Panelists
and
Reviewers
Jerome Hill Artist Fellow Mazz Swift. Photo by Nisha Sondhe Photography.
Jerome Foundation engages artists and arts leaders to assist with the review of applications for our grant programs. These panelists and reviewers have direct experience with early career artists and a deep knowledge of their respective arts field/s. Panelists and reviewers are asked to evaluate the applications based on explicit review criteria, which are identified in the guidelines for each program, and to assess the applicant’s fit with the Foundation’s values of diversity, innovation and risk, and humility.
Panelists and reviewers frequently have had prior experience with Jerome through either participation in Jerome-funded programs or direct grants support from the Foundation. The Foundation rigorously adheres to standards of conflict of interest to assure that no panelist or reviewer reviews materials or participates in a discussion about an application in which they have a vested interest or are involved, whether directly or indirectly. Below please find a list, organized by discipline, of the Foundation’s panelists and reviewers for the past few years.
Dance Panelists and Reviewers
- Leila Awadallah, choreographer and Artistic Director of Body Watani
- Jonah Bokaer, choreographer and media artist and co-founder of Chez Bushwick
- Yanira Castro, interdisciplinary artist
- Kim Chan, Associate Artistic Director, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
- Peggy Cheng, former Director of Development, Danspace Project
- Ananya Chatterjea, Artistic Director of Ananya Dance Theatre
- Thomas DeFrantz, Director of SLIPPAGE@Duke
- Kealoha Ferreira, performing and teaching artist of Ananya Dance Theatre; Artistic Associate and a Co-Leader the Shawngram Institute for Performance & Social Justice
- Jane Gabriels, Director at Pepatián: Bronx Arts ColLABorative
- Melanie Greene, choreographer, writer, organizer
- Kayla Hamilton, Director of K. Hamilton Projects
- Emily Johnson, choreographer and Artistic Director of Catalyst Dance
- Raja Feather Kelly, Director of The Feath3r Theory
- Jordan Lloyd, choreographer
- Christopher K. Morgan, former Vice President of Programming at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center (the MACC)
- Leah Nelson, choreographer and fusionist
- Cynthia Oliver, Choreographer, Performer, and Professor and former Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois, Urbana
- Leslie Parker, choreographer, Leslie Parker Dance Project
- Craig Peterson, former Artistic Director of Abrons Arts Center and Deputy Program Officer for Visual and Performing Arts at Henry Street Settlement
- Toni Pierce-Sands, Founder & Artistic Director, TU Dance
- Aparna Ramaswamy, Co-Artistic Director and dancer, Ragamala Dance Company
- Ashwini Ramaswamy, choreographer
- Charles Rice-González, Executive Director, BAAD! (Bronx Academy of Art and Dance)
- Judith Shui Xian, choreographer
- Rosy Simas, choreographer and Director of Rosy Simas Dance
- Clarissa Soto Josephs, Executive Director, Pentacle
- Pamela Tatge, Executive & Artistic Director, Jacob’s Pillow
- Mariana Valencia, artist
- Kristin Van Loon, choreographer (HIJACK), co-director (HAIR+NAILS), Artistic Director of BLB Theater
- Pramila Vasudevan, artist and founder of Aniccha Arts
- Julie Voigt, Senior Program Officer of Performing Arts, Walker Art Center
- Sixto Wagan, former Executive Director of Diverse Works and Director of the Center for Arts and Social Engagement at the University of Houston
- Arneshia Williams, educator
- Martin Wechsler, former Director of Programming at the Joyce Theater
- Sage Ni'Ja Whitson, artist and professor
- Janet Wong, Associate Artistic Director of New York Live Arts and the Bill T.Jones/Arnie Zane Company
- DeeArah Wright, mover, strategist, Education and Programs Consultant for Brooklyn Children’s Museum and former Associate Artistic Director of JACK
