Grants

The Astraea Lesbian Visual Arts Fund promotes the work of contemporary lesbian visual artists. Grants are awarded to artists working in an array of media including sculpture, painting, prints, mixed media and works on paper.

Xylor Jane (Philadelphia, PA) has a B.F.A. in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. Since 1997, her work has been shown in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. A winter solstice baby, she began painting with oils on her tenth birthday and was raised in Orange County, California, by born-again Christians. $1,000

Fan Lee Warren (Oakland, CA) received her M.F.A. from the Art Institute of Chicago and has been exhibiting her sculptures, installations and works on paper for 20 years. Her work is displayed in public and private collections, including the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago, the Spertus Museum in Chicago and the permanent collection of the Bemis Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska. $1,000