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As of 2020, our grantmaking priorities have expanded to include a focus on education. If you’re mostly familiar with the Thoma Foundation for our work in the arts, our recent work in rural education across the Southwest may be new to you. We invite you to explore our recent grants by clicking here to focus in on 2022!

Have questions about our grantmaking? Email grants@thomafoundation.org to learn more.

Multiplied: Edition MAT and the Transformable Work of Art, 1959–1965

Multiplied: Edition MAT and the Transformable Work of Art, 1959-1965 edited by Meredith Malone accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at the Washington University in ...

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With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985

The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation is proud to provide major support for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles’ upcoming exhibit With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985, ...

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Pat Passlof: The Brush is the Finger of the Brain

Pat Passlof: The Brush Is the Finger of the Brain is a survey exhibition of the paintings of Pat Passlof (1928-2011), featuring an accompanying catalogue supported by the Thoma Foundation. Spanning a period ...

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Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists

Women have long been the creative force behind Native art. Presented in close cooperation with top Native women artists and scholars, Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, the first major exhibition ...

Exhibitions

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Bold Abstractions: Paintings from the Thoma Collection

This major exhibition explores new forms of abstract painting from the 1960s, following the heyday of Abstract Expressionism. Highlighting color-based, geometric, and perceptual experiments, this selection of works from the Carl & ...

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Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths

For more than two millennia, ironworking has shaped African cultures in the most fundamental ways. Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths reveals the history of invention and technical sophistication that led ...

Bold Initiatives Grantees

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Inaugural Bold Initiatives Grant for OPEN HOUSE Initiative

The Thoma Foundation is proud to provide lead support for the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa)’s new OPEN HOUSE initiatives. These initiatives embody the values of diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, and ...

Arts Writing Awards in Digital Art Recipients

Awards & Fellowship Recipients

McKenzie Wark, Established Digital Arts Writer

Established writer who challenges the value systems of internet culture McKenzie Wark is an Australian-born media theorist who teaches at The New School in New York City. Among their books are A Hacker Manifesto (Harvard, ...

Arts Writing Awards in Digital Art Recipients

Awards & Fellowship Recipients

Legacy Russell, Emerging Digital Arts Writer

Emerging writer who advocates black excellence in digital art Legacy Russell is a writer and curator. Born and raised in New York City, she is the Associate Curator of Exhibitions at The Studio ...

Education

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Endowed Position: Marilynn Thoma Associate Curator, Art of the Spanish Americas

The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation is proud to announce a $2 million permanent endowment for a curatorial position devoted to art of the Spanish Americas at the Blanton Museum of ...

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