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.
Valentina Baché Rodríguez
Performance Art/Theater
Brooklyn, NY
2025
Valentina Baché Rodríguez, a choreographer and performer, received a grant in March to present Angel Mid-Swing// It boils from within at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, NY, with performances April 24-26 and as part of the Estrogenius Festival at Judson Memorial Church in New York, NY on May 8.
Emily Barasch
Dance
Los Angeles, CA
2025
Emily Barasch, a choreographer and educator, received a grant in March to present Intimacy for the Apocalypse at Human Resources in Los Angeles, CA, with performances May 8-10.
Vi Bui
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2025
Vi Bui, a photographer and filmmaker, received a grant in March to present Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood) in Hoa Tay (Flower Hands), a group exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, LA, on view March 14-September 21.
CFGNY
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2025
CFGNY, a collective comprised of artists Daniel Chew, Ten Izu, Kirsten Kilponen, and Tin Nguyen, received a grant in March to present Continuous Fractures Generating New Yields, a solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, Canada, on view April 4-September 7.
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.
Debit
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2025
Delia Beatriz Martinez, an electronic music composer who performs as Debit, received a grant in March to present Sequedad Sobrenaturalizada (Supernaturalized Silence) at Ex Teresa Arte Actual in Mexico City, Mexico, on view March 25-April 6, with a concert on April 4.
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.