Grantees All Genres

The Oblate Cycle (2014)

Pioneers Go East Collective

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

THE OBLATE CYCLE: Operas about cloistered nuns in Medieval and Renaissance society who, because of their gender, class, were Oblates but who through their intellect and artistic abilities, were able to transcend the convent as a space of confinement

Cowboys (stars)

Pioneers Go East Collective

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

Cowboys (stars) is a short film documentary featuring the compelling story of activist and drag performance artist Agosto Machado. Agosto regales us with a tapestry of stories from the Gay Liberation Movement, Stonewall, and firsthand descriptions of activists Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson.

No Human Involved

PJ Starr

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

No Human Involved is a feature length documentary about a woman destroyed by a 27-month prison sentence for prostitution in Arizona and the tenacity of those who fight for justice in her name through public art and other forms of activism. Video can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/nohumaninvolved

The Eco Rise

Poetic People Power

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

A poetic show spotlighting environmental heroes

Goldmine Inclusive Theatre for Children, Teens, and Adults with Disabilities

Positive Action Community Theatre (PACT)

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Goldmine Inclusive Theatre programs provide high quality theatre training and expression for children, teens, and adults with disabilities. They consist of an approximately 50/50 combination of those with disabilities and their typical peers.

Inclusive Performing Arts Workshops for Individuals with Disabilities (2014)

Positive Action Community Theatre (PACT)

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Our theatre and performing arts workshops teach life skills to children, teens, and young adults with high functioning autism/Aspergers. We utilize improvisational theatre and choreographed dance to popular music sung by the group.

Theatre for Autism

Positive Action Community Theatre (PACT)

Year Grant Awarded: 2018

‘Theatre for Autism’ provided people on the autism spectrum with theatre workshops and an opportunity to perform theatre out in the community as employees of our organization. This broadened the reach of theatre to a population that is often excluded from mainstream opportunities in the arts.

Progressive Diasporas

Prajapati, Sheetal

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Progressive Diasporas is a curatorial project series exploring the experiences and intersections of immigrant diasporas through a set of collaboratively developed, cumulative experiences and events featuring artist Umber Majeed and artist collective Adobo-Fish-Sauce.

Goodness

Project Y Theatre Company

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

GOODNESS, by Sean Christopher Lewis, was performed at Under St. Marks Theater in June 2012. It was directed by Michole Biancosino, with Teresa Stephenson, Aaliyah Muneerah Habeeb, Shannon Michael Wamser, Roland Lane, and Keona Welch.

First Comes Love

Proud, B.

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

First Comes Love is a celebration of long-term relationships in the LGBTQ community through black and white photographic portraits with accompanying stories, and video. The hardbound book published by Soleil Press will be available in September 2014.