Emergency Grants
Autumn Ahn
Performance Art/Theater
North Adams, MA
2026
Autumn Ahn, an interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to present line: edge self horizon at the Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art (FRMoCA) in Fall River, MA, from January 17–21.
Francis Almendárez
Music/Sound
San Bernardino, CA
2026
Francis and Anthony Almendárez, multidisciplinary artists, received a grant in January to present Navigating the Archives Within at Aurora Picture Show in Houston, TX, on February 19.
Jackie Amezquita
Visual Arts
Inglewood, CA
2026
Jackie Amezquita, an interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in February to present El Camino se Traza al Andar at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art in Las Vegas, NV from February 20-June 13.
Tania Colette B.
Visual Arts
Seattle, WA
2026
Tania Colette B., a sculpture and installation artist, received a grant in January to present One Step Forward, Two Steps Back at SOIL Gallery in Seattle, WA from February 5–28.
Mark Bankin
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2026
Mark Bankin, a choreographer, received a grant in January to present Scarecrow at The Tank in New York, NY, from February 12–March 1.
Emma Bergman
Visual Arts
Chicago, IL
2026
Emma Bergman, an visual and social practice artist, received a grant in February to present For the World to Come at Patient Info in Chicago, IL on view March 20-April 12.
Rachel Bernsen
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2026
Rachel Bernsen, a dancer and interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to present Novel Formats On-Site at AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, NH from January 16–February 14.
Emily Braswell
Visual Arts
San Juan, PR
2026
Emily Braswell, a visual artist, received a grant in January to present Krankie II at 81C Arts in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands from February 13–March 13.
Argote Carmen Argote
Performance Art/Theater
Los Angeles, CA
2026
Carmen Argote, a multidisciplinary performance artist, received a grant in February to present the body draws the room at Human Resources Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA on February 13.
Rob Macaisa Colgate
Poetry
Chicago, IL
2026
Rob Macaisa Colgate, a poet, received a grant in February to present The Queer Art of Friendship: A Hardly Creatures Poetry Reading at Women and Children First in Chicago, IL, on February 27.
Dancing Through Prison Walls
Dance
Santa Monica, CA
2026
Dancing Through Prison Walls, a dance and performance project led by incarcerated individuals, received a grant in January to present FREEDOM TIME, undanced dances through prison walls at The Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA from February 6–8.
Lucy Dillon
Dance
Columbus, OH
2026
Lucy Dillon, a dancer and choreographer, received a grant in February to present soft belly/steel at Midwest RADFest in Kalamazoo, MI on March 6.
Ignacio Gatica
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2026
Ignacio Gatica, a visual artist, received a grant in February to present Sanhattan: Tracing the Invisible Threads that Connect the Americas at the Whitney Biennial in New York City on view March 8-September 3.
Chava GoodTime
Performance Art/Theater
Brooklyn, NY
2026
Chava GoodTime, a performance artist, received a grant in January to present Good Jewdy Presents Tu BiShvat: Happy New Year to the Trees at C’mon Everybody in Brooklyn, NY on February 1.
Cat Gunn
Visual Arts
San Diego, CA
2026
Cat Gunn, an interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to present if only by the light of a new moon at ICA San Diego, CA from February 21–May 15.
Rebecca Hutchinson
Visual Arts
Rochester, MA
2026
Rebecca Hutchinson, a site-specific sculptor, received a grant in February to present Embedded in the Overlap at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, MT on view April 3, 2026–January 4, 2027.
Kerosene Jones
Performance Art/Theater
Queens, NY
2026
Kerosene Jones, an interdisciplinary artist, received a grant in January to present Blue Lightning Ghost Train: Inpatient Program 1 at OUTsider Festival in Austin, TX on February 19–20.
Satpreet Kahlon
Visual Arts
Brooklyn, NY
2026
Satpreet Kahlon, a sculptor and installation artist, received a grant in February to present an imagined place (here and now) at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) in Portland, OR on view April 3–May 23, 2026.
Ken Ueno and Viola Yip
Music/Sound
Lawndale, CA
2026
Ken Ueno and Viola Yip, an experimental music performance duo, received a grant in February to present Cybernetic Entanglements at Radialsystem in Berlin, Germany on March 27.
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Visual Arts
Glendale, NY
2026
James N. Kienitz Wilkins, a filmmaker, received a grant in February to present THE MISCONCEIVED at Anthology Film Archives in New York City, from April 1-30.