Emergency Grants

Jessica Ackerley
Music/Sound
Honolulu, HI
2021

Jessica Ackerley, a composer and musician, received a grant in September to perform at Notice Recordings in Kingston, NY; Bushwick Public House and Mise En in Brooklyn, NY; and the Downtown Music Gallery in New York, NY, with performances October 2-16.

Sholeh Asgary
Music/Sound
Oakland, CA
2021

Sholeh Asgary, an interdisciplinary sound artist, received a grant in December to present By the Mouth of a Wadi at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Brooklyn, NY, on view January 8-February 13.

Ian Andrew Askew
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2021

Ian Andrew Askew, a performance, theater, and musical artist, received a grant in July to present SLAMDANCE at The Performing Garage in New York, NY, with performances in July. 

Sonya Belaya
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2021

Sonya Belaya, a musician and composer, received a grant in June to present Cognitive Distortions / Ancestral Patterns at Roulette in Brooklyn, NY, on June 25.

Gelsey Bell
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2021

Gelsey Bell, a vocalist and composer, received a grant in October to present shuffleyamamba: Yamamba as a Bear with Yasuko Yakoshi at the Yokohama Dance Collection festival in Yokohama, Japan, with performances December 9-11. 

Jennifer Berklich
Music/Sound
New York, NY
2021

Jennifer Berklich/Electric Djinn, an interdisciplinary sound and performance artist, received a grant in October to present Liminal Bodies | Part I in the Works on Water Triennial on Governor’s Island in New York, NY on October 30. 

Lea Bertucci
Music/Sound
Queens, NY
2021

Lea Bertucci, a composer, received a grant in August to present Vapours at the ReWire Festival in the Hague, Netherlands on September 10. 

Abraham Brody
Music/Sound
Boston, MA
2021

Abraham Brody, a composer, received a grant in August to present a sound installation and performance at the Old Carpet Factory in Hydra, Greece, September 15-26. 

Ellen Christi
Music/Sound
New York, NY
2021

Ellen Christi, a musician and composer, received in grant in May to conduct a three-city tour with her trio, The Baldwin Expansion Project, at Rhizome in Washington, DC, Henry Wong’s An die Musik in Mount Vernon, MD, and ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY, with performances July 17-August 15.

Shelly Covert
Music/Sound
Nevada City, CA
2021

Shelly Covert, a composer and vocalist, received a grant in December to present ‘Uba Seo at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City, CA, on view January 13-February 28.