Emergency Grants

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8 Artists

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.

Robin Deacon

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.

Wesleigh Gates

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.

Ulrik López

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.

Derek Spencer

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.