The Arts
William and Steven Ladd are brothers and visual artists who have collaborated since 2006 on a community art program called Scrollathon that helps underserved communities make collaborative art installations using fabric scrolls placed inside frames. These collaborative artworks have appeared in diverse locations, from the SCAD Museum of Art to Rikers Island. Scrollathon is animated by the belief that what unites communities is stronger than what divides them.
In September 2019, the Kennedy Center asked Scrollathon to create an installation for its new REACH campus. Following this successful program, the Kennedy Center expressed interest in supporting a new project–National Scrollathon–to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial (250th anniversary) in 2026.
The firm is assisting Scrollathon, which currently is fiscally sponsored by another nonprofit, with forming an independent tax-exempt organization that can receive grants and donations to support the National Scrollathon. The National Scrollathon will directly engage 33,000 individuals in a world-class art initiative over five years in 50 states, 5 territories, Washington, D.C., and 10 Native communities.
The National Scrollathon will directly engage 33,000 individuals in a world-class art initiative over five years in 50 states, 5 territories, Washington, D.C., and 10 Native communities.
Photo by Steven and William Ladd