Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Export Fund

The Suitcase Export Fund is now open. To view the guidelines and application instructions, click here.

If you do not have computer access or are unable to use the electronic form, please contact Polly Morris at pmorris@lyndensculpturegarden.org. You will receive a paper copy of the guidelines and application via email or snail mail.

See below for links to information on past awardees.

The Lynden, in collaboration with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and joined by Joy Engine, announces the twentieth funding cycle of the Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Export Fund. The total amount of funding available this year is $20,000. The maximum size of individual awards is $1,500.

The Suitcase Export Fund operates as a reimbursement program. Receipts for the items outlined in your request must be received before payment can be issued.

The program, funded by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund and Joy Engine, was created to help visual artists with the cost of exhibiting their work outside the four-county area (Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington counties). The Fund is designed to provide greater visibility for individual artists and their work as well as for greater Milwaukee. To date, the Fund has supported a diverse group of 358 individual artists and twenty-two artist collectives for a total of 404 artists who have exhibited their work throughout North America, and in Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, and Asia. More than $217,730 has been awarded to artists working in a variety of media, from film to ceramics. They include well-established artists as well as those at the start of their careers. A special effort has been made to support Nohl Fellows as they exhibit work made during their fellowship year.

The Suitcase Export Fund is open to practicing artists residing within the four-county area who want to export their work beyond the area for public display. Priority is given to artists with exhibitions outside of Wisconsin. The Fund provides support in two areas: transportation of the work (packing/shipping/insurance) and transportation of the artist. Funding is only provided for upcoming opportunities (exhibitions or screenings commencing between January 1, 2023, and August 31, 2023, for the Winter Cycle; similar opportunities commencing between July 1, 2023, and February 28, 2024, for the Summer Cycle).

If you have not received a Suitcase award since the 2020 winter cycle (which began December 1, 2020), you are eligible to apply for the 2023 winter cycle (which begins January 1, 2023).

If you have not received an award since the 2020 summer cycle (which began June 1, 2021), you are eligible to apply for the 2023 summer cycle (which begins July 1, 2023).

If you do not remember when you last won a Suitcase award, please scroll down for list of awardees by cycle.

The Fund provides support in two areas:
• transportation of the work (packing/shipping/insurance)
• transportation of the artist (travel only; no food or lodging)
The maximum grant available to an individual is $1,500.

This cycle has been divided into two parts:
• Winter Cycle: Beginning January 1, 2023, requests for exhibitions/screenings commencing between January 1, 2023 and August 31, 2023 will be considered periodically until a total of $10,000 has been expended.

• Summer Cycle: Beginning July 5, 2023, requests for exhibitions/screenings commencing between July 1, 2023 and February 28, 2024 will be considered periodically until a total of $10,000 has been expended.

The Fund contributes to the creative health of the region by supporting local artists at all career stages, from the emerging to the established; alleviating some of the financial burden faced by artists who want to exhibit their work at a distance; and by getting the work of Milwaukee artists out into the world. The support provided for artist transportation has enabled artists to be on site to install work--important to most artists and indispensable to those working in the areas of installation and site-specific art. The opportunity to attend openings, where artists can meet with collectors and distributors and make critical connections with gallery owners, is consistently cited as a significant benefit. The Fund also creates opportunities to expose work in new regions and to new audiences, to meet other artists and see their work, to sell work, and to plan new projects. Although the Fund does not directly support residencies or ancillary activities, awardees have taken full advantage of opportunities to make new work, deliver gallery talks, and participate in symposia at their exhibition sites.

Many awardees have reported on opportunities created by their presence at openings and exhibition venues: future collaborations, plans for artist exchanges with the host city, invitations to return as a visiting artist or for a residency. They have commented frequently on the value of being able to show their work to new audiences, or to reconnect with communities they had left many years before.

