Bob Wilson Memorial Fund for the Arts, 1942 - 2020

Robert Wilson was best known as an abstract painter and artist. His work has been shown at the prestigious Francine Seders Gallery in Seattle as well as in many galleries in New York, Connecticut, Chicago and Atlanta. In and around his beloved adopted hometown of Wenatchee he showed at the Robert Graves Gallery, Gallery One and Pybus Market as well as at Two Rivers and Collapse Galleries. His highly-praised, arresting work is in collections all over the United States. It can be viewed at RRWilsonArt.com. He is a published author of both science fiction books (Tentacles of Dawn, Major Books) and works on business management (Top Shops!, Hanser Gardner).

Robert Wilson was an active follower of the Baha’i Faith and worked in service to that community since he became a Baha’i in 1963. He was attracted to and inspired by the Baha’i universal vision of peace and unity as well as the healing power of the words of its founder, Baha’u’llah. He served on countless assemblies, councils and committees over his 57 years as a Baha’i, even ‘pioneering’ to work with the communities around Bluefields, Nicaragua for two and a half years in the late sixties and early seventies. But most of all, Robert was known and loved for his gentle heart, his incredible kindness and his joyful, loving sense of humor. 

Robert Wilson Memorial Fund for the Arts is established by his son, Rainn Wilson, to annually award Robert Wilson Arts Scholarships to students who distinguish themselves in the performing arts at the Badi School in Panama.