PICA announces Round 11 recipients of the Precipice Fund, with $61,100 in direct support to unincorporated visual art collectives, alternative spaces, and collaborative projects in and around Portland, Oregon.

PICA is pleased to announce the grant recipients of Round 11 of the Precipice Fund, administered by PICA as part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program. Established in 2013, the Precipice Fund supports unincorporated, collaborative visual art projects, programs, and spaces in and around Portland, Oregon, with grants of up to $5,000 each.

Totaling 13 projects, 37 individual artists, and $61,100 in distributed funding, Round 11 grantees represent the range and diversity of contemporary artists and experimental art practices in our local region. Funded projects include exhibitions, publications, curatorial projects, workshops and educational series, critical and creative writing, video art, online content, live events, and community art programs. Some projects are intended for the general public, while others serve and/or center specific audiences and communities, including students at the Dr. MLK Jr. School; Black natural hair practitioners and their clientele; survivors of war, genocide, and violence; QTBIPOC creatives; trans artists; disabled and/or neurodivergent artists; descendants of emigrants from Eastern Europe; feminist horror fans; multilingual food lovers; and Portland’s underground club scene. All projects are collaborative, and grantees have one year to execute their project.

The Round 11 grantees were selected by an external review panel of local and non-local artists and arts workers. This year’s panel included: Elisheba Johnson, artist and curator (Seattle, WA); Molly Alloy, artist, accomplice, and museum nerd (Portland, OR); and cay horiuchi, artist, DJ, and co-founder of UωU collective (Portland, OR).

Click on the link below to download the press release PDF, or to view the Precipice Fund webpage with awardee information. 

---> Precipice Fund Round 11 Awardee Press Release PDF

⁠---> PrecipiceFund.org

Precipice Fund Round 11 Grant Recipients:

A | $4,000

Abby Castillo, Nzinga Valentine

Community School | $5,000

Jade Novarino, Alix Jo Ryan, Margarita Reyes

CORVID-19: Protection for the Next Plague | $5,000

Ed Bourgeois, Timothy White Eagle

Crossing the Redline/ Black Beyond Black History Month | $5,000

Jon Wykoff, Kenyahta Sikes, Bobby Fouther, Liz Fouther-Branch

HI-VIZ | $4,600

Rebecca Kauffman, Mo Geiger, Caryn Aasness, Olivia DelGandio, Aggy Hosey, Alex Montford

Kitchen | $5,000

Kiara Walls, Paola De La Cruz, Nia Johnson

Kodes | $4,000

Aleksandr Chernousov, Olga Maksakova

Lupinus | $5,000

Olivia Camfield, Woodrow Hunt

PDX Ballroom Revival Workshop Series | $5,000

The House of Flora

Provecho Magazine | $5,000

Kyle Yoshioka, Heldáy de la Cruz, Emilie Chen

Rabbit Moon | $5,000

Porsche Ing, Dr. Jeudi Boulom, Vivienne Tang

The Disabled Artists Project and Exhibition | $5,000

Alexis Neumann, Marie Connor

Vision World Presents: Unity Consciousness Rave | $3,500

Jasmine Beach, Morgan Haigh, Hasmood 

⁠---> Learn More at PrecipiceFund.org