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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.

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 program designed to support independent artists and artist collectives who tackle important social challenges through their creative practice. Ten Fellows were recently selected to receive … [Read more...]

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