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The Harpo Foundation was established in 2006 to support artists who are under recognized by the field.

The foundation seeks to stimulate creative inquiry to encourage new modes of thinking about art. We view the definitions of art and artist to be open-ended and expansive. The Foundation’s grant program awards 7-10 grants annually. Grants are made directly to artists to support their development and to non-profit organizations in support of new work by artists. The Foundation also supports two residency fellowship programs. The Native American Residency Fellowship program provides residency opportunities at the Vermont Studio Center to support the development of artists and the potential for inter-cultural dialog. The Emerging Artist Residency Fellowship program supports residency opportunities at the Santa Fe Art Institute for visual artists 25 years and older who need time and space to explore ideas and start new projects.

10/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to Locust Projects on Thursday night to celebrate the legacy of Ed Levine with the Harpo Foundation. What a great opportunity to meet and mingle with past grantees and those who knew Ed’s life in Miami.

Thank you to our moderator Susan Caraballo and our panelists Marivi Veliz, Bill Billowit, and Julie Reiss.

And a big thank you to MAG Spread | Cheese + More for putting together an absolutely delicious catering spread! 🧀

Susan Caraballo
Julie Reiss
Wet Heat Project
Marivi Véliz

10/02/2026

What an amazing few days of visiting past grantees and collaborators! Thank you Gonzalo Fuenmayor | artist |, Morel Doucet®, and Hush Fell for generously opening your studios to our group and giving us a glimpse into the incredible work you’re all doing.

Susan Caraballo
Mark Steven Greenfield
Olivia Georgia
Julie Reiss

10/01/2026

Harpo Foundation is here in Miami and thrilled to be experiencing some of our past grantee’s work! Can’t wait to meet and greet more past (and future!) grantees tonight at our film screening and book launch at Locust Projects.

We are celebrating 20 years of supporting visual artists and the release of the publication “Ed Levine: The Embodied Experience of Art.” Following a welcome reception, the Foundation will screen a short film about Levine’s sculptural environment “Vermont Village,” directed by Miami-based filmmakers Bill Bilowit and Marilyn Loddi of Wet Heat Project. A conversation about Levine’s creative legacy will follow, featuring local art historian, curator and author Marivi Veliz, Brooklyn-based art historian, editor and author Julie Reiss, and filmmaker Bill Bilowit. The conversation will be moderated by Foundation board member, Susan Caraballo.

7-7:30pm Welcome Reception with w**e + cheese
7:30-8:30pm Film Screening + Book Discussion
8:30-9pm Closing Reception

This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, please click on the link in our bio!

Gonzalo Fuenmayor | artist |
Susan Caraballo
Wet Heat Project
Julie Reiss
Marivi Véliz
Locust Projects

09/18/2026

We are thrilled to be hosting an event on Thursday October 1st at Locust Projects, Miami to celebrate 20 years of supporting visual artists and the release of the publication "Ed Levine: The Embodied Experience of Art." Following a welcome reception for past and future grantees, the Foundation will screen a short film about Levine's sculptural environment "Vermont Village," directed by Miami-based filmmakers Bill Bilowit and Marilyn Loddi of Wet Heat Project. A conversation about Levine's creative legacy will follow, featuring local art historian, curator and author Marivi Veliz, Brooklyn-based art historian, editor and author Julie Reiss, and filmmaker Bill Bilowit. The conversation will be moderated by Foundation board member, Susan Caraballo.

7-7:30pm Welcome Reception with w**e + cheese
7:30-8:30pm Film Screening + Book Discussion
8:30-9pm Closing Reception

This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, click here: https://tinyurl.com/Harpo-Event

09/10/2026

For September, we are thrilled to feature 2025 grantee Cosmo Whyte.

Whyte's work mines interstitial subjectivity through an engagement with both intimate and public archives, as well as Black spatiality and resistance. His choice of materials, ranging from hand painted beaded curtains to rum, draw upon his Caribbean roots to allegorically engage social and visual histories that continue to impress themselves on the present. Whyte troubles the gap between what is deemed suitable for the archive and what exceeds it.

09/08/2026

Delayed post, but we are so excited to have celebrated the Vermont launch of our new publication "Ed Levine: The Embodied Experience of Art" with all of these wonderful authors and contributors. Publications are a collective effort and this book would not have happened without the hard work, extensive research, and valuable insights of these esteemed professionals. A heartfelt thank you to those pictured here (and those not pictured) for helping us to extend the legacy of Ed Levine into print!

08/19/2026

August's featured artist, 2025 grantee Ling-lin Ku, sees her studio as both a playground and a site of alchemy. Her artistic practice blends traditional techniques with emerging technologies, resulting in multimedia sculptures and installations that are playful, materially curious, and conceptually layered. Often beginning with eccentric or unexpected ideas, her work evolves into forms that slip between categories and invite open interpretation. As a woman of color and immigrant to the U.S., Ku navigates the paradox of standing out while remaining unseen, a tension that informs much of her work.

08/14/2026

Just over 35 years ago, Ed Levine began building in a clearing at the bottom of his recently purchased land in South Royalton, VT. Pictured here a year into the project, Levine stands in front of the first building of what would later become his grand project "Vermont Village: A Conversation Between Art, Water and the Land." This shed, initially labeled "Ed's Studio" has now become the meeting place for our public tours where visitors can watch films about Ed's artistic vision and philosophy before embarking on their own discovery of the site.

For more on Vermont Village and the artistic career of Ed Levine check out our new publication "Ed Levine: The Embodied Experience of Art." Information and purchase link on our website.

08/11/2026

It's summer on the mountain and these fungi popped up just in time for our recent artist-in-residence Jan Mun to enjoy them!

Mun is a media artist that creates social sculptures working with digital and living media to create interactive installations, photography, performance, and bio-art. During her residency she connected with multiple collaborators, including mycologists and environmental justice activists, working in and with the environment and specifically South Royalton's surrounding areas.

We are so proud to include Jan among the creative thinkers that have engaged with Back River Road.

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