Eligible arts organizations can apply for funding provided by the Ford Foundation and Atlanta-based nonprofit South Arts.
Hakim Bishara
Hakim Bishara is a staff writer for Hyperallergic. He is also a co-director at Soloway Gallery, an artist-run space in Brooklyn. Bishara is a recipient of the 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation and Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant and he holds an MFA in art writing from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Follow him on Instagram @hakimbishara and send him your tips, comments, and questions at hakim@hyperallergic.com.
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