Grantee tags loss

Absence/Presence

Mistry , Yasmin

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

ABSENCE/PRESENCE is a half-hour documentary film which celebrates foster youth, showing how school, extended-family and the kindness of strangers can help a child find their path in life. Read More

Absence/Presence

Mistry , Yasmin

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

ABSENCE/PRESENCE is a half-hour documentary film which celebrates foster youth, showing how school, extended-family and the kindness of strangers can help a child find their path in life. Read More

Still, Life: A Photographic Journey Through Grief

Treanor, Sarah

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

"Still, Life" is a photographic self-portrait series exploring the transformative power of art during times of grief. Created by the artist resulting a death in her life, this project aims to raise awareness about the value of art and creativity in healing, both for the creator and the viewer. Read More

Woof & Chirp

Tofu Riot

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

"Woof & Chirp" is an animated short film about a drifting bird named “Chirp” and a lonely dog named “Woof”. It is a story about loss and coping, and examines the displacement of the refugee and isolationism on a tiny coconut island. Read More

Foreclosed Home Movie

Lisa Danker

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

A memoir of losing a home in 1930, in Miami, becomes the sister tale to a foreclosure in 2013. Read More

Road Shrines: A Peripheral Blur

Flynn, Pamela

Year Grant Awarded: 2006

Road shrines are on most highways in New Jersey. One may or may not take note of them. This project acknowledges the existence of these shrines and acknowledges the importance of each one to someone. This project explores the pain of loss. One must a Read More