Wherewithal Grants are a funding source for artists in the DC-area. Generously funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as part of its Regional Regranting Program and managed by Washington Project for the Arts, these grants are intended to support a wide range of experimental and multidisciplinary practices, particularly those that emphasize collaboration and discourse. Since launching in 2019, Wherewithal Grants has supported 156 visual artists and collectives with a total of $400,000 in grants.
There are 10 grant recipients for the 2025 funding cycle of Wherewithal Grants, providing financial support and peer mentorship for DC-area artists in areas of research and project presentations. Six artists have been awarded with research grants of $5,000 each, and four artists and collectives have been awarded with project & presentation grants of $7,500 each, for a total disbursement of $60,000 this cycle.
2025 Research grantees: Sobia Ahmad, Rhea Beckett, Nakeya Brown, Adele Kenworthy, Tsedaye Makonnen, and Dominick Rabrun
2025 Project & Presentation grantees: Rasha Abdulhadi & Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, Claire Alrich, Stephanie Kimou, and Jessica Valoris
Over the next year, artists from this cohort will organize projects including a durational site-specific performance, a performative lecture examining colonial trash, a community-based installation about reparations for descendants of those enslaved in DC, and a score-based performance; while others conduct research around fascinating topics such as: a Sufi parable about moths to a flame, soundscapes, material archives for Black femmes, counter-memories of DC’s AAPI community, and Haitian Vodou storytelling.
An independent panel of four artists and curators reviewed 98 applications and are awarding 10 grants. The adjudication panel consisted of: Ayana Zaire Cotton, artist and Wherewithal Alum (Bowie, MD); Candice Davis, Communications and Visual Arts Fund Coordinator, Midway Contemporary Art (Minneapolis, MN); Joshua Gamma, Gallery Director and Curator, BlackRock Center for the Arts (Germantown, MD); and Alisha B. Wormsley, artist and Cultural Producer (Pittsburgh, PA). They evaluated each proposal based on the criteria of Artistic Impact, Context/Audience, Collaboration, Feasibility, and Budget.
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