Since 1996 on average $4000 per year has been awarded to visual artists of every discipline: painters, fiber artists, printmakers, installation artists — the gamut. Every penny of these grants has come from the sale of artist-made valentines. All labor is volunteer, and all valentines are donated.
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$1,000 David Lang - Kinetic Sculpture
(David Lang, sculpture detail)
$500 Virginia Fitzgerald - Sculpture
$500 Arlette Laan - Photography
$100 Laraine Armenti - Oil Painting
$100 Judith Jaffe - Mixed Mediums