Emergency Grants
06 08
Performance Art/Theater
Whittier, CA
2026
06 08, a performance artist and dancer, received a grant in April to present Los Angeles Dances of Water and Power at Temnikova & Kasela in Tallinn, Estonia, on April 23.
Selwa Abd
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2026
Selwa Abd, a music and sound artist, received a grant in April to present Audience As Virus at ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn, NY, on May 7.
Eva Aguila
Visual Arts
Los Angeles, CA
2026
Eva Aguila, an interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in April to present El Cimiento de la Cosecha / The Foundation of the Harvest at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, CA on view May 16–September 1.
Autumn Ahn
Performance Art/Theater
North Adams, MA
2026
Autumn Ahn, an interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to present line: edge self horizon at the Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art (FRMoCA) in Fall River, MA, from January 17–21.
Francis Almendárez
Music/Sound
San Bernardino, CA
2026
Francis and Anthony Almendárez, multidisciplinary artists, received a grant in January to present Navigating the Archives Within at Aurora Picture Show in Houston, TX, on February 19.
Photo by Francis and Anthony Almendarez.
Jackie Amezquita
Visual Arts
Inglewood, CA
2026
Jackie Amezquita, an interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in February to present El Camino se Traza al Andar at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art in Las Vegas, NV from February 20-June 13.
Elia Arce
Performance Art/Theater
Houston, TX
2026
Elia Arce, a performance art and conceptual artist, received a grant in March to present No Time to Mourn at the Centro Cultural de España in San Salvador, El Salvador, from March 12–April 24.
Laurel Atwell
Dance
Queens, NY
2026
Laurel Atwell, a dancer, received a grant in May to present Believer at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, NY, on May 14 and 15.
Tania Colette B.
Visual Arts
Seattle, WA
2026
Tania Colette B., a sculpture and installation artist, received a grant in January to present One Step Forward, Two Steps Back at SOIL Gallery in Seattle, WA from February 5–28.
Photo by Stefan Gonzalez.
Mark Bankin
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2026
Mark Bankin, a choreographer, received a grant in January to present Scarecrow at The Tank in New York, NY, from February 12–March 1.
Photo by Gavin Strawnato.
Farshid Bazmandegan
Visual Arts
Los Angeles, CA
2026
Farshid Bazmandegan, a visual artist, received a grant in May to present A body without a home in the landscape of exile at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido (CCAE), on view June 5–August 15.
Emma Bergman
Visual Arts
Chicago, IL
2026
Emma Bergman, an visual and social practice artist, received a grant in February to present For the World to Come at Patient Info in Chicago, IL on view March 20-April 12.
Photo by Jonas Müller-Ahlheim.
Rachel Bernsen
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2026
Rachel Bernsen, a dancer and interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to present Novel Formats On-Site at AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, NH from January 16–February 14.
Photo by Ben DeFlorio.
Lea Bertucci
Music/Sound
Kingston, NY
2026
Lea Bertucci, a musician, received a grant in March to present The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity at ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn, NY, and Basilica Hudson in Hudson, NY, from April 15–19.
Malcolm-x Betts
Performance Art/Theater
Bronx, NY
2026
Malcolm-x Betts, a visual artist and dancer, received a grant in May to present Falling castles and broken dreams as part of the Sugar Sugar series at Domino Park in Brooklyn, NY, from June 23–25.
Jessica Blinkhorn
Performance Art/Theater
Atlanta, GA
2026
Jessica Blinkhorn, an interdisciplinary artist and activist, received a grant in May to present Redacted in New York, NY, on May 29.
Brain Time Prod
Performance Art/Theater
New Orleans, LA
2026
Brain Time Prod, a puppetry, theater, and music group, received a grant in March to present Sweet Baby Brain at Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, LA, from April 10–13.
Emily Braswell
Visual Arts
San Juan, PR
2026
Emily Braswell, a visual artist, received a grant in January to present Krankie II at 81C Arts in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands from February 13–March 13.
Demetri Broxton
Visual Arts
Oakland, CA
2026
Demetri Broxton, a visual artist, received a grant in May to present Demetri Broxton: Ancestral Echoes at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, CA, on view June 9–August 10.
Argote Carmen Argote
Performance Art/Theater
Los Angeles, CA
2026
Carmen Argote, a multidisciplinary performance artist, received a grant in February to present the body draws the room at Human Resources Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA on February 13.
