Past
Grantees

Linda May Han Oh, New York City, received $20,000 to focus on her work as a leader and composer, mixing and recording a number of new works with various ensembles; study Korean traditional music, Janggu drumming technique, Rumba/Cuban folk music, and Chinese traditional music/Shuo Chang; and compose music for a new collaborative film project with videographer Bena Otieno Wandei.

Andrea Pallaoro, New York City, received $30,000 in support of Monica, the intimate observation of a 52-year-old transgendered woman who returns to her Kansas hometown to take care of her dying mother, who is in the advanced stages of breast cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease, and whom Monica has not seen in over 35 years, since being kicked out of her own home as a teen.

Pangea World Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $40,000 over two years in support of Pangea World Theater's Alternate Visions Series for emerging playwrights of color to develop and produce new work in 2016-17 and 2017-18.

Patricia Park, New York City, received $5,000 to travel to Argentina to research a second novel, The “Chino” from Buenos Aires, which explores the ethnic Korean community in Argentina.

Jehra Patrick, Minnesota, received $1,500 to travel to New York City to meet with new media field leaders from Rhizome and the New Museum, New York Foundation for the Arts, Artsy.net, and ArtSpace.com, and attend Rhizome's annual Seven on Seven conference.

Beth Peloff, Minnesota, received $8,500 to support Searching for Feminists, an animated documentary exploring the generational differences in the attitudes that women have toward feminism. Through a combination of audio interviews and a variety of animation techniques, the artist will weave together the voices and stories of women under the age of thirty and over the age of sixty-five in an effort to reconcile the feminism of the future with the feminism of the past and explore the commonalities of experiences across the generations.

Performance Space 122 received $50,000 to support emerging artists’ commissions and residency fees for 2016-17.

Junauda Petrus and Mychal Fisher, Minnesota, received $10,000 to support Sankara, a web series (7 episodes ranging in length from 10-15 minutes) based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that follows the lives of a community of young, complex, wise, transcending Black and Brown folk who are navigating their inner depths, love relationships, laughter and wildness in ways that are both tender and profound.

Philanthropy New York received $1,200 ($450 grant / $750 admin) to support membership for the Foundation.

Pillsbury United Communities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of Pillsbury House + Theatre, received $37,500 to support the 2016 Naked Stages Program.

Pillsbury House Theatre (part of the Pillsbury United Communities), Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $30,000 over two years in support of the development of new works by emerging Minnesota and New York City playwrights as part of the mainstage programming, including the annual new play reading series THREE MONDAYS in 2017 and 2018.

Pillsbury House Theatre (part of the Pillsbury United Communities), Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $73,000 over two years in support of emerging artists’ participation in the Non-English Speaking Spoken Here: The Late Nite Series in 2017 and 2018.

Pillsbury United Communities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of Pillsbury House + Theatre, received $36,500 to support the 2016 Late Nite Series.

Pillsbury House Theatre (part of the Pillsbury United Communities), Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $75,000 over two years in support of emerging Minnesota-based artists participation in the Naked Stages program in 2017 and 2018.

Playwrights Horizons, New York City, received $50,000 over two years in support of the New Works Lab and support for at least one production by a New York City based emerging writer.

Poets House, New York City, received $68,000 over two years in support of the Emerging Poets Fellowship Program in 2017 and 2018.

Printed Matter received $24,000 to support the Emerging Artists’ Publication Series in 2016-17.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, as fiscal sponsor for Katy Pyle, received $12,000 to support the development and production of Sleeping Beauty & The Beast.

Elise Rasmussen, New York City, received $5,000 to travel to South Africa to research and gather resource material for a new project on the rhinoceros in its natural habitat, the effects of colonialism and post-apartheid on poaching and how communities are getting involved to prevent the extinction of this animal.

Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $66,000 over two years in support of emerging Minnesota-based artists in New Works 4 Weeks in 2017 and 2018.