Grantee tags socialjustice

Blue Lotus: new music as a vehicle for social activism.

Gwen Laster/New Muse 4tet

Year Grant Awarded: 2018

An original music recording inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and devoted to social activism. Violinist Gwen Laster leads New Muse 4tet string quartet in performing her original works that include her commissioned piece "Black Lives Matter Suite" motivated by the Sandra Bland tragedy. Read More

AFTER EFFECTS

Linda Bond

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

“After Effects”, a solo exhibition in 2017 at the Human Rights Institute Gallery, Kean University, addressed issues of social concern, primarily the mediated experience of war and global unrest. Read More