CCI 2010 Grant

The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) today announced twenty‐six artists who received funding in the fifth
round of funding under its Investing in Artists grants program, which is designed to build the personal and
creative capacity of California’s artists working in all disciplines.

The Investing in Artists grants program was established by the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) in 2007 to
enhance the working lives and strengthen the creative support system for California artists working in all
disciplines. Following three initial rounds of funding made to 54 artists in 2007 and 2008, CCI was able to
expand the program which will now make $1 million in new grants to artists from 2009‐2011, supported by
The James Irvine Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Round V of the Investing in Artists grants program specifically provided support to working artists in the
Visual Arts, Craft and Literary Arts in two categories: 1) for the acquisition of Artistic Equipment & Tools; and
2) for Artistic Innovation.

In the Artistic Equipment & Tools category, fourteen (14) artists received Investing in Artists grants:

• Susan Avila (Craft, Oakland)
• Amy Balkin (Multidisciplinary, San Francisco)
• Chris Bell (Multidisciplinary, San Mateo)
• Cindy Bernard (Visual Arts, Los Angeles)
• James Buckhouse (Multidisciplinary, Palo Alto)
• Heather Bursch (Visual Arts, Los Angeles)
• Joshua Churchill (Multidisciplinary, San Francisco)
• Binh Danh (Photography, San Jose)
• David Gurman (Multidisciplinary, San Francisco)
• Taro Hattori (Visual Arts, Oakland)
• Packard Jennings (Multidisciplinary, Oakland)
• Larry Kline (Visual Arts, Escondido)
• Blaine Merker (Multidisciplinary, San Francisco)
• Kim Stringfellow (Multidisciplinary, Joshua Tree)

In the Artistic Innovation category, twelve (12) artists received Investing in Artists grants:

• Jeff Chang (Literary Arts, Berkeley)
• Sara Daleiden (Multidisciplinary, Los Angeles)
• Sergio de la Torre (Multidisciplinary, San Francisco)
• Amy Franceschini (Visual Arts, San Francisco)
• Guillermo Gomez‐Pena (Multidisciplinary, San Francisco)
• Desiree Holman (Multidisciplinary, Oakland)
• Ali Liebegott (Literary Arts, San Francisco)
• Kelly Nipper (Multidisciplinary, Los Angeles)
• Scott Oliver (Visual Arts, Oakland)
• Alison Pebworth (Visual Arts, San Francisco)
• Jessica Rath (Visual Arts, Los Angeles)
• Philip Ross (Multidisciplinary, San Francisco)