Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

PULLMAN – Washington artists will have the opportunity to share their creative visions in response to the Black Lives Matter movement with help from a new grant program established by Jordan Schnitzer in partnership with Washington State University’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

The Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Program will distribute $2,500 grants to 20 artists across the state who will be asked to use their voices, experiences and artistic expression to reflect on social justice efforts in response to systemic racism.

“I have often said artists are chroniclers of our time. We...