Davyd Whaley Foundation

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OVERVIEW: The Davyd Whaley Foundation supports visual artists in in Los Angeles, California.

IP TAKE: The Davyd Whaley Foundation honors the late artist and teacher with grants, residencies and scholarships for visual artists in Los Angeles. This funder has not awarded grants with regularity, so it will be important to keep up with new opportunities via the foundation’s social media accounts, which are linked to the website.

PROFILE: Established in 2016, the Davyd Whaley Foundation is a private foundation based in Sherman Oaks, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Davyd Whaley, who died in 2014, was a painter who also taught art to underprivileged people and “terminally-ill and war-scarred children.” His foundation’s mission involves “supporting Los Angeles artists.” This funder mainly supports individual artists through scholarship, residency and grant programs.

Grants for Visual Arts and Arts Education

According to its Grant Recipients page, the Davyd Whaley Foundation funds various awards for individual artists and arts educators. While the foundation awards one or more grants each year, none of the programs listed below are awarded annually, and the foundation does not provide information about how grantees are selected. Whether the foundation will establish a regular schedule for its grantmaking remains to be seen. Opportunities include:

  • The Davyd Whaley Memorial Scholarship at the Art Students League

  • The Desert House Residency

  • Emerging Artist Grants

  • Artist-Teacher Residencies

  • Artist Teacher Grants

  • Mid-Career Artist Grants

Important Grant Details:

Grants are mainly awarded in the amount of $10,000 to individual artists.

  • Grants support visual artists working across a broad range of media.

  • Grantmaking is limited to artists working in Los Angeles.

  • This funder does not award grants on a regular basis and does not run an application program for its awards. Grantseekers can keep up with the latest opportunities by following the foundation’s social media accounts, which are linked to the site.

  • See profiles of past grantees here.

Direct general questions to the staff at info@davydwhaleyfoundation.org or 323-229-9209.

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