A new endowment will provide expanded opportunities in the arts through the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
The Lenore G. Tawney Foundation granted the $1 million gift to fund the new Lenore G. Tawney Fellowship, which will be awarded annually to a scholar, writer, curator, or artist to pursue projects using the Arts Center’s Tawney collection as a basis or inspiration for their work.
About the gift, JMKAC Director Amy Horst said “We are grateful for the foundation’s gift and enthusiastic about the opportunities it will provide for new research and new works of art.”
The John Michael Kohler Arts Center worked closely with the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation to acquire nearly 500 items from the fiber artist’s last studio, many of which are now on view at the JMKAC’s Art Preserve.
In addition to the endowment grant, the Foundation is providing the Arts Center an operating grant of $50,000 to operate the Fellowship in its first year. The first fellow will be announced in early 2023, with the fellowship beginning next summer.
Lenore Tawney in her Chicago studio, 1957.
Photo: Aaron Siskind. Courtesy
Lenore G. Tawney Foundation.
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