Foundation Names Painter & Assemblage Artist, Vamba Bility as Inaugural Resident Artist.
The foundation has named painter and assemblage artist Vamba Bility as its inaugural resident artist...
30 June, 2021
About the Foundation
The Alex Brown Foundation and Residency program was established in 2020 with the aim of providing emerging and established artists of exceptional merit with an opportunity to focus entirely on their work for an extended period of time, in a comfortable environment, and in a city consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S.
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News & Events
Foundation and residency news, community events, and works in progress
Art Forum: Alex Brown Foundation Announces Inaugural Artist Residencies
Art Forum Magazine shares our announcement of our Inaugural list of Artist Residents for 2021 and 2...
30 June, 2021
NY Times: Rachel Kushner on What She Takes From Art (and Artists)
Jonathan Griffin interviews Rachel Kushner for the New York times on her latest book The Hard Crowd....
30 June, 2021
Full list of Inaugural Artist In Residence
The Alex Brown Foundation and Residency is excited to announce its selection of the following artist...
30 June, 2021
Alex Brown Foundation Now Accepting Residency Applications for 2021 and 2022
After more than 18 months of work, the Alex Brown Foundation and Residency Fund is now seeking appli...
01 December, 2020
Billboard on Alex Brown
For a musical perspective on Alex Brown, this piece at Billboard has a great roundup of remembrances...
05 November, 2020
Rachel Kushner on Alex Brown
Novelist and journalist Rachel Kushner's remembrance of Alex in Artforum in April 2019...
09 August, 2020
Joe Heaps Nelson meets Alex Brown
An unusually candid discussion, including Des Moines and how it impacted Alex's work....
01 June, 2020
Bob Nickas on Alex Brown
In his book Painting Abstraction: New Elements In Abstract Painting, Nickas discusses Alex’s work ...
15 May, 2020
VICE on Alex Brown, record collector
Tony Rettman interviewed Alex for VICE about his epic collection of rare Jamaican records, and a lot...
21 April, 2020