Ruth DeYoung Kohler II

Artist-built environments and community arts organisations across the US receive $1.5m in grants

The new grants, from Ruth Arts, are being provided to 15 non-profits including the Noah Purifoy Foundation, Doll Museum Forward and the Nancy Graves Foundation

Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, Outsider art champion and Art Preserve founder, has died, aged 79

She helped establish the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin as one of the leading institutions dedicated to self-taught artists