- André Zachery, Artistic Director of Renegade Performance Group
- Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder/visioning partner of Urban Bush Women
Film, Video and Digital Production Panelists and Reviewers
- Anthony Adah, Professor, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
- Claire Aguilar, Director of Programming and Policy, International Documentary Association
- Cecilia Aldarondo, filmmaker
- Samah Ali, Senior Programmer, Shorts and Documentary for DOC NYC
- Toni Bell, Filmmaker Services Manager at the International Documentary Association
- Daniel Bergin, Executive Producer at Twin Cities Public Television
- Francene Blythe-Lewis, Executive Director of Vision Maker Media
- Shirley Bruno, filmmaker/artist
- Mridu Chandra, Documentary Producer and Director IF/Then Shorts, Tribeca Film Institute
- Rachel Chanoff, Director, The Office performing arts + films
- Kecia Élan Cole, Supervising Producer at BRIC Media
- James Curry, filmmaker and professor at Augsburg College
- Valerie Deus, Film Curator and Programmer at FilmNorth’s Cinema Lounge and Programmer for the Provincetown International Film Festival
- Ram Devineni, documentary filmmaker, technologist, and founder of Rattapallax
- Thalia Drori Ramirez, writer, producer, director
- Felix Endara, independent filmmaker
- Jim Finn, filmmaker
- Deb Girdwood, Moving Image Department Program Manager, Walker Art Center and former curator Childish Films
- Johannes Goebel, Founding Director of Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Marlina Gonzalez, former Twin Cities Public Television, Community Impact Manager, arts curator and media arts producer
- Joua Lee Grande, filmmaker, media educator, community organizer
- Denise Greene, Director of Programs at Black Public Media
- Alison Guessou, filmmaker, Djini Productions
- Leya Hale, Twin Cities Public Television documentary producer
- Stina Hamlin, co-founder of STATE of Mind Media, immersive story plexor and post producer
- Carrie Hawks, filmmaker, artists, Assistant Professor at Parsons/The New School
- Ange Hwang, Executive Director of Asian Media Access
- Rasu Jilani, former Cultural Network Curator at Lambent Foundation and independent curator, cultural producer and social sculptor
- Raven Johnson, filmmaker
- Naomi Ko, filmmaker, writer, performance artist, and cultural producer
- Grace Lee, filmmaker
- Wendy Levy, Executive Director of the Alliance for Media Arts + Culture
- Kate Marks, filmmaker
- Eddie Martinez, filmmaker and Associate Professor at SUNY Purchase
- John Mhiripiri, Director, Anthology Film Archives
- Moon Molson, filmmaker and Associate Professor, Princeton University
- Paola Mottura, Program Manager, Independent Filmmaker Project
- Lucy Jane Mukerjee, Senior Programmer at the Tribeca Film Festival
- Alyce Myatt, consultant and former Director of the NEA Media Program and PBS Executive
- Jenni Olson, Film Curator, filmmaker, author and LGBT film historian
- Raúl O. Paz Pastrana, filmmaker, cinematographer, and multimedia creator
- Adam Piron, Film Programmer at Sundance Institute
- Craig Laurence Rice, filmmaker and professor at Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- Anthony Riddle, SVP of Community Media at BRIC Arts Media
- Jose Rodriguez, former Director of Documentary Programs at Tribeca Film Institute
- Jules Rosskam, filmmaker and Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at University of Maryland
- Lily Jue Sheng, artist/filmmaker
- Kristin Solid, 3D animator and Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)
- Hebe Tabachnik, Senior Programmer at the Seattle, Palm Springs and Cartagena International Film Festivals, Artistic Director of Cine Latino Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Co-Founder and VP of Lokro Productions, Inc.
