In Christopher Frizzelle’s new post about United States Artists (a new granting organization that will be announcing $50,000 grants for 50 artists in December,) he mentions the 2006 Stranger Genius Awards.
“Now in its fourth year, the Genius Awards have come to be about more than just the underknown, undershown, underfunded, and underpraised—although there are several underknown/shown/funded/praised names on every year’s list. We still give the bulk of the prize money to individuals. The money still comes with no strings attached and, unlike U.S.A.’s system, there is no application process. And this year’s Genius Awards will be the biggest yet: The party (at the Henry Art Gallery on Oct. 21) will be followed by an eight-week exhibition of Genius Award winners of year’s past. Hot damn!”
The awards celebration will be here at the Henry, October 21. Then, on October 27, we’ll open the south gallery with a retrospective of the work of Stranger Genius Award winners 2002-2006. Frizzelle calls this an 8-week exhibition, but it is actually closer to six (October 28 though December 17). There will a lot of activity in the galleries throughout.
Expect perfomances, readings, music, discussion, and more. Hats off to ArtPatch, they’re partnering with us to make this magic.
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