For further information:
Polly Morris
pmorris@lyndensculpturegarden.org

PAST AWARDEES

2020 (Summer Cycle)
Kyoung Ae Cho, Kouvola, Finland
Christopher Davis Benavides, Aveiro, Portugal
Emma Daisy Gertel, Miami, Florida
Britany Gunderson, Aix-en-Provence, France
Gregory Klassen, Nashville, Tennessee
Kate Klingbeil, New York, New York
Brad Lichtenstein, New York, New York
Nancy McGee, Barcelona, Spain
Keith Nelson, Nashville, Tennessee
Melissa Paré, Kansas City, Missouri
Nirmal Raja, Bloomington, Minnesota
John Riepenhoff, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Nichole Shaver, Skagaströnd, Iceland
Nathaniel Stern, Binghamton, New York
Jenny Jo Wennlund, Paris, France
Natasha Woods, Cisco, Utah

For more information on the 2020 Summer Cycle awardees, click here.

2020 (Winter Cycle)
Jacquelin Valadez, Guayllabamba, Ecuador
Felipe Pagan Cancel, Guayllabamba, Ecuador
Carey Watters, Siracusa, Italy

For more information on the 2020 Winter Cycle awardees, click here.

2019 (Summer Cycle)
These were all pandemic mini-shipping grants.
Steven Burnham, Cernay-Lès-Reims, France
Christine Buth Furness, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Marsha McDonald, Los Gatos, California

For more information on the 2019 Summer Cycle awardees, click here.

2019 (Winter Cycle)
Peter Barrickman, New York, New York
Santiago Cucullu, Bologna, Italy
Current Projects (Brent Budsberg, Shana McCaw, Alec Regan, Joseph Thrasher), Elmhurst, Illinois*
Jon Horvath, Winchester, Massachusetts
Yevgeniya Kaganovich, Munich, Germany*
Shelby Keefe, Wickenburg, Arizona
Katie Avila Loughmiller, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Molly Hassler, Johnson, Vermont
Open Kitchen (Alyx Christensen, Rudy Medina), Mexico City, Mexico
Nathaniel Stern, Montreal, Canada*
Ariana Vaeth, Tokyo, Japan*
Janelle VanderKelen, Barcelona, Spain*

*Projects postponed or cancelled by pandemic.

For more information on the 2019 Winter Cycle awardees, click here.

2018 (Summer Cycle)
Debra Brehmer
Kyoung Ae Cho
Makeal Flammini
Skully Gustafson
Maeve Jackson
Kim Miller
Melissa Mursch
Rosy Petri
Kristina Rolander
Tori Tasch
Michael Ware
Rina Yoon

For more information on the 2018 Summer Cycle awardees, click here.

2018 (Winter Cycle)
Brian Carlson
Christopher Davis Benavides
Hannah Hamalian
Brad Lichtenstein
Madeline Power
John Riepenhoff
Lenore Rinder
Nicole J. Shaver
Anja Notanja Sieger
Cristina Siqueira
Roy Staab
Gabrielle Tesfaye
Shane Walsh

For more information on the 2018 Winter Cycle awardees, click here.

2017 (Summer Cycle)
James Barany
Rosalie Beck
Tom Berenz
Cecelia Condit
Rachel Hausmann
Thad Kellstadt
Kym McDaniel
Kevin J. Miyazaki
Shannon Molter
Nirmal Raja
Pacia Sallomi
Jason Vaughn
Melissa Wagner-Lawler

For more information on the 2017 Summer Cycle awardees, click here.

2017 (Winter Cycle)
American Fantasy Classics
Kelly Bronikowski
Paul Druecke
Fiddle & Hammer (Jordan Waraksa + Cora Monis)
Karen Gunderman
Cynthia Hayes
Erik Ljung
Colin Matthes
Allen Morris
Sara Risley
Nathaniel Stern
Takahiro Suzuki
Janelle VanderKelen
Della Wells
Jaymee Willms

For more information on the 2017 Winter Cycle awardees, click here.

2016 (Summer Cycle)
Santiago Cucullu
Paula DeStefanis
Melissa Dorn Richards
Sally Duback
Guntis Lauzums
Jack Long
Joseph Mougel

For more information on the 2016 Summer Cycle Awardees, click here.

