Past
Grantees

Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), New York City, received a one-year grant of $46,000 for FACE OUT, a program that empowers four early-career New York City-based authors to take an active role in how their manuscripts are published and promoted, and provides them and their partnering publishers with resources and tools for successfully marketing their books to their greatest potential.

The artist will travel to Phoenix, AZ for 4 days to participate in the 2018 NonfictioNOW conference, to be hosted by Arizona State University.

Danspace Project, New York City, received a one-year grant of $34,500 to support seven New York City or Minnesota-based early career choreographers in the emerging artist commissions and production residency program.

Dixon Place, New York City, received a one-year grant of $25,000 for the Commissioning Program for New York City-based early career artists to create and present new work (two workshops and three full productions) in 2019.

The artist will travel to Bukhara, Samarkand, and Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Moscow, Russia for 21 days to conduct research around her familial legacy for a new video project centered on her family's story of the Bolshevik revolution and the Perestroika.

Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, received a one-year grant of $20,000 for the EST/Youngblood program, serving 30 New York City-based playwrights under 30 years of age to develop their writing and create new work.

ETHEL’s Foundation for the Arts, New York City, received a one-year grant of $20,000 for ETHEL’s HomeBaked Round IV for commissioning and premieres of new work by four New York City-based early career artists.

Forecast Public Art, St. Paul, Minnesota, received a two-year grant of $80,000 to support six early career Minnesota-based artists to implement a public art project or perform research and development on a public art idea in 2019 and 2020.

Four Way Books, New York City, received a one-year grant of $23,000 for the New Stars Are Born program, which will publish three debut or second collection poetry books by early career/emerging poets based in Minnesota or New York City.

Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota, received a one-year grant of $39,000 for the FSP/Jerome Emerging Artist Fellowship Program, providing four emerging artists or artist teams from Minnesota and New Your City fellowships to create and exhibit large-scale three-dimensional artwork in 2019.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Brooklyn, New York, received a two-year grant of $60,000 for the Franklin Furnace Fund, a program serving early career artists from New York City or Minnesota selected by peer panel review for year-long grants to produce new major works of performance art in New York in 2018–19 and 2019–20.

Gibney Dance, New York City, received a two-year grant of $50,000 to support the Making Space EA+ Program for 6 early career artists to develop and premiere new evening-length work in 2018–19 and 2019–20.

Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received a one-year grant of $23,000 to support the editing, marketing, and full publication of books by two New York City-based writers: Wayétu Moore’s She Would Be King and Oculus by Sally Wen Mao.

Harlem Stage (Aaron Davis Hall), New York City, received a one-year grant of $25,000 to support the Fund for New Work: commissions for 7–10 New York City-based early career artists to create, develop, and present new work.

Harvestworks, New York City, received a one-year grant of $17,000 in support of creative residencies for early career/emerging artists to research, develop, create and present new work.

HERE, New York City, received a one-year grant of $22,000 for the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), serving up to 11 multi-disciplinary artists (or artist teams) in their 2- to 3-year process to develop and premiere their full-length productions.

The artist will travel to Seville, Spain for 62 days to study interpretations of "cante jondo" or "deep song" through flamenco dance.

Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received a two-year grant of $40,000 for its Jerome Emerging Printmakers Residency for three emerging artists each year to develop, create, and exhibit new work in 2018-2019 and 2019–2020.

The artist will travel to Panama City, Panama for 90 days. Holnes will interview family members in Panama about their experiences of Operation Just Cause (the US Invasion of Panama to remove General Manuel Noriega from power) as inspiration for a book of poems about Panama and family.

In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (HOBT), Minneapolis, Minnesota, received a two-year grant of $50,000 for the Puppet Lab Program, a 6-month mentorship program for four early career Minnesota-based artists or artist teams to create new puppet performance in 2018–19 and 2019–20.