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President Ben Cameron will retire following 8 years of service to and leadership of the Jerome Foundation. Korn Ferry will conduct the search for his successor. A job description for the position is now available (as of November 9).

The Jerome Foundation is pleased to announce 9 grants totaling $530,136 to Minnesota-based arts organizations and initiatives to support opportunities for choreographers and dance makers at early stages in their careers. Grants were made to Ananya Dance Theater (ADT), Explore Choreo North, Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center (IRoots), MOVO, Red Eye Theater, Three Thirty One Space, The Cowles Center, Threads Dance Project and Walker Art Center.

Recommended by a multi-disciplinary panel comprised of artists and arts leaders and confirmed by the Jerome Board of Directors, this dynamic group of early-career artists—working across visual arts, music, literature, dance, and more—includes Janani Balasubramanian, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Amanda Krische, Ka Oskar Ly, Migiwa Miyajima, Michael Premo, Ashwini Ramaswamy, and Nicole Sealey.

Lara Mimosa Montes and Melissa Levin will join the Foundation in January 2022.

$168,000 awarded to thirteen early career filmmakers in Minnesota.

$431,640 awarded to 22 early career filmmakers in New York City

Please note: applications for these positions are now closed.

See highlights from the year that was, covering May 1, 2020–April 30, 2021.

Helga Davis elected to her first term as a Director, and Sarah Bellamy and Lori Pourier re-elected to their second terms

The Jerome Foundation has committed $1M to support two collaborative funding initiatives, one in Minnesota and one in New York City, for Black, Native American and Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American-Led Arts Organizations.