Emergency Grants

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2053 Artists

Zain Alam
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2024

Zain Alam, an artist and musician, received a grant in April to present Meter & Light: Day in the group exhibition Devoted: Religion in Asian American Art at EFA Project Space in New York, NY, on view May 9-June 4.

Zain Alam

D. Allen
Performance Art/Theater
Manassas, VA
2024

D. Allen, a poet, performer, and multidisciplinary artist, received a grant in July to present South Minneapolis Parachute in the group exhibition ALL POWER ON EARTH COMES FROM THE SUN, curated by artist collective Solarpunk Surf Club at the University of Kentucky’s Bolivar Gallery in Lexington, KY, on view August 2-23, with an installation and activation on August 2.

Evvie Allison
Dance
New York, NY
2024

Evvie Allison, a dancer and choreographer, received a grant in February to present Making Practice Moves at Pageant in Brooklyn, NY, with performances March 21-22.

Evvie Allison

Yousif Alzayed
Visual Arts
Chicago, IL
2024

Yousif Alzayed, an artist working in video, sound, new media, and installation, received a grant in July to present In the Light of Growth at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria, on view September 4-8.

Julia Antinozzi
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2024

Julia Antinozzi, a choreographer and dance artist, received a grant in April to present The Suite at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, NY, with performances April 11-13.

Julia Antinozzi

Matthew Antoci
Performance Art/Theater
New York, NY
2024

Matthew Antoci & Hillary Gao, theatre creators and performers, received a grant in June to present Babies on the Street: The Show at The Brick in Brooklyn, NY, with performances July 4-13.

Anzû Quartet
Music/Sound
Boscawen, NH
2024

Anzû Quartet, an ensemble of clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, received a grant in February to premiere compositions by Ryan Carter, Anna Webber, and Aftab Darvishi at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, on March 4 and the Short North Stage in Columbus, OH on March 5.

Diane Appaix-Castro
Visual Arts
New Orleans, LA
2024

Diane Appaix-Castro, a sculptor and experiential installation artist, received a grant in February to present Abismo at The Front in New Orleans, LA, on view April 13-May 4.

Diane Appaix-Castro

Ei Arakawa-Nash
Performance Art/Theater
Los Angeles, CA
2024

Ei Arakawa-Nash, a performance artist, received a grant in January to present Syllabus Performance in the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2024 at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan, with performances on February 8, 10, 11, and 12.

Roni Aviv
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2024

Roni Aviv, a visual artist, received a grant in March to present Letting Go of Understanding in Bronx Calling: The Sixth AIM Biennial at The Bronx Museum in the Bronx, NY, on view April 12-June 16.

Ivana Basic
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2024

Ivana Basic, a visual artist, received a grant in May to present Metempsychosis: The Passion of Pneumatics, a solo exhibition at the Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin, Germany, on June 6-September 1.

Morgan Bassichis
Performance Art/Theater
Brooklyn, NY
2024

Morgan Bassichis, a comedian, musician, and writer, received a grant in April to present Can I Be Frank? at LaMaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York, NY, with performances June 13-22.

Sidra Bell
Dance
White Plains, NY
2024

Sidra Bell, a choreographer and dancer, received a grant in April to present COMMUNION at Gibney in New York, NY, with performances May 16-18.

Sidra Bell

Adelita Husni Bey
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2024

Adelita Husni Bey, an artist, received a grant in May to present These Conditions at Matter of Art’s Biennale at the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic, on view June 14-September 29.

Ran Blake
Music/Sound
Brookline, MA
2024

Ran Blake, a pianist and composer, received a grant in April to present Shimmering Shadows at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY on April 5.

Ran Blake

Miguel Braceli
Performance Art/Theater
Brooklyn, NY
2024

Miguel Braceli, an artist and architect, received a grant in March to present Queer Fairy Tale in Provincetown in Provincetown, MA on March 23.

Maura Brewer
Visual Arts
Altadena, CA
2024

Maura Brewer, a video-essayist and performance artist, received a grant in January to present Offshore at Canary Test in Los Angeles, CA, opening March 30.

Maura Brewer

Bernard Brown
Dance
Los Angeles, CA
2024

Bernard Brown, a performing artist, choreographer, filmmaker, and artistic director of bbmoves, received a grant in June to present Sugar Odyssey at the Dance at the Odyssey festival at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on July 6.

CAROL
Performance Art/Theater
Brooklyn, NY
2024

CAROL, a performance group led by artists Skye Fort and Mike Steele, received a grant in July to present Disaster Theater at The Brick in Brooklyn, NY, with performances July 18-August 3.

Jedediah Caesar
Visual Arts
Los Angeles, CA
2024

Jedediah Caesar, an artist and curator, received a grant in April to present Waterworks in a two-person exhibition at Louche Ops in Berlin, Germany, on view May 11-July 3.