Emergency Grants
Penny Arcade
Performance Art/Theater
New York, NY
2023
Penny Arcade, a performance artist, received a grant in February to present The Art of Becoming: Episode 3 - Superstar Interrupted at Adelaide Fringe in Adelaide, Australia, with performances February 15-28.
Baye & Asa
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2023
Baye & Asa, a duo comprised of choreographers Amadi Washington and Sam Pratt, received a grant in January to present HotHouse at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, NY, with performances on January 14 and 15.
La Vaughn Belle
Visual Arts
Christiansted, VI
2023
La Vaughn Belle, a visual artist, received a grant in February to present Between the Dusk and Dawn (how to navigate an unsettled empire) in the group exhibition Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America at the African American Museum of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA, on view March 23-October 8.
Caitlin Berrigan
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2023
Caitlin Berrigan, a visual artist working across video, sculpture, performance, and text, received a grant in January to present Imaginary Explosions at JOAN in Los Angeles, CA, on view February 4-April 15.
Kat Brown
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2023
Kat Brown, a multidisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to present Archive of Forgotten Vibrations at ZeroPlus DanceWorks in Budapest, Hungary on February 16.
Lex Brown
Performance Art/Theater
Philadelphia, PA
2023
Lex Brown, a video and performance artist, received a grant in January to present Carnelian at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, MA, on view April 3-July 16.
Jeff Carey
Music/Sound
New Market, MD
2023
Jeff Carey, a composer and improvisor, received a grant in January to present Luminiferous Aether at Voxel in Baltimore, MD, with performances on February 3 and 4.
Kristen Carey
Music/Sound
Dearborn, MI
2023
Kristen Carey, a guitarist and composer, received a grant in March to perform five different venues in Tokyo, Japan, from April 6-29.
Barnett Cohen
Performance Art/Theater
Brooklyn, NY
2023
Barnett Cohen, a poet, painter, and performance maker, received a grant in January to present noposition nolocation at Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn, NY on February 18.
Tom Comitta
Poetry
Brooklyn, NY
2023
Tom Comitta, a writer and composer, received a grant in February to present readings from their debut novel, The Nature Book, in Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; and Cambridge, MA, between March 10 and 30.
Fonema Consort
Music/Sound
Welches, OR
2023
Fonema Consort, an avant-garde chamber ensemble, received a grant in March to present La canción del agua / The Song of Water at Microscope Gallery in New York, NY on March 4.
Jana Cruder
Visual Arts
Las Vegas, NV
2023
Jana Cruder, a visual artist, received a grant in January to present Audience With a Tree at Ufer in Berlin, Germany, on view February 15-28.
Candice Davis
Visual Arts
Minneapolis, MN
2023
Candice Davis, a conceptual artist, received a grant in February to present a solo exhibition at PAPA Projects in St. Paul, MN, on view March 10-April 9.
Felecia Davis
Visual Arts
State College, PA
2023
Felecia Davis, an artist working with textiles and architecture, received a grant in March to present work at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy, on view May 15-November 26.
Nick Demopoulos
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2023
Nick Demopoulos, a musician and instrument builder, received a grant in January to tour throughout southeast Asia in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia, with performances January 14-February 6.
Demian DinéYahzi’
Performance Art/Theater
Portland, OR
2023
Demian DinéYahzi’, a transdisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to perform as part of Knowledge of Wounds at Performance Space New York in New York, NY on January 13.
Judy Dunaway
Music/Sound
Boston, MA
2023
Judy Dunaway, a sound and installation artist, received a grant in March to participate in the group exhibition An AIDS Walkthrough at Village in Berlin, Germany, on view April 6-16.
Kayla Farrish
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2023
Kayla Farrish, a choreographer, received a grant in March to present Put Away the Fire, dear pt. 2 at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York, NY, with performances April 21-23.
Stephanie Garon
Visual Arts
Clarksville, MD
2023
Stephanie Garon, a visual artist, received a grant in January to present Uprooted at Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, MD, on view April 15-August 31.
Mark Thomas Gibson
Visual Arts
Philadelphia, PA
2023
Mark Thomas Gibson, a visual artist, received a grant in March to present Their Failure is our Reward in the group exhibition Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America at the African American Museum of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA, on view March 23- October 8.