Frances Blakemore Asian Art Grants
Since 1999, the Foundation has awarded over $2.9 million in Frances Blakemore Asian Art Grants to museums, universities, and other tax-exempt educational or art-related institutions in the United States for exhibits, educational programs or publications dealing with the fine arts of East and Southeast Asia.
Art Grants Awarded December 2008
Asia Society, New York
$5,000 to support organizational
costs of exhibition Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to
Open Sea
China Institute in America,
New York
$10,000 to support exhibition Royal Tombs at
Mawangdui: Art and Life in the Changsha Kingdom, Third Century BC -
First Century AD
Japan Society, New York
$10,000 to support exhibition Serizawa: Master of
Japanese Textile Design
Scripps College's Ruth Chandler
Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California
$5,000 to support color illustrations in catalogue
for GENJI / INAKA GENJI: 19th Century Japanese Prints of the
Shining Prince exhibition
Seattle Art Museum
$31,288 to support internships in Asian art at SAM
for University of Washington graduate students during the 2009/2010
academic year
Seattle Chinese Garden Society
$15,000 to support costs of bringing artisans from
China to oversee installation of the classical elements of the only
Sichuan-style garden located outside China
