Emergency Grants

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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.

Kevin Augustine
Performance Art/Theater
Brooklyn, NY
2023

Kevin Augustine, a puppeteer and artistic director of performance company Lone Wolf Tribe, received a grant in August to present Body Concert at the State Puppet Theater Festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on September 3 and at the Puppet is a Human Too Festival in Warsaw, Poland on October 6.

Kevin Augustine

Mary Grace Bernard
Performance Art/Theater
Denver, CO
2023

Mary Grace Bernard, a transmedia and performance artist, received a grant in October to present Black Mass Blood Ritual at Counterpath in Denver, CO on October 14.

Mary Grace Bernard

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 List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, MA, on view April 3-July 16.

Lex Brown

Mallory Catlett
Performance Art/Theater
New York, NY
2023

Mallory Catlett, a director, received a grant in May to present DECODER: Nova Express at The Chocolate Factory Theater in Long Island City, NY, with performances June 24-July 9.

Ciriza
Performance Art/Theater
Houston, TX
2023

Ciriza, a multidisciplinary artist, received a grant in August to present a collaborative performance work, Everything That Feels Dies and Comes Alive, at the Sâlmon Festival in Barcelona, Spain, with performances September 7-9.

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.

Marsian De Lellis
Performance Art/Theater
Los Angeles, CA
2023

Marsian De Lellis, an interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in October to present Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover Ups at Automata in Los Angeles, CA, as part of the Live Arts Exchange Festival organized by Los Angeles Performance Practice, with performances October 21-22.

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.

Nala Duma
Performance Art/Theater
Brooklyn, NY
2023

Nala Duma, a composer, director, and dancer who performs as Lamb, received a grant in June to present Cape, produced by Montez Press Radio and presented in partnership with The Kitchen at Abrons Arts Center in New York, NY on June 24.

Nala Duma