- Merit Thursday, filmmaker, host of Cinema Lounge, programmer of Video Variant and animation teacher with MCAD/Perpich/COMPAS
- Jiny Ung, filmmaker and animation artist
- Rosa Valado, visual artist and founder and director of The Greenpoint Film Festival
- Kang Vang, filmmaker, producer, mentor and teacher with In Progress, Asian Media Access, and University of Minnesota
- Barbara Vasconez, Program Manager at New York Women in Film & Television
- Francisco Velasquez, Associate Director at Project Involve (Film Independent)
- Chloe Walters-Wallace, Director of Regional Initiatives at Firelight Media
- Maya Washington, writer, director, producer, and Creative Director at Running Water Entertainment, LLC
- Missy Whiteman, writer, director, producer, curator
- Matt Wolf, filmmaker
- Kuye Youngblood, General Manager, BRIC Media
- Betty Yu, multimedia artist and filmmaker
- Rini Yun Keagy, filmmaker and adjunct faculty at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- Debbie Zimmerman, Executive Director, Women Make Movies
Literature Panelists and Reviewers
- Mary-Kim Arnold, interim academic dean, Vermont College of Fine Art
- Jennifer Baker, Senior Program Manager, Narrative Initiative
- Catina Bacote, writer and Assistant Professor at Trinity College
- Barrie Jean Borich, literary nonfiction author and Associate Professor at DePaul University and editor of Slag Glass City
- Lisa Brimmer, poet and lead consultant at 66 Wands Consulting, LLC
- Ken Chen, writer and former Executive Director of Asian American Writers’ Workshop
- Gabrielle Civil, performance artist, writer, poet and Professor of Critical Studies at CalArts
- Michael Kleber-Diggs, poet essayist, literary critic, arts educator
- r. erica doyle, poet and facilitator for Tongues Afire
- Heid Erdrich, poet and founder of Turtle Mountain Writing Workshop
- Elliott Figman, Executive Director, Poets and Writers
- Chris Fischbach, former publisher of Coffee House Press
- Kim Foote, writer and Assistant Director of Global Programs, Gallatin School/NYU
- Shannon Gibney, writer and faculty at Minneapolis College
- Carmen Giménez, poet; Executive Director and Publisher at Graywolf Press
- Rigoberto González, writer and critic; professor of English and director of the MFA Program in creative writing at Rutgers University–Newark
- torrin a. greathouse, faculty at Pacific Lutheran University
- Carolyn Holbrook, author, founder of SASE, and Adjunct Professor of creative writing at Hamline University
- Su Hwang, poet and cofounder of Poetry Asylum
- Paolo Javier, poet and editor/publisher of 2nd Ave Poetry and Program Director at Poets House
- Stephen Motika, poet and Director and Publisher at Nightboat Books
- David Mura, writer, memoirist, poet, performance artist and teacher
- Tony Perez, former Senior Editor at Tin House Publishing
- Bao Phi, Program Director at The Loft Literary Center
- Gabrielle Rucker, fiction author
- Chris Santiago, poet, fiction author, and Assistant Professor at University of St. Thomas
- Sun Yung Shin, writer
- Danez Smith, poet
- Alejandro Varela, writer
- Danny Vazquez, adjunct instructor at City College of NY
- Nicole Wallace, Interim Executive Director at The Poetry Project
- Ellery Washington, fiction author and Associate Professor at the Pratt Institute
- Diane Wilson, author
- Jamia Wilson, VP/Executive Editor for Penguin and former Executive Director of the Feminist Press
- Randy Winston, writer and Writing Programs Manager at The Center for Fiction
- Kao Kalia Yang, writer, teacher, Minnesota Book Award Winner
- Monica Youn, poet and creative writing lecturer at Princeton University
Multidisciplinary Panelists and Reviewers
- Khadija Nia Adell, artist, Regional Regranting Program Manager, AWFVA
- Sandy Agustin, founder of Cre8tive Navigators, LLC
- Janani Balasubramanian, multidisciplinary artist
- Cinthia Chen, interdisciplinary artist
- Ka Oskar Ly, multidisciplinary artist and cultural producer
- Sharon Mansur, artist
- Mary Prescott, interdisciplinary artist
- Pramila Vasudevan, movement centered artist, culture worker, trans-disciplinary artist
- Sugar Vendil, composer, pianist, interdisciplinary artist, Sugar Vendil/Isogram
- Moira Villiard, artist and community organizer
- Kiyan Williams, artist
- Nia Witherspoon, multidisciplinary artist and healing justice practitioner
Music Panelists and Reviewers
- Kashimana Ahua, musician and composer
- Jay Afrisando, composer
- Doug Benidt, Associate Curator at Walker Art Center
- Rafiq Bhatia, artist
- Helga Davis, vocalist and performance artist
- Queen Drea, composer
- Simone Eccleston, inaugural Director of Hip Hop Culture and Contemporary Music at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Amir ElSaffar, trumpeter, composer, santur player, and vocalist
