Special Thanks to:
The Wyman Youth Trust
The Wyman Youth Trust recently awarded a $5,000 dollar grant to the James and Janie Washington Foundation.
The Judith Rothschild Foundation Grant
The New York City based, Judith Rothschild Foundation will support the conservation and digitization of papers, objects, audio, and video from the James W. Washington, Jr. home, studio, and art collection in order to produce documentary, interactive media that will be made available to the public on the Foundation's website.
Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs supports the health and vitality of our city through arts and culture, advances the role of artists in our community, and advocates for issues affecting the entire cultural community.
4Culture
Awarded a Grant to The James & Janie Washington Foundation for the second year in a row. The grant will partially fund an ongoing project to catalog and to preserve the historically significant papers, letters and Photos of James and Janie Washington. Long term, this rare and complete collection of Dr. Washington's personal papers will be preserved as an educational and research resource for historians, art historians, social and cultural historians into perpetuity. Ongoing research will allow these historically significant and comprehensive holdings to further illuminate the personal, technical and interpretive aspects of Dr. Washington's artwork.
Jacob and Gwen Knight Lawrence Foundation
The James & Janie Washington Foundation has been awarded a generous gift of $50,000 by the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation toward the inception of an Artist in Residence Program. The program, based in the Washington House and Studio, will allow artists from around the country to live and work at the historic site. Currently the Studio is being renovated for a spring 2008 launch. The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation is devoted to the creation, presentation and study of American art, with particular emphasis on the work of African American artists.
The Wyman Youth Trust recently awarded a $5,000 dollar grant to the James and Janie Washington Foundation.
The Judith Rothschild Foundation Grant
The New York City based, Judith Rothschild Foundation will support the conservation and digitization of papers, objects, audio, and video from the James W. Washington, Jr. home, studio, and art collection in order to produce documentary, interactive media that will be made available to the public on the Foundation's website.
Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs supports the health and vitality of our city through arts and culture, advances the role of artists in our community, and advocates for issues affecting the entire cultural community.
4Culture
Awarded a Grant to The James & Janie Washington Foundation for the second year in a row. The grant will partially fund an ongoing project to catalog and to preserve the historically significant papers, letters and Photos of James and Janie Washington. Long term, this rare and complete collection of Dr. Washington's personal papers will be preserved as an educational and research resource for historians, art historians, social and cultural historians into perpetuity. Ongoing research will allow these historically significant and comprehensive holdings to further illuminate the personal, technical and interpretive aspects of Dr. Washington's artwork.
Jacob and Gwen Knight Lawrence Foundation
The James & Janie Washington Foundation has been awarded a generous gift of $50,000 by the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation toward the inception of an Artist in Residence Program. The program, based in the Washington House and Studio, will allow artists from around the country to live and work at the historic site. Currently the Studio is being renovated for a spring 2008 launch. The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation is devoted to the creation, presentation and study of American art, with particular emphasis on the work of African American artists.
