Talley Dunn Gallery has announced the creation of The Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship for emerging Black and Indigenous artists, and other artists of color. The fellowship will provide three artists with mentorship and resources to further their practice and artistic endeavors. “Supporting Black artists, Indigenous artists and other artists of color is important to me personally and for our community,” says renowned Dallas gallerist Talley Dunn. So moved she says, “I was compelled to create an initiative that could be put into action immediately.”
The Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship will provide each of the three fellows with:
- $1000 stipend
- Information sessions covering topics such as “How to Write a CV” and “Navigating Gallery and Collector Relationships”
- Quarterly check-ins
- Features on our website, social media, and newsletter
- Connections amongst their cohort
- A studio visit (TBD following the development of COVID-19)
The gallery team will work closely with fellows to support their aspirations in contemporary art and share knowledge of the inner workings of the art world.
“Building a successful career in fine art is a multi-layered process that benefits from a strong foundation of knowledge, access, and experience. While we intend to share with these recipients the tools that lead to successful relationships with galleries and collectors, my goal with this fellowship is to support these three recipients through mentorship and an open dialogue about their individual art practices and aspirations,” says Dunn, a member of the prestigious Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).
“This fellowship will be just one component of a larger vision for programming and resources the gallery will invest in supporting Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color. My entire team has been actively involved and deeply committed to the creation of The Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship. We can only hope that other businesses, organizations, and institutions find ways in which they can support engagement and change.”
Mission:
Talley Dunn Gallery strongly believes in creating opportunities for racial equity in the Texas arts community. The Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship strives to foster the development of emerging Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color in North Texas, whose artmaking forms the backbone of our cultural landscape. In line with Talley Dunn Gallery’s ongoing commitment to anti-racism in our community, the gallery pledges to provide the fellowship with $15,000 of funding for the next five years with the hope that it continues indefinitely. This fellowship will be just one component of a larger vision for programming and resources the gallery will invest in supporting Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color.
Art institutions are complicit in the conscious and unconscious ways artists of color have been denied equal access to resources for success in the arts. These social inequalities can only be remedied with explicit actions to structurally change our unspoken norms. Talley Dunn Gallery acknowledges the social and economic injustices artists of color face and is committed to advancing racial equity through the support of those whose voices are vital in our communities..
“The art community is very much based upon relationships and personal connections with others. We hope that this fellowship creates an opportunity for the three recipients to connect with each other, the gallery team, our audience, arts professionals, and others within our community. Furthermore, we hope that the recipients from year to year over the next five years and beyond will form connections with each other and those involved in this initiative,” Dunn avers.
Applicant criteria:
The Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship is for individual applicants only; artists may not apply as a collective.
To be eligible for the grant, artists must:
- Live in Greater North Texas (Dallas, Fort-Worth, surrounding suburbs)
- Be 18 or older
- Demonstrate long-term commitment to their artmaking practice
- Be available for and dedicated to participating in the fellowship’s resource and mentorship sessions
Applications will be available July 6 – July 27, 2020 on our website: https://talleydunn.com/talley-dunn-gallery-equity-in-the-arts-fellowship/.
To request more information, please contact Meredith Leyendecker (meredith@talleydunn.com).