Grantees All Genres

Singing for Justice

Estelle Freedman , Christie Herring &

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

A 60 Minute Documentary about the life of Faith Petric - a joyous performer who united folk music and activism across nearly a century, singing to change the world – and herself.

THE INCREDIBLE PAULK

Christoph Gelfand, Caroline Losneck &

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

Visually impaired surfer Aaron Paulk is used to uncertainty, but his latest life challenge may be the most difficult to overcome. But for Aaron, surfing isn’t only about winning gold medals + competitions. The ocean is a source of strength and healing, and a way to foster resilience and community.

Indigenous Plant Knowledge Series

Jacobs, Margaret

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

My project focuses on the Emerald Ash Borer and explores ways of reclaiming and relearning Indigenous knowledge systems to establish paths toward self-sustainability and decolonization through the creation of physical objects.

The Golden Thread

VanderKelen, Janelle

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

The Golden Thread is a 16mm single-channel feature that illuminates alternative soil conservation approaches rooted in both scientific innovation and the environmental philosophies of Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century abbess and protofeminist scholar.

King of Nothing

No Exit Theatre Collective

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

King of Nothing is a one-clown/one-sock puppet mangling of King Lear set on a mountain of trash lit entirely by the audience. It was originally workshopped as part of TrashFest/DarkFest in June 2022, and had its world premier in May 2023 at The Brick in association with No Exit Theatre Collective.

Once She Dries

Cohen, Nancy

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

Once She Dries is an experimental opera and multimedia installation about coral reefs and climate change, created by 6 artists across 4 continents.

Trolley Park: Midway Memories

Cabin Nine Films LLC

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

Trolley Park: Midway Memories visits one of the oldest trolley parks in the country. These parks helped usher in the golden age of amusement parks. In the early 1900s there were more than a thousand trolley parks. Now only a dozen remain.

Bad Outdoorsmen

Hargrave, Kathryn

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

We created experimental audition tape titled “Bad Outdoorsmen” for the survivalist reality TV show Alone. Shows like Alone glorify a traditionally masculine, white, individualistic, and extractive relationship with the land.

Vanguard Social: Visions of Southern Queer Resistance

Rose-Grayson, Carolyn

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

“Vanguard Social: Visions of Southern Queer Resistance,” highlights the works of Southern QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous People of Color) artists as a means of empowering and uplifting their lived experience.

Augmented

Rea, Raymond

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

“Augmented” (working title) is a short experimental animation incorporating traditional analog photography with digital animation techniques and digital editing to examine and educate about disability in a visceral way.