2016 (Winter Cycle)
Ben Balcom
Mark Borchardt
Marna Brauner
Daniel Fleming
kathryn e. martin
Dan Peters
Kyle Seis
Andrew Swant
Rina Yoon

For information on the 2016 Winter Cycle Awardees, click here.

2015 (Summer Cycle)
After School Special
Sara Caron
Sheila Held
Alexander Herzog
Kyle Jablonski
Kayle Karbowski
Greg Klassen
Matthew Warren Lee
Lindsay Lochman & Barbara Ciurej
Madeline Power
John Riepenhoff

For information on the 2015 Summer Cycle Awardees, click here.

2015 (Winter Cycle)
Cynthia Hayes
Joshua Hunt
Maeve Jackson
Nicholas Kinsella
Matthew Konkel & Erin Maddox
Erik Ljung
Shane McAdams
Jessica Meuninck-Ganger
Kim Miller
Keith Nelson
Greg Schoeneck
Victoria Tasch

For more information on the 2015 Winter Cycle Awardees, click here.

2014 (Summer Cycle)
Bass Structures (Emmanuel Fritz & Collin Schipper)
Jim Brozek
Katy Cowan
Maura Kelly Doyle
Grant Gill
Michael J. Havice
Yevgeniya Kaganovich
Kelly Kirshtner
Angela Laughingheart
Kendall Polster
Nirmal Raja & Nina Ghanbarzadeh
Nathaniel Stern
Sonja Thomsen
Melissa Wagner-Lawler
Shane Walsh
Jason S.Yi

For more information on the 2014 Summer Cycle awardees, click here.

2014 (Winter Cycle)
Cynthia A. Brinich-Langlois
Jamal L. Currie
Richard Galling
Jon Horvath
Julie Briede Ibar
Robin Jebavy
Marsha McDonald
Alec Regan
Chris J. Robleski
Albulena Shabani
Cristina Siqueira
Roy Staab
Christopher Thompson
Michael Vollman
Steve Wetzel

For more information on the 2014 Winter Cycle awardees, click here.

2013 (Summer Cycle)
Lois Bielefeld
Christine Buth-Furness
Cecelia Condit
Christopher Davis-Benavides
Paul Druecke
Sally Duback
Karen Gunderman
Jenna Knapp
Xav Leplae
Patrick Lichty
Joseph Mougel
Mark Mulhern
Christopher McIntyre Perceptions
Colette Odya Smith
Marc Tasman
Lynn Tomaszewski
Christopher Willey

For more information on the 2013 Summer Cycle awardees, click here.

2013 (Winter Cycle)
Danielle Beverly
Tara Bogart
Larry D'Attilio
Raoul Deal
Melissa Dorn Richards
Gary John Gresl
Bruce Humphries
Leah Schreiber Johnson
Nicholas Lampert
Faythe Levine
Robin Luther
Kevin Miyazaki
Paul Rabe
Michael Senise

For more information on the 2013 Winter Cycle Awardees, click here.

2012 (Summer Cycle)
Kevin Giese
Sherman D. Pitts
William Zuback
Jon Horvath
Brad Lichtenstein
Kristin A. Gjerdset
Tim J. Stoelting
Fred Stonehouse
Ashley Morgan
Adam M. Krause
Beki Borman
Brian Carlson
Stephanie Voegele
Sean Williamson

For more information on the 2012 Summer Cycle Awardees, click here.

2012 (Winter Cycle)
Marna Brauner
Nicholas Grider
Yevgeniya Kaganovich
Tonia Klein
Shana McCaw & Brent Budsberg
Marsha McDonald
Jessica Meuninck-Ganger
Zina Mussman
Brad Pruitt
Nirmal Raja
John Riepenhoff
Nathaniel Stern
Victoria Tasch
Eddie Villanueva
Rina Yoon
Special Entertainment (Bobby Ciraldo & Andrew Swant)

For information on the 2012 Winter Cycle Awardees, click here.

