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.

Photo courtesy of the Lancaster Museum of Art and History. Photography by L.A. Art Documents.

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.

Photo by Zachary Graves Miller.

Annie Albagli
Visual Arts
San Francisco, CA
2026

Annie Albagli, a multidisciplinary visual artist, received a grant in August to present This Long Long Line of Water at Berkeley Art Center, an interdisciplinary contemporary art center, in Berkeley, CA, from September 12–November 22.

Melissa Almaguer
Dance
Chicago, IL
2026

Keyierra Collins, an interdisciplinary dance and performance artist, received a grant in August to present Cuatro Mujeres: Oya’s Sweet Thing at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago, IL, on September 3.

Melissa Almaguer
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2026

Melissa Almaguer, an experimental sound artist, received a grant in July to present ¡alebrijes! in New York, NY, on July 10.

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. 

Photo by Krystal Ramirez.

Roya Amigh
Visual Arts
San Mateo, CA
2026

Roya Amigh, a visual artist, received a grant in July to present Presence of the Absent, a solo exhibition at KODA, a nonprofit artist-focused exhibition space on Governors Island, NY, from August 29–September 27.