Grantees All Years
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Journey without a Map
Woodward, Jill
Year Grant Awarded: 2015
In the short documentary "Journey without a Map", Abduol discovers an unlikely passion in contemporary dance, tapping into the healing power of art as he seeks asylum in Greece from his native Afghanistan. Read More
- Website: http://www.jillwoodward.com
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Antiwar Billboard Project NYC
World BEYOND War
Year Grant Awarded: 2018
World BEYOND War puts up billboards in numerous cities across the world to bolster public antiwar education efforts and amplify our global antiwar voices. The unique public approach has helped create difficult conversations that otherwise wouldn't happen. Read More
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- Website: https://worldbeyondwar.org/
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Killing Season Chicago
Wortendyke, Krista
Year Grant Awarded: 2015
Killing Season Chicago is a data driven installation comprised of photographs from 172 homicide sites in Chicago during the summer of 2010. This grant translated the large-scale art installation into an impactful, online representation of the work. Read More
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- Website: http://killingseasonchicago.com
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Pete Seeger’s Legacy: IF I HAD A HAMMER
WQ7856P
Year Grant Awarded: 2016
Assessing the folk-singer/activist's lasting gifts to the world. Read More
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At the Hands of Persons Unknown
Würfel, Gesche
Year Grant Awarded: 2018
"At the Hands of Persons Unknown" explores how trees have been silent witnesses to the lynching of women in the U.S.. Given the renewed interest into the many ways women are oppressed by contemporary power structures, exploring the forgotten history of female lynching is both timely and relevant. Read More
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- Website: https://geschewuerfel.com
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The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall
Würfel, Gesche
Year Grant Awarded: 2022
My photography project, “The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall,” focuses on Germany’s reunification post-1990. It was presented in a solo exhibition at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany, from February 25 – March 20, 2022. Read More
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- Website: https://geschewuerfel.com
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Getting Under Our Skin
Wyllie, Nancy
Year Grant Awarded: 2021
The Global Skin bleaching epidemic is explored through historical references dating back to Ancient Egypt and raw interviews with Americans navigating race and colorism in the 21st century. Read More
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- Website: www.nancywyllie.com
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For A Better Life
Yasmin Mistry / Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
"For A Better Life" is the fourth film in an eight part documentary film series, created by the Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project (FCFCEP), which tells the true-to-life stories of foster youth in order to create greater understanding of the U.S. child welfare system. Read More
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Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project
Yasmin Mistry | idesygn creative LLC
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Crushed in childhood by their fragmented families, 9 individual foster youth face down abuse, institutionalization and death to defy the odds. Read More
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- Website: http://www.fostercarefilm.com
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Awaken the Imagination
Yeghiazaryan, Lusine
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
Awaken the Imagination was a collaborative effort between the artist and various NYP Library branches. It was a series of window displays featuring large paper sculptures depicting powerful imagery from books with socially conscious and educational messages intended to draw in younger people. Read More
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- Website: lucyjazznyc.com