Grantees All Genres
When the Womb is Tender
Burton, Tasha
Year Grant Awarded: 2022
When the Womb Is Tender is a photo project about the disparate impact of uterine fibroids on the lives of Black and Latin/Hispanic women.
- Website www.tashanburton.com
The Big Cover Up
Bush, Diane aka Olson-Baskin, Diane
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Satirical "ImBLEACHments of political figures are incorporated into woven blankets that are then given away to Occupiers, and the homeless. These satirical portraits are photographed off the TV, printed and then splashed with household bleach.
- Website http://www.dianebush.net
FOR PROFIT
Calafato, Aaron
Year Grant Awarded: 2012
Aaron Calafato's FOR PROFIT is a vibrant solo-portrayal of “the exploitation of the American college student,” & told through the lens of an unwilling admission adviser. The play has been performed 43 times in 6 States this year.
- Website http://www.aaroncalafato.com
Portraits of the Ecological Self
Callas, Kimberly
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Is there an ecological self? Is there a place within us that remembers we are nature? Can this ‘self’ hold the answers about how to live sustainably within the cycles and limits of our home planet? I explore these questions through this art project.
- Website http://www.kimberlycallas.com
Arts Funding for Camp Kinderland
Camp Kinderland
Year Grant Awarded: 2019
Camp Kinderland is a multicultural summer camp and community that honors our progressive secular Jewish roots through our commitment to economic, racial, and social justice. Our programming integrate progressive values with arts, recreation, and activism in a compassionate and caring environment.
- Website campkinderland.org
Funding for Arts and Cultural Programming at Camp Kinderland
Camp Kinderland
Year Grant Awarded: 2021
Every summer, Camp Kinderland is grateful to receive very generous grant from the Puffin Foundation which provides funding for the arts for our campers. On behalf of the entire Camp Kinderland community, THANK YOU to the Puffin Foundation!
- Website campkinderland.org
You Know Your Children (formerly “The Bones of Our Tribe”)
Cano Villalobos, Mandy
Year Grant Awarded: 2022
This project retells the family histories of Anishinaabe matriarchs against the larger backdrop of U.S. – Native relations. Rooted in historical research and interviews, the final installation was exhibited at The Lubeznik Center (Michigan City, IN), upon land dispossessed from the Anishinaabe.
- Website www.mandycano.com
Girl Model
Carnivalesque Films
Year Grant Awarded: 2010
GIRL MODEL documents a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S. within the modeling industry. The story is told through the eyes of the scout and a 13 year-old model.
- Website http://www.carnivalesquefilms.com
The Mischlinge Exposé
Carolyn Enger
Year Grant Awarded: 2016
Through music and film, Carolyn Enger's Mischlinge Exposé paints a complex portrait of one of the greatest tragedies in the modern era and its continued relevance to our current historical moment.
- Website www.carolynenger.com
To Use A Mountain
Cassingham, Colleen
Year Grant Awarded: 2021
TO USE A MOUNTAIN is a feature documentary that presents vignettes of ruin and salvation in six candidate communities for the nation's nuclear dumping ground.
- Website www.gcciii.com