Grantees All Genres

Labor Arts Program (2014)

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Labor Art classes for students grades 3-5 are held on Saturdays at the American Labor Museum to introduce children to the story of immigrants and the labor movement,then & now, as a means of inspiration to create performing and visual arts projects.

Labor Arts Program

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Labor Art classes for students grades 3-5 are on Saturdays at the Museum. Classes introduce students to the history and contemporary issues of immigrants and the labor movement, as a means of inspiration to create visual & performing arts projects.

Pachamama: Mother World

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Pachamama: Mother World is an exploration of Dance Theatre inspired by the male initiation rituals of the Selk’nam, a tribe in Argentina. The performance unfolds like a prehistoric commedia dell arte, reconnecting with the primal impulses of art.

Accession

and Tamer Hassan , Armand Yervant Tufenkian

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

In this 16mm travelogue, Tamer Hassan and Armand Yervant Tufenkian trace a collection of letters, originally written to accompany seed packets sent between friends and families, across the U.S.

[hyphen] Americans

Anderson-Staley, Keliy

Year Grant Awarded: 2010

This series of over 500 collodion tintypes portraits draws attention to the fact that images of ourselves exist within a history of images, and challenges photography's historical role in defining human difference.

SPECIAL

Ann P Meredith

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

The timely unprecedented diverse inclusive character driven play offering 6 female leads that passionately looks at the life long ramifications of sexual harassment rape & sexual assault & the healing power of reclaiming one’s stolen innocence through finding your voice & speaking the Truth

Just Like Us

Ann Rosen Photography

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

I developed a digital photography program for women living in shelters in Brooklyn and Rochester, NY. Mastering these skills empowered them as they struggled with homelessness and poverty. My photographic portraits of these women will be exhibited at Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY in 2020.

On Nochaway Presentation

Anna Gage Norton

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

This work documents one example of forest restoration to promote biodiversity for a sustainable ecosystem. During a critical time as we reach a point of no return for climate change, I believe it is crucial to highlight efforts by citizens and illustrate that global change begins locally.

Entropy

Anna Pasztor

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

“Entropy” is a three-channel video installation, which treats the topic of exploitation of physical labor. The installation was included in the “Expanding Art: an art and technology exhibition” and presented at Governors Island, at Harvestworks’ Gallery in the fall of 2019.

Repatriation and Deception

Antaramian Hofman, Hazel

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Art and Ethnographic Project on Post-WWII Repatriation to Soviet Armenia consists of research of surviving repatriates to document their stories and photographs. Paintings and drawings are in response to the deceptive propaganda of the movement.