The Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson has landed a sizable grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, its sixth foundation grant since 2007.
The $80,000 programmatic grant will support the museumβs exhibits and artist-in-residence program over the next two years, MOCA officials said in a written release.Β
The Warhol Foundation has supported MOCA since 2007, when the downtown center, 265 S. Church Ave., was selected for the Warhol Initiative, a program designed to support and build capacity for small and mid-sized, artist-centered organizations throughout the country.
βWe often say that the MOCA we all know and love would not exist without the support of the Warhol Foundation," MOCA Tucson Executive Director Samuel IrelandΒ said in a written statement. "Their continued support of our programming means the world to us financially, but also re-affirms that we are doing something really special that is being recognized at the national and even international level.βΒ
Β MOCA is in good company. Other 2016 Warhol Foundation grant recipients include the Art Institute of Chicago, the Berkeley Art Museum at UC Berkeley, the Queens Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Arts.
