UW–Madison’s Tomiko Jones, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, has been awarded a 2025 Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
The grant supports environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects are expected to address environmental issues with attention to ecological and social ethics, and often explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices.
Jones will use the award to continue work on “These Grand Places,” a mobile photography project focused on public lands and national identity. The next phase of the project will return to the American Southwest, where it started, through a mobile gallery that will include pop-up exhibitions, workshops, and community-focused events.
Jones’ work explores social, cultural, and geopolitical transitions in the age of climate change. Her photography addresses themes of ecological concern and cultural tradition.
The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants program provides up to $20,000 for women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories. In 2025, the program distributed more than $520,000 in funding, more than doubling the support since its inaugural year.
Jones’ project will also be featured in her mid-career solo exhibition, “The Infinite Intimate,” at the Center for Visual Art in Denver, Colorado. The exhibition runs from Jan. 3 to March 22, 2025, as part of the city’s Month of Photography.
Read more about the Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants program.