Grantees All Years

“A BRIDGE TO FAME”

Ryland, Lori

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

"ART LAUNCH PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE & TEENS" developed out of scholarship monies provided by the Puffin Foundation to provide art instruction & art supplies to teens in need or at risk at loriryland.com ART STUDIO & GALLERY, in Sandy, Oregon. Read More

I Pledge Allegiance

Sabater, Annette

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

I Pledge Allegiance is a response to the divisions and need for unity in our country. Various themes are rendered in oil pastel and graphite on paper. Collage works made from prints of the original pieces will represent unity. This exhibit is scheduled for September 2020 in Portland Oregon. Read More

Two Sisters

Sablin, Nadia

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

Two Sisters details the daily routines of elderly unmarried women, whose lives in a small Russian village have suffered little change over the decades. Read More

Remembering the 4th Ward, Englewood NJ

Sam Lee / Encounters In Black Traditions

Year Grant Awarded: 2010

Englewood folklorist Thomas Monroe talks with 4th Ward elder Mrs. Edna Dobbins Floyd. The interview takes place in the house she was born in. A project of Encounters In Black Traditions, made possible in part with the support of the Puffin Foundatio Read More

every.single.one

Sampson, Cherie

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

“every.single.one,” by Cherie Sampson is a one-woman show depicting personal, familial and community stories about hereditary cancer while exploring topics of genetics, integrative oncology, and healing from a patient’s perspective of modern medicine. Performed at the DCJCC theater, July, 2024. Read More

The Never Ending Greed Story

Sanfiorenzo, Phyllis

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

“The NeverEnding Greed Story” is a climate change installation. This design is a response to the struggle against the apathy and complacency of global warming. When the threat of creature comforts are at stake, my design questions what role does money play into global warming? Read More

The Fruitful Wound: Photographs of Harlem Gardens

Santella, Dennis

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Since the summer of 2008 I have been mapping and photographing Community Gardens and lots in Harlem. Unlike buildings and storefronts, owned and constructed by others, the gardens are planned and constructed according to the whims of their members. Read More

Deep Water

Sarah Council Dance Projects

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Deep Water is an evening of dance that focuses on women found on the margins of society; exploring ideas that relate to poverty, exploitation and survival. Deep Water includes the expansion of two current SCDP works, Shadowlands and Staring at Stones Read More

Now You See Me

Sarah Thornington - Ebb the Tide

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

Mini stop motions made with found marine-debris about the superpowers of some of our endangered sea creatures like North Atlantic Right Whales and Piping Plovers, and why we should work harder to protect them. Read More

Tower

Sari Nordman

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

Tower, an interdisciplinary installation, reflects on climate change. Combining sculpture, video, archiving and community participation, the work highlights interviews of people of diverse backgrounds sharing their personal experiences with climate change. Read More