LaSelle Foundation Opens 2026 Travel Fellowship Applications
The Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle Foundation in Houston has begun accepting applications for its travel fellowships scheduled for 2026. This initiative offers $5,000 to Texas-based visual artists for research-related travel. Eligible applicants must have resided in Texas for at least a year, possess an arts degree, and have exhibited their work at three or more events within the past three years. Travel is to be conducted between December 1, 2026, and December 31, 2027. Applications are due by August 31, 2026, and recipients will be announced on November 2, 2026. More information is available on the foundation's website.
Key facts
- The Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle Foundation in Houston is accepting applications for its 2026 travel fellowships.
- The program grants two visual artists $5,000 awards for research-related travel.
- Applicants must reside in Texas, have lived there for the past year, hold a degree in the arts, and have participated in at least three exhibitions in the past three years.
- Proposed travel must take place between December 1, 2026, and December 31, 2027.
- The fellowship was inspired by Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle's travels to Europe in 1927-28, supported by the Renaissance Society in Chicago.
- Inaugural 2024 recipients: Colleen Blackard (Austin) and Cat Rigdon (Dallas).
- 2025 recipients: Tina Hernandez (Brownville/Houston) and Trevon Latin (Houston).
- Guest juror for 2026 is Lana Meador, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the San Antonio Museum of Art.
- Applications due August 31, 2026; awardees notified November 2, 2026.
Entities
Artists
- Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle
- Colleen Blackard
- Cat Rigdon
- Tina Hernandez
- Trevon Latin
- Lana Meador
Institutions
- Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle Foundation
- Renaissance Society
- San Antonio Museum of Art
- Neues Museum
- Glasstire
Locations
- Houston
- Texas
- England
- Italy
- France
- Ireland
- Berlin
- Germany
- Austria
- Japan
- Austin
- Dallas
- Brownville
- San Antonio