Emergency Grants

Abang-guard
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2025

Abang-guard, a duo of artists Maureen Catbagan and Jevijoe Vitug, received a grant in February to present Makibaka at the Queens Museum in Queens, NY, on view March 16-October 5.

Panteha Abareshi
Visual Arts
Tucson, AZ
2025

Panteha Abareshi, a multidisciplinary artist, received a grant in February to participate in Other body, a group exhibition at Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Toreby, Denmark, on view March 23-August 17.

Golnar Adili
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2025

Golnar Adili, a multidisciplinary artist, received a grant in December to present One, Two,...Many at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, NY from January 29–March 25.

Constanza Alarcón Tennen
Visual Arts
Somerville, MA
2025

Constanza Alarcón Tennen, a multidisciplinary artist, received a grant in September to present Sudamericana tiene memoria del aire at the NARS Foundation in Brooklyn, NY, from October 10–November 5.

Nathalie Alfonso
Visual Arts
Coral Springs, FL
2025

Nathalie Alfonso, a visual artist, received a grant in May to create an installation at the Orlando Museum of Art to compete for the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art from May 12-May 26.

Erika NJ Allen
Visual Arts
Cincinnati, OH
2025

Erika NJ Allen, a visual artist, received a grant in May to present This Is Not a Banana Republic, a solo exhibition at the Weston Art Gallery in Cincinnati, OH, on view June 20-August 24.

Se Young Au
Visual Arts
Santa Monica, CA
2025

Se Young Au, a visual artist, received a grant in May to present Meet Me In No Gun Ri at Craft Conemporary in Los Angeles, CA, from June 7-September 7.

Fia Backström
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2025

Fia Backström, a visual artist, received a grant in August to present The Great Society at the Queens Museum in New York, on view September 13, 2025 to January 18, 2026.

Kate Bae
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2025

Kate Bae, a visual artist, received a grant in July to present Breathe with Me at Grand Central Madison Terminal in New York, NY from September 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026.

Photo by Maggie Murtha (MTA Art and Design)

Jarrod Beck
Visual Arts
Alpine, TX
2025

Jarrod Beck, an artist and architect, received a grant in December to present IRONCAVE at Sloss Furnaces, a national historic site and artist-run foundry in Birmingham, AL on December 18.