2011
Blanche Brown
James Charles
Paula Christensen
Brent Coughenour
Paul Druecke
Waldek Dynerman
Anthony Ferraro
Nicholas Frank
Ashley Janke
Susan Kamholz
Jessica Kaminski
Gregory Klassen
Kay Knight
Colleen Ludwig
C. Matthew Luther
Nicole Ridgway
Greg J. Schoeneck
Richard Taylor
Bilhenry Walker
Shane Walsh
Jason Yi
James Zwadlo

For information on the 2011 awardees, click here, here, here, and here.

2010
Nicole Brown
Santiago Cucullu
Faythe Levine
Kim Miller
Will Pergl
John Ruebartsch
Valorie Schleicher
Sonja Thomsen
Christopher Willey
Katherine A. Balsley
Peter Barrickman & Xav Leplae
Jordan Brethauer
Hans Gindlesberger
Yevgeniya Kaganovich
Mark Mulhern
Kristopher Pollard
Melissa Wagner-Lawler
Rina Yoon
Sarah Zamecnik

2009
Kyoung Ae Cho
Matt Cipov
Bobby Ciraldo and Andrew Swant
Michael Davidson
Chris Davis-Benavides
Zeph Farmby
Nicholas Grider
Karen Gunderman
Nicholas Lampert
Frankie Latina
Angela Laughingheart
Colin Matthes
Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg
Jessica Meuninck-Ganger
Julie Murray
Greg J. Schoeneck
Nathaniel Stern
Fred Stonehouse
Jim Zwadlo

2008
Marna Goldstein Brauner
James Charles
Cecelia Condit
Santiago Cucullu
Lawrence D’Attilio
Paul Druecke
Bridget Griffith Evans
Gary John Gresl
Ariana Huggett
Hai-Chi Jihn
Yevgeniya Kaganovich
Annie Killelea
Kay Knight
Faythe Levine
Dan Ollman
Gina Rymarcsuk
Roy Staab
Marcelino Stuhmer
Sonja Thomsen
Lynn Tomaszewski
Christina West

2007
Peter Barrickman
Beth Bojarski
Brent Budsberg and Shana McCaw
Paul Calhoun
Brent Coughenour
Karen Gunderman
Juliet Jaeger
Jeremy Lundquist
Chris Miller and Mark Winter
Kim Miller
Josie Osborne
Kendall Polster
Colette Odya Smith
Fred Stonehouse

2006
Beki Borman
Brian Carlson
Kyoung Ae Cho
Lawrence D’Attilio
Paul Druecke
Sonji Hunt
Laura Ibbotson
Yevgeniya Kaganovich
Shelby Keefe
Gregory Klassen
Katie Musolff
John Riepenhoff
Richard Taylor
Steven Wetzel
Christopher Willey

2005
William Andersen
Greg DuMonthier
Nicholas Frank
Jean Roberts Guequierre
Steve Hough
Darryl Jensen
Frankie Martin
Colin Matthes
Jim Muraco
Micaela O’Herlihy
Josie Osborne
Kristopher Pollard
Sonja Thomsen
Lynn Tomaszewski
Fahimeh Vahdat
White Box Painters
Jason Yi

2004
Paul Amitai
Marina Broere
Paul Calhoun
Rob Danielson
Raoul Deal
Joan Dobkin
Mark Escribano
Bridget Griffith Evans
Kristin Gjerdset
Gary John Gresl
Douglas Holst
Richard Knight
Faythe Levine
Laurence P. Rathsack
Liz Smith
Fred Stonehouse
Marc Tasman
Della Wells
Stephen Wetzel

2003
William J. Andersen
Stephanie Barber
Travis Graves
Karen Gunderman
Steve Hough
Ariana Huggett
Xav Leplae
Frankie Martin
Nate Page
Mat Rappaport
Roy Staab
Fred Stonehouse
William A. Suys, Jr.
Rina Yoon