The Ted Decker Catalyst Fund, established in October 2003, makes legacy investments in artists’ futures by awarding advocacy, marketing, and mentoring mini-grants to encourage artists to more effectively position themselves for success in their careers. Submitting proposals is currently by invitation only.

Legacy investment mini-grant recipients to date include:

2011:

Sue Chenoweth - What Goes On and What Takes Place exhibition documentation & marketing materials
Kim Larkin & Adam Murray/Modified Arts - What Goes On and What Takes Place exhibition marketing
Carolyn Lavender - What Goes On and What Takes Place exhibition documentation & marketing materials
Monica Aissa Martinez - What Goes On and What Takes Place exhibition documentation & marketing materials
Mary Shindell - What Goes On and What Takes Place exhibition documentation & marketing materials

2010:

Marcelo Amorim & Silvia Jábali/Ateliê 397 (São Paulo); Bob N; Brígida Baltar; Cadu D'Oliveira; Carla Chaim; Carolina Ponte; Celina Portela; Chico Fernandes; Cristiano Lenhardt; Daniel Zarvos; Elisa Pessoa; Glaucia Mayer; João Penoni; Leonardo Ayres; Luiz Roque; Maria Laet; Marina Freire; Mariana Leal; Marlon de Azambuja; Miha Mlaker; Nino Cais; Pedro Varela; Reginaldo Pereira; Rodrigo Torres - Realidades Impossíveis exhibition materials
Rui Barbosa (Sao Paulo) - website design and business cards
Jim Davidson - When the Water Came exhibition
Emily Dygert - When the Water Came exhibition
Luis Daniel Gutierrez - Icehouse exhibition
Kimberly Harris – announcements for painting exhibition
Cynthia Hogue - When the Water Came: Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina book and exhibition
Lara Kupcikevicius – Natural Origin exhibition
Kim Larkin & Adam Murray/Modified Arts – website & branding expense
Carolyn Lavender – catalog documenting career to-date
Lisa MacCollum – announcements for painting exhibition
Carlos Manuel Leal/www.emagazineart.com (Madrid) – website expense for international art online magazine
Michael David Little - Converging Trajectories exhibition marketing
Lisa MacCullum - announcements for painting exhibition
Alfredo Manzo - Francie Rink's Esperanza Project
Dominic Miller – marketing materials for Contaminated Wells drawings exhibition
Felipe Mujica (Brooklyn/Santiago, Chile) – artist residency marketing
Christina Ramirez – Natural Origin exhibition
Rebecca Ross - When the Water Came: Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina book and exhibition

2009:

Sue Chenoweth – catalog and marketing materials for Predator and Prey exhibition
Angela Ellsworth –promotion and documentation of art work in Stitch Portraits book
Carolyn Lavender – marketing materials for promotion and documentation of art work
Elias Lazaroni (Rio de Janeiro) - exhibition marketing materials
Alfredo Manzo – Alfredo Manzo Family campaign
Marcos Martins/Som Brazil Band – demo CD for band marketing
Marcus Payzant (Austin, TX)– TDCF Work in Progress (May) marketing materials
Yolanda Hart Stevens (Komatke, AZ) - exhibition marketing materials for ASU Map(ing) printmaking project
Karolina Sussland – TDCF Work in Progress (February) marketing materials
Johanna Unzueta (Brooklyn/Santiago, Chile)
Jen Urso – marketing materials for White Space project
Paula Wittner (Patagonia, AZ) – marketing materials for solo exhibition at Mesa Contemporary Arts (May-August)

2008:

Corie Cole (Oakland, CA)– announcements for MFA (ASU) exhibition
Chico Fernandes (Rio de Janeiro) – 100 years project website; Artist-in-Residence project in Phoenix
Eliza Gregory – announcements for ASU Anthropology solo exhibition
Julio Cesar Huaman (Cusco, Peru) – art school tuition
Elias Lazaroni (Rio de Janeiro) – exhibition marketing material
R. Eric McMaster (Richmond, VA)– announcements for MFA (ASU) exhibition
Roberto Nunes & Marcio Botner (Rio de Janeiro) – marketing materials for student exhibition at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage

2007:

José Bechara (Rio de Janeiro) – book documenting artwork\
Chico Fernandes (Rio de Janeiro) – website (100 years project) to advance career
Ed Gomez (Los Angeles) – GoCA announcements for Eye Lounge exhibition\
Mexicali Bienal (Ed Gomez) (Los Angeles) – support for catalog
João Penoni (Rio de Janeiro) – marketing support
Chris Santa Maria (New York, NY)– announcements for solo Eye Lounge exhibition
Ken Storch – assistance with medical expenses]
Roy Wasson Valle – announcements for solo 515 exhibition

2006:

Eye Lounge artists – 5^th Anniversary catalog support
Heidi Hesse (New York, NY)– announcements for Eye Lounge exhibition
Melissa Martinez – catalog support for Peripheral 07 exhibition at Ice House
Sean O’Donnell (deceased)– memorial exhibition expenses
Christy Puetz - catalog support for Peripheral 07 exhibition at Ice House
Karolina Sussland - catalog support for Peripheral 07 exhibition at Ice House
Filippo Tagliati (Grand Rapid, MI)– announcements for MFA (ASU) exhibition
Jen Urso - catalog support for Peripheral 07 exhibition at Ice House

2005:

Andrea Evans (Boston, MA)– announcements for solo Eye Lounge exhibition]
Mike Goodwin – prints and t-shirts for 515 solo exhibition
Heidi Hesse (New York, NY)– South Korea residency documentation

2004:

Janet de Berge Lange – announcements for Art Detour
Jeffrey Guy – photo images of artwork
Heidi Hesse (New York, NY)– catalog for MoCA (Tucson, AZ) solo exhibition