FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 5, 2002
Rhizome.org Awarded $100,000 Grant from Rockefeller Foundation
Funds to Provide General Support of Rhizome.org's Mission
NEW YORK, NY, August 5, 2002 - Rhizome.org, an online community focused
on new media art, is pleased to announce that is has received a $100,000
grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. This is Rhizome.org's third grant
from the Rockefeller Foundation in as many years.
"We are tremendously grateful for the Rockefeller Foundation's generous
support," said Mark Tribe, Executive Director of Rhizome.org. "The
Rockefeller Foundation has a long history as a funder of progressive
media art initiatives since the 1970's. In more recent years, the
Foundation has played a decisive role in fostering new media art through
its visionary support for new media artists and organizations. Over the
next 12 months, this grant will provide core support for our programs
and operations."
Rhizome.org is a nonprofit organization that provides an online platform
for the global new media art community. Founded in 1996, Rhizome.org
serves as a grass-roots community center for new media artists,
curators, students, educators, writers and enthusiasts. Rhizome.org's
programs support the creation, presentation, discussion and preservation
of contemporary art that engages new technologies in significant ways.
Rhizome.org takes its name from the botanical term for an underground
stem that connects plants into living networks, a metaphor for the
organization's non-hierarchical structure. Widely considered to be the
world's leading online resource for and about new media artists and
their work, Rhizome.org connects, supports, and educates the new media
art community and the public through cost-free programs including
email-based discussion groups and publications, online archives for new
media art works and writings, a new media calendar and opportunity
listings, a new media art commissioning program, outreach events, and an
international internship program.
Rhizome.org is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are
accepted online at http://rhizome.org/support. Checks and money orders
may made payable to Rhizome.org and send to the address below.
CONTACT: Mark Tribe, Executive Director
115 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 212.625.3191
Fax: 212-625.9508
URL:http://rhizome.org
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so, like… where are we splitting up the loot?
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<div>Just when you thought you guys would be flat out on the street
with tin cans.</div>
<div>Good to know you'll make it into next year and<b> hopefully</b>
the next and the next and the next …</div>
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Wheres the party dude?????
ya know funny ha ha
Good job Rizome
for real
on 8/6/02 3:20 PM, t.whid at [email protected] wrote:
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>> August 5, 2002
>>
>>
>> Rhizome.org Awarded $100,000 Grant from Rockefeller Foundation
>>
>
> so, like… where are we splitting up the loot?