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Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellowship

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Los Angeles Poverty Department, "Chasing Monsters from Under the Bed," 2015. Photo by Michael Blaze. Courtesy the artist and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

A Two-Year Grant Program This article was published in June, 2016. The contents for this article is based primarily from a press release received from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Robert Rauschenberg was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the pop art movement. The Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellowship is a two-year grant … [Read more...]

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