ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION, INC.
NEW YORK, NY

The Rauschenberg Foundation is pleased to announce the award winners for the 2018 Rauschenberg Foundation Archives Research Travel Fund, a resource for researchers and scholars interested in visiting the Rauschenberg Foundation Archives in New York City.  The Fund provides partial support for incurred costs related to travel expenses related to the visit. This year's winners were selected from a competitive pool including historians, artists, curators, writers, poets, and educators from over twenty-five different countries. They will be researching in residence at the Foundation throughout 2018. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Archives, consisting of Robert Rauschenberg's personal papers and the records from his Florida and New York studios, is the most comprehensive body of information on the artist's life and career.  The Archives Research Travel Fund supports continued scholarly and investigative use of these materials by supporting individuals that demonstrate a compelling need to use the archives and addressing financial barriers that may prohibit onsite access to the Archives. The application is open to all individuals encouraging research opportunities that move beyond traditional art historical discourse. Robert Rauschenberg’s art has always been one of thoughtful inclusion. Working in a wide range of subjects, styles, materials, and techniques, Rauschenberg has been called a forerunner of essentially every postwar movement since Abstract Expressionism. He remained, however, independent of any particular affiliation. At the time that he began making art in the late 1940s and early 1950s, his belief that “painting relates to both art and life” presented a direct challenge to the prevalent modernist aesthetic. established the artist’s ongoing dialogue between mediums, between the handmade and the readymade, and between the gestural brushstroke and the mechanically reproduced image. Rauschenberg’s lifelong commitment to collaboration—with performers, printmakers, engineers, writers, artists, and artisans from around the world—is a further manifestation of his expansive artistic philosophy. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Archives Research Travel Fund is a new opportunity for researchers and scholars interested in visiting the Foundation and its Archives. Robert Rauschenberg Foundation The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation seeks to further the artist's philanthropic and educational initiatives, and aims to preserve and advance global understanding of the legacy of Robert Rauschenberg's life and artwork. The Artists’ Community Administrator Residency is designed to provide creative time and space for practicing artists of all disciplines who are also staff members of an artists’ community. The dates are The residency is limited to ten people (we have ten beds) and applicants must commit to attending for the full two weeks. We will provide housing, meals, studio/equipment usage, and staff resources. Selected participants are asked to provide their own transportation; however, there is some travel support available in cases where that is not possible. For all the details, please review the application guidelines Robert Rauschenberg Foundation The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation seeks to further the artist's philanthropic and educational initiatives, and aims to preserve and advance global understanding of the legacy of Robert Rauschenberg's life and artwork. We are excited to announce the award winners for the 2018 Archives Research Travel Fund. Eight recipients will be researching in residence at the Foundation throughout 2018.