Andy’s Emerging Artist Fund enables AIDA to provide scholarships to contemporary decorative artists from Israel to participate in summer residency programs.
For more information about these programs or the fund contact Sharon Shaked. If you would like to make a gift to sponsor an artist’s residency click here:

March 2008: AIDA sponsored Shlomit Bauman's participation at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference.

June – July 2008: In cooperation with the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, AIDA is supporting a residency for Tal Barr.

July 2008: In cooperation with the Penland School of Crafts, AIDA is supporting a residency for Ella Wolf.

July – August 2008: In cooperation with the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, AIDA is supporting residencies for Netta Bacon and Noa Hagiladi.

August 2008: In cooperation with Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, AIDA is supporting a residency for Raya Stern and Eva Avidar.

March – September 2007: In collaboration with the Trio Vetro Glass Studio in Tel Aviv, AIDA provides 6 months of studio time to 5 promising glass artists: Moran Ressler, Lizbeth Biger, Noaz Harel, Dalit Velleman and Alexi Ben-Abba.

June 2007: In cooperation with The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, AIDA is supporting a residency for Hiyuli Liberman.

July – August 2007: In cooperation with the Penland School of Crafts, AIDA is supporting residencies for Anat Grozovski-Aboucaya and Gali Grinspan. AIDA is also supporting residencies for Marcelle Klein and Yael Atzmony in cooperation with Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts.

December 2007 – March 2008: In collaboration with the G Studio (formerly Trio Vetro Glass Studio) in Tel Aviv, AIDA provides 4 months of studio time to 3 promising glass artists: Lizbeth Biger, Miri Greenson and Alexi Ben-Abba.

July 2006: In cooperation with the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, AIDA supported residencies for: Irit Abba | Meira Una

July – August 2006: In cooperation with the Corning Museum of Glass, AIDA supported residencies for:Rachelle Goldreich | Moran Ressler

June 2005: In cooperation with the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, AIDA supported residencies for:

Michal Alon | Anat Bar-El | Yael Novak | Ethel Pisaref | Ronit Zor