s, to her current surreal performance video spectacles, installations and videos, with influence from symbolist art and Japanese Noh theater."
University of the Arts
Terra Hall Room 1201A-Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
Image: Opera of the Interior, https://vimeo.com/365590345
Gelah Penn at Undercurrent
2/11/2020
Tree Of Life Grantee (2016) Gelah Penn is having a solo exhibition, Uneasy Terms, at Undercurrent from February 13 through March 14, 2020.
Undercurrent
70 John Street
Brooklyn, NY
Image: Notes on Clarissa (Volume 1): I/XLIII (2019)
2/11/2020
Tree Of Life Grantee (2016) Gelah Penn is having a solo exhibition, Uneasy Terms, at Undercurrent from February 13 through March 14, 2020.
Undercurrent
70 John Street
Brooklyn, NY
Image: Notes on Clarissa (Volume 1): I/XLIII (2019)
Carl Hazlewood at June Kelly Gallery
2/11/2020
Tree of Life Grantee (2017) Carl Hazlewood is having a solo exhibition of recent drawings and collages at June Kelly Gallery from January 17 - March 3, 2020.
June Kelly Gallery
166 Mercer Street
New York, NY
Image: BlackPac Eats Modernism (2016), cut papers, graphite, pastel mesh on archival papers
2/11/2020
Tree of Life Grantee (2017) Carl Hazlewood is having a solo exhibition of recent drawings and collages at June Kelly Gallery from January 17 - March 3, 2020.
June Kelly Gallery
166 Mercer Street
New York, NY
Image: BlackPac Eats Modernism (2016), cut papers, graphite, pastel mesh on archival papers
2020 Grant Program
1/9/2020
Tree of Life is pleased to announce that information about our 2020 Grant Program is now online. Please visit the Grant Program link on our website to download the Grant Application Guidelines and the Grant Application Form for the Individual Artist Grant. We also suggest that you visit our Contact page to join our mailing list (if you haven’t already) in order to receive updates regarding our Grant Program and to ask any questions that are not answered in our downloadable materials. Applications may be submitted between February 10 and April 2, 2020.
1/9/2020
Tree of Life is pleased to announce that information about our 2020 Grant Program is now online. Please visit the Grant Program link on our website to download the Grant Application Guidelines and the Grant Application Form for the Individual Artist Grant. We also suggest that you visit our Contact page to join our mailing list (if you haven’t already) in order to receive updates regarding our Grant Program and to ask any questions that are not answered in our downloadable materials. Applications may be submitted between February 10 and April 2, 2020.
Heather Wilcoxon at Fresno Art Museum
7/2/2019
Tree of Life Grantee (2019) Heather Wilcoxon will be featured in a solo exhibition, Her Truth (Selected Work 1995-2019) at the Fresno Art Museum from July 20, 2019 until January 5, 2020. Wilcoxon is Fresno Art Museum's Council of 100 Distinguished Woman Artist for 2019.
Fresno Art Museum
2233 North First Street
Fresno, CA
Image: Spill, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 2016
7/2/2019
Tree of Life Grantee (2019) Heather Wilcoxon will be featured in a solo exhibition, Her Truth (Selected Work 1995-2019) at the Fresno Art Museum from July 20, 2019 until January 5, 2020. Wilcoxon is Fresno Art Museum's Council of 100 Distinguished Woman Artist for 2019.
Fresno Art Museum
2233 North First Street
Fresno, CA
Image: Spill, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 2016
Grantees 2019
6/21/2019
Tree of Life is pleased to announce the four artists who were selected to receive the Tree of Life Individual Artist Grant.
The Grantees are:
Carol Bruns, New York, NY
Richard Newton, Pasadena, CA
Awilda Sterling, San Juan, PR
Heather Wilcoxon, Sausalito, CA
Additional information about the artists and their projects will be posted to the website in July.
Image: Awilda Sterling, detail from the installation, en-cierro, 2018
6/21/2019
Tree of Life is pleased to announce the four artists who were selected to receive the Tree of Life Individual Artist Grant.
The Grantees are:
Carol Bruns, New York, NY
Richard Newton, Pasadena, CA
Awilda Sterling, San Juan, PR
Heather Wilcoxon, Sausalito, CA
Additional information about the artists and their projects will be posted to the website in July.
Image: Awilda Sterling, detail from the installation, en-cierro, 2018
Nancy Youdelman at Heather James Fine Art
5/7/2019
The Female Gaze, Women Surrealists in the Americas and Europe, includes 2016 Tree of Life Grantee, Nancy Youdelman.
May 8 - July 31, 2019
Heather James Fine Art
42 East 75th Street
New York, NY
Image: Bonnet No. 5, mixed media, 1972 (photo by Michael Karibian)
5/7/2019
The Female Gaze, Women Surrealists in the Americas and Europe, includes 2016 Tree of Life Grantee, Nancy Youdelman.
May 8 - July 31, 2019
Heather James Fine Art
42 East 75th Street
New York, NY
Image: Bonnet No. 5, mixed media, 1972 (photo by Michael Karibian)