OXNARD — Oxnard artist, Ana Carrillo, will be awarded funds from the National Arts and Disability Center at UCLA through the Arts and Accessibility Grant Program to advance her artistic career.
Funds from the Arts and Accessibility Grant Program will support an artistic residency at 1617 Pacific, a new studio art gallery dedicated to promoting individual artists with a private working studio and gallery exhibition. Funds will also enable Mrs. Carrillo to create a new 12 piece body of work, hire a photographer, print materials and acquire the necessary art supplies.
A solo exhibit is being planned featuring her new collection and a retrospective look at her complete art work collection. More on her solo exhibit will be announced at a future date.
About the artist: Ana Carrillo grew up in a neighborhood known as “La Colonia” in Oxnard, California. Various pieces of her work have been exhibited at 643 Project Space, 18th Street Arts Center, Buenaventura Gallery, Ventura’s Westside Art Walk, Stoneworks Studio, Acuña Art Gallery and Cultural Center, Oxnard Public Library, BLVD3, and Koret Auditorium at the De Young Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (Art Slam).
About the National Arts and Disability Center at UCLA: The NADC is a leading consultant in the arts and disability community, and the only center of its kind. Recipients of their technical assistance include artists with disabilities, performing arts organizations, art centers, universities and colleges, disability specific groups, and arts administrators.
The purpose of the Arts and Accessibility Program is to enhance opportunities for participation in the arts by people with disabilities. Grants for artists with disabilities are intended to support the advancement of their creative work and careers. Artist grants are for specific projects that contribute directly to their professional goals and development.