Grantee tags environment

The Good Earth Project (2014)

Kerpel, Jon

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

This project is dedicated to all the life-giving organisms that support our planet & are indispensable to our survival. With my art form I hope to raise awareness of environmental challenges & engage people in a dialogue that encourages stewardship. Read More

Coal Cocked

Bernofsky, Gene

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Coal Cocked is an advocacy film meant to help stop Arch Coal from strip mining 1.3 billion tons of coal in the Tongue River and Powder River Basins of Montana. Read More

Undue Influence: the power of Police and Prison Guards’ Unions

Making Contact/ National Radio Project

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Puffin Foundation supported the production and distribution of an edition of Making Contact investigating the undue influence of police and prison guards’ unions. MC’s radio documentary series can be heard on 141 stations and at www.radioproject.org Read More

The Green Room (2014)

Scoates, Vandy

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

The Green Room is a project website that was created to explore, research and share ideas about producing sustainable theatre in North America. The website include a multitude of resources for finding sustainable options, readings and products. Read More

The Wider Earth (2014)

Dead Puppet Society LLC

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

The Wider Earth was a twenty-minute work-in-progress showing of a new production by Dead Puppet Society based on Charles Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle and parallels drawn to the current state of our planet. This was presented by St. Ann’s Warehouse. Read More

Miracle Grow

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Miracle Grow is a site specific wallpaper installation in which patterning and historical decoration of mid-century kitchen wallpaper has been co-opted to explore the glorification of herbicides and pesticides in the 21st century. Read More

Fly By Light (2014)

One Common Unity

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

The Fly By Light Youth Ambassador Program is an innovative youth program that emphasizes leadership, compassionate communication, effective conflict resolution, and self-love as pathways to personal growth, health and wellness. Read More

The Anacostia Project

Schlyer, Krista

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

This is a multi-year documentary project about the Anacostia River in Washington DC. Photography of this river, its wildlife and people, will be used to raise public consciousness about degradation and restoration of this historic watershed. Read More

I-5, Windmills

Clairobscur Dance Company / Sefton

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

"I-5, Windmills" examines the issue of power, the wind, air pollution, rolling ridge green or tan mountains and the majestic turbines that grace their slopes. Set to the majestic score by Sasha Matson of the same name. Read More

Boston Don’t Dump

Allen, Jane Ingram

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

For the “Boston Don’t Dump” project Jane created a new series of handmade paper artworks focused on the environmental issue of clean water and urban runoff and pollution of Boston’s waterways. Read More