- Douglas Ewart, composer, performer, instrument maker
- Janis Lane-Ewart, development consultant and media producer
- Ronen Givony, founder and Artistic Director of the Wordless Music Series and Senior Curator for National Sawdust
- Eric M. C. Gonzalez, composer, perfomer, sound designer, and writer
- David Hamilton, musician and former Executive Director, The Cedar Cultural Center
- Pauline Kim Harris, Executive Director at Music at the Anthology
- Amy Iwano, former Executive Director, UChicago Presents at University of Chicago
- Jennifer Kessler, Executive Director of the International Contemporary Ensemble
- Bethany Lacktorin, Director of Little Theater Auditorium
- Cecilia Lopez, composer, musician, and multimedia artist
- Michelle Kinney, composer and faculty at the University of Minnesota
- Miya Masaoka, composer and sound artist
- Aquiles Navarro, professional musician, CEO and founder of River Down Records
- Todd Nicholson, Executive Director, Arts for Art
- John Nuechterlein, retired President/CEO of American Composers Forum
- Aruán Ortiz, composer
- Laura Ortman, musician, composer and artist
- Elena Park, Director and Curator at National Sawdust
- Marina Rosenfeld, composer and former Professor and co-chair of the MFA in Music/Sound at Bard College
- Walken Schweigert, Artistic Director of Bard of the Night
- Davu Seru, composer
- Gargi Shindé, jazz musician, Program Director of Jazz at Chamber Music America
- Jen Shyu, vocalist-composer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, co-founder of M³ (MutualMentorship for Musicians)
- Dameun Strange, composer, producer, and Artistic Director
- Immanuel Wilkins, musician
- C. Spencer Yeh, artist
- Bora Yoon, composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, interdisciplinary artist, and educator
Technology Centered Arts Panelists and Reviewers
- Ariana Faye Allensworth, artist
- Salome Asega, technology-centered artist, researcher and Director of NEW INC at the New Museum
- Ram Devineni, documentary filmmaker, technologist, and founder of Rattapallax
- Johannes Goebel, Founding Director of Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rasu Jilani, former Cultural Network Curator at Lambent Foundation and independent curator, cultural producer and social sculptor
- Luca Lee, transmedia artist and journalist, co-founding member of Make Space
- Yo-Yo Lin, artist
- LaJuné McMillian, artist
- Robert Ransick, technology-centered artist, designer, educator and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- Harpreet Sareen, Assistant Professor of Interaction and Media Design at The New School
- Xin Xin, interdisciplinary artist, designer, organizer and Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design
Theater, Performance & Spoken Word Panelists and Reviewers
- Keith Josef Adkins, playwright, screenwriter, artistic director
- May Adrales, theater director and Director of the Theatre Program at Fordham University
- Abigail Browde, theater artist, 600 HIGHWAYMEN
- Emilya Cachapero, Director of Grantmaking Programs, Theatre Communications Group
- Misha Chowdhury, writer, director
- Michelle Coffey, founder and Executive Director of the Lambent Foundation
- Jordana De La Cruz, Co-Director at JACK
- Lisa D’amour, Co-Artistic Director of PearlDamour
- Kristy Edmunds, artist, curator, Executive and Artistic Director of UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA)
- Paige Evans, Artistic Director of the Signature Theater
- Marvin González De León, playwright
- Joseph Haj, Artistic Director of the Guthrie Theater
- Signe Harriday, director and multidisciplinary artist
- Michelle Hensley, founder and former Artistic Director of Ten Thousand Things
- Phillip Howze, playwright and educator
- C. Julian Jiménez, playwright and Professor & Chair of Theatre at Queensborough Community College
- Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Vice-President and Artistic Director of Social Impact at the Kennedy Center
- Masanari Kawahara, Director of Naked Stages, Pillsbury House + Theatre
- Danielle King, Producer and Director of Organizational Culture at Williamstown Theatre Festival
- Ellen McLaughlin, playwright and actor
- Marcela Michelle, transdisciplinary artist, Executive Artistic Director of Lightning Rod Presents
- Lou Moreno, Artistic Director, INTAR Theatre
- Leah Nanako Winkler, playwright, screenwriter
- James Nicola, former Artistic Director of New York Theater Workshop
- Aya Ogawa, theater-maker
- Matthew Paul Olmos, playwright
- Lillian Osai-Boateng, Program Manager for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Sylvan Oswald, interdisciplinary artist
- Nicky Paraiso, Director of Programming for The Club at La MaMa and Curator of La MaMa Moves!
