Emergency Grants
Christian Cruz
Performance Art/Theater
Irving, TX
2020
Christian Cruz, a performance and installation artist, received a grant in March to present I don’t dream of labor: Living Portraits of a 1st Generation Chicana at Eastfield Galleries at Eastfield College in Dallas, TX, with performances April 15-20.
Robin Deacon
Performance Art/Theater
Chicago, IL
2020
Robin Deacon, a writer, performer, and filmmaker, received a grant in February to present Eratum during By the Book at Foyles Bookstore, presented by Live Art Development Agency, in London, UK on February 25.
Wesleigh Gates
Performance Art/Theater
Pittsburgh, PA
2020
Wesleigh Gates, a director and performing artist, received a grant in January to present TERMINER at the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh, PA, February 6-7.
Ulrik López
Performance Art/Theater
San Juan, PR
2020
Ulrik López, a visual and performance artist, received a grant in January to present Summon Song in the group exhibition Never Spoken Again: Rogue Stories of Science and Collections at the Broad Museum at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, January 25-August 23 with a performance on January 25.
Derek Spencer
Performance Art/Theater
Los Angeles, CA
2020
Derek Spencer, a director, writer, and theater artist, received a grant in February to present Everyone Agrees It’s About to Explode at Diavolo Studios in Los Angeles, CA, on March 12.
Jillian Walker
Performance Art/Theater
2020
Jillian Walker, a theater artist, received a grant in February to present SKiNFoLK: An American Show co-presented by the National Black Theater and the Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn, NY, February 26-March 21.
Casey Wimpee
Performance Art/Theater
2020
Casey Wimpee, a playwright and poet, received a grant in March to present Butcher Holler Here We Come at the New Zealand Fringe in Wellington, NZ; Dunedin Fringe in Dunedin, NZ; and the Factory Theatre in Marrickville, Australia, with performances March 14-28.
Moe Yousuf
Performance Art/Theater
2020
Moe Yousuf, a theater artist, received a grant in March to present Present Shame and Further Woe at Target Margin Theater in Brooklyn, NY, April 30-May 17.