Grantees 2024

Contemporary Floral Medicinal Elucidations from the Codex de la Cruz-Badiano

Amezkua, Blanka

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

Contemporary Floral Medicinal Elucidations from the Codex de la Cruz-Badiano celebrates the knowledge of Indigenous peoples, particularly their expertise with medicinal plants and their applications through the creation of 13 acrylic paintings. Read More

Sheroes of the Ocean

ARTSail Residency and Research Initiative

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

Sheroes of the Ocean is an ARTSail spearheaded initiative that aims to shed light on the inspiring stories of women who are making significant contributions to ocean conservation. Read More

Hybrid Zones

Bacon, Rachel

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

Hybrid Zones is research project in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal mining region, exploring its damaged landscapes and social and ecological challenges. For an exhibition in Nov. 2025, I'm making large scale semi-sculptural graphite drawings and a publication on the region's many layers. Read More

Mosaic: An Immersive Artist’s Book of Immigrant Stories

Bayar, Tulu

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

"Mosaic" grew from healing, community workshops where immigrants shared stories, memories, and photos. I transformed these into a hand-bound artist’s book—an intimate, tactile archive celebrating resilience, belonging, and the layered experiences that shape American life. Read More

Bugs, Trees and Me

Beresford, Madeleine

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

Families are introduced to insects, birds and plants that are struggling to live in our backyards and open spaces. Short puppet plays bring to life the plight of some of our local, endangered wildlife. The show raises awareness of steps we can take to help pollinators and native plants. Read More

WE HEAR YOU—A CLIMATE ARCHIVE

Cassidy, Caitlin

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

WE HEAR YOU—A CLIMATE ARCHIVE is a global performance project exploring youth perspectives on the climate emergency. Read More

Portrait of a Woman

Cox, Rachel

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

My photographic project examines the personal and cultural stigmas associated with female infertility while also raising awareness for the millions of people who seek to build their families though assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Read More

Flight Lessons

Crooks, Deborah

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

"Flight Lessons" is a two-act, 17-song, six-character folk opera about Peregrine Falcons and humans living at the intersection of wild and urban habitats. The narrative follows the lives of a breeding pair of Peregrine Falcons and the humans with whom they interact after one of the birds is shot. Read More

Record and Distribute 3ɟutures for Trumpet and Orchestra to Advocate for Environmental Justice

Dalager, Jacob

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

With the help of a Puffin Foundation grant, I was able to record 3ɟutures for Trumpet and Orchestra, trumpet concerto about climate change, with Ming Luke and the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra. The recording will soon be distributed to streaming services everywhere, elevating the cause of climate ju Read More

American Masculinity

Denil, Markus

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

AMERICAN MASCULINITY is a collaborative project by Markus Denil and Marval Rex focused on expanding out collective memory of what it means to be trans/masculine today. Read More