- Sarah Rasmussen, former Artistic Director of the Jungle Theater
- Harrison David Rivers, artist
- Kaneza Schaal, artist
- kt shorb, Assistant Professor at Macalester College
- Lily Tung Crystal, actor, director and Artistic Director, Theater Mu
- Mark Valdez, former Executive Director of the Network of Ensemble Theaters and freelance director, organizer, consultant and resident artist at Mixed Blood Theater
- Katie Ka Vang, playwright, screenwriter
- Shay Wafer, Executive Director of WACO Theater Center in Los Angeles
- MeiYin Wang, producer and curator of live performance
- Harry Waters, Jr., actor/director/community dialogue facilitator
- Jay Wegman, director of NYU Skirball Center and former director of Abrons Arts Center
- Rhiana Yazzie, playwright, director, filmmaker and founder of New Native Theater
Visual Arts Panelists and Reviewers
- Manal Abu Shaheen, artist/photographer
- Elia Alba, artist
- Nancy Ariza, Career Development Manager at Springboard for the Arts
- Douglas Beasley, photographer and publisher
- Mary V. Bordeaux, co-director of Racing Magpie
- Lizania Cruz, participatory artist
- Jes Fan, artist
- Lia Gangitano, Director, Participant Inc.
- Allison Glenn, curator and writer
- Gabriel de Guzman, former Curator and Director of Exhibitions, Smack Mellon
- Carmen Hermo, Associate Curator at the Brooklyn Museum
- Tricia Heuring, Artistic Director & Senior Curator at Public Functionary
- Rujeko Hockley, Assistant Curator and Co-Curator of Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum
- Dakota Hoska, Assistant Curator of Native Arts, The Denver Art Museum
- Mike Hoyt, artist, Creative Community Director at Pillsbury House + Theatre
- Karissa Isaacs, former Associate Curator, Tweed Museum of Art
- Chris Larson, artist, Director at Second Shift, adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota
- Melissa Levin, former Vice President of Artists, Estates and Foundations, Art Agency Partners
- Natasha Logan, Deputy Director at Creative Time
- Amanda Lovelee, artist
- Miguel Luciano, multi-media visual artist and faculty, School of Visual Arts
- Glendalys Medina, artist
- Anna Metcalfe, ceramicist and public artist
- Jennifer-Navva Milliken, Executive Director and Chief Curator at Center for Art in Wood
- Troy Montes Michie, artist and educator
- Smooth C. Nzewi, Curator, The Museum of Modern Art
- Jehra Patrick, Executive Director at the Highlight Center for Printmaking
- Sarah Peters, Sunset Co-Director of NorthernLights.mn
- John Rasmussen, Curator and Executive Director at Midway Contemporary Art
- Aki Sasamoto, visual artist and educator
- Colleen Sheehy, President and Executive Director, Public Art St. Paul
- Lumi Tan, independent curator
- Xavier Tavera, photographer, filmmaker, former Professor at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Angela Two-Stars, public artist and Director of All My Relations Arts
- Diya Vij, Associate Curator at Creative Time
- Gee Wesley, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media and Performance, MoMA
- Charisse Pearlina Weston, artist
- Dyani White Hawk, contemporary artist and curator
- Diane Willow, artist and Professor of Interdisciplinary Art + Participatory Media at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Risë Wilson, Senior Advisor, Art for Justice Fund
- Peng Wu, social practice artist
- Laura Youngbird, former Curator at Plains Arts Museum