SOLA Award Benefits
SOLA Awardee Digital Archive
Inclusion in SOLA's growing digital archive, which preserves artist biographies, artwork, interviews, and career materials to help ensure the legacies of mature women artists remain accessible to future generations.
Ongoing Professional Support
Continued access to professional development opportunities, resources, networking, and community connections through SOLA.
Upcoming Events
Decades in the Making
Support of Old Lady Artists (SOLA) is proud to announce Decades in the Making: 10 Years of SOLA Awardees, an upcoming exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum, on view from July 18 through February 14, 2027.
The exhibition marks SOLA’s 10th Anniversary and will celebrate the creative legacies of ten years of SOLA Award recipients — mature women artists whose vision, mastery, and resilience continue to shape Washington’s cultural landscape.
10 Years of SOLA Awardees
Jul 18, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027
2026 Awardees
41
ARTISTS
FUNDED
since 2017
$200,000
TOTAL
INVESTED
since 2017
Growing Support for Artists
Increasing funding year after year.
2026
Our biggest year yet!
$50,000
10
Artists
Funded
2024 - 2025
Momentum continues.
$50,000
10
Artists
Funded
2022 - 2023
Building stronger opportunities.
$40,000
8
Artists
Funded
2018 - 2021
Laying the foundation.
$32,000
12
Artists
Funded
2017
It all started here.
$1,000
1
Artist
Funded
