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.
Yael Acher Modiano
Music/Sound
New York, NY
2025
Yael Acher “KAT” Modiano, a flutist and composer, received a grant in January to present performances at the Copenhagen Silent Film Festival at Cinemateket, Danish Film Institute and KoncertKapellet in Roskilde, Denmark on January 22, 24, and 29.
Linda Austin
Dance
Portland, OR
2025
Linda Austin, a dancer and choreographer, received a grant in January to present In Preparation for Disappearances to Come at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art in Portland, OR, with performances February 6-8.
Jiayi Chen
Visual Arts
Chicago, IL
2025
Jiayi Chen, an artist, projectionist, and archivist, received a grant in February to present As a Tree Walks to Its Forest, a solo exhibition organized by Open AIR Montana at Bob’s Your Uncle in Missoula, MT, on view March 7-29.
Laura Cocks
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2025
Laura Cocks, a flutist, received a grant in January to present the album release tour for Music for Two Flutes to Default in Den Haag, Netherlands; In Vitro in Brussels, Belgium; Hundred Years Gallery in London, United Kingdom; Old Hairdressers in Glasgow, Scotland; Shakespeare’s in Sheffield, United Kingdom; Rammel Club in Nottingham, United Kingdom; Wharf Chambers in Leeds, United Kingdom; and City University in London, United Kingdom, with performances February 12-21.
Carlo Costa
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2025
Carlo Costa, a percussionist, drummer, and composer, received a grant in January to present a tour with his quartet Diaphane to Les Temps du Corp in Paris, France; Das Institut in Zurich, Switzerland; Le Frigo in Biel, Switzerland; Mullbau in Lucerne, Switzerland; Subsol in Düsseldorf, Germany; ORT in Wuppertal, Germany; Black Box in Münster, Germany; Capelle Hospitalis in Bielefeld, Germany; Loft in Cologne, Germany; and Buckblech in Saarbrücken, Germany, with performances January 12-23.
Lu Coy
Performance Art/Theater
Los Angeles
2025
Lu Coy, a mixed-media artist and musician, received a grant in February to present Becoming the Moon at the OUTsider festival in Austin, TX on February 21.
Ekaterina Derysheva
Poetry
Philadelphia, PA
2025
Ekaterina Derysheva, a poet, received a grant in January to present a reading as part of Dispersed Poetics: Signifying Non-Solutions in Time of War at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY on February 22.
Natalia Drachinskaya
Visual Arts
Santa Clara, CA
2025
Natalia Drachinskaya, a multidisciplinary artist, received a grant in February to present Binom, a solo exhibition at Reminders Project in Tokyo, Japan, on view March 8-16.
Brendan Drake
Dance
Washington, DC
2025
Brendan Drake, an interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to present Ghost Porn at Kestrels in Brooklyn, NY, with performances February 5-8 and 12-15
Isaac Dunne
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2025
Isaac Dunne, an artist working in sculpture and drawing, received a grant in January to present I can not get no feed at the Tablelands Center for Bioregional Art in Shallowater, TX, on view February 28-December 1.
EYIBRA
Performance Art/Theater
Durham, NH
2025
EYIBRA, a multidisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to present LA JAURIA at Casa del Estudiante in Mexico City, Mexico, with performances February 7-14.
Star Feliz
Visual Arts
Los Angeles, CA
2025
Star Feliz, a multidisciplinary artist, received a grant in February to present Siren of Oblivion in Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal, a group exhibition at The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA, on view February 8-May 4.
Lu Gao
Visual Arts
New York, NY
2025
Lu Gao, an artist working with photographic installation, received a grant in January to participate in After/Images, a two-person show at Black Brick Project in Brooklyn, NY, on view January 15-February 26.
Margaret Griffith
Visual Arts
La Canada Flintridge, CA
2025
Margaret Griffith, a visual artist, received a grant in February to present Kaleidoscope, commissioned by the City of Santa Monica and installed on the grounds of Kite Pharma in Santa Monica, CA, on view beginning March 20.
Jeannie Hua
Visual Arts
Las Vegas, NV
2025
Jeannie Hua, visual artist, received a grant in January to present Transgressions, a solo exhibition at Gallery 456 in New York, NY, on view February 21-March 7.
Bryn Jackson
Visual Arts
Indianapolis, IN
2025
Bryn Jackson, an artist and curator, received a grant in January to present Careful What You Pray For at the Centro Cultural Juan Rulfo, hosted by The Bureau of Queer Art in Mexico City, Mexico, on view February 5-9.
Tamara Kostianovsky
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2025
Tamara Kostianovsky, a visual artist, received a grant in February to present Moved by Forces, a solo exhibition at Cheekwood in Nashville, TN, on view April 24-June 26.
Umber Majeed
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2025
Umber Majeed, a multidisciplinary visual artist and educator, received a grant in January to present J😊Y TECH, a solo exhibition at the Queens Museum in Queens, NY, on view March 16-October 5.