Grant Recipients

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90 Artists
Petra Bravo
Petra Bravo
Dorothea Tanning Award, 2024
Dance
Joanna Kotze sits before a stark black backdrop and looks directly at the camera, the right side of her face is shadowed. Her right knee is raised and her right elbow rests on it. She is dressed in a bright red sweater and gray acid-wash jeans.
Joanna Kotze
Grants to Artists, 2024
Dance
Hsiao-Jou sits on the wooden floor in the corner of a rehearsal space with an open white door behind her and blue padded panel walls to her right. Her body faces the camera, knees are up with her bare feet in front of her, her elbows are braced on her knees and her hands cradle her face on each side. Face tilted slightly up, she smiles into the camera. She wears a blue, brown and pink plaid button up shirt and black sweatpants with blue racing stripes.
Hsiao-Jou Tang
Viola Farber Award, 2024
Dance
devynn emory is in the center of the image with their hands clasped against their chest. They are wearing a thick fleece jacket with mottled browns, tans, and black lines. Behind them is a metal table on wheels with a bowl of flowers on the bottom shelf. In the background there are white sculptures and two figures covered in orange cloth.
devynn emory
Merce Cunningham Award, 2023
Dance
Jasmine Hearn gazes into the camera, their head shaved and lips slightly parted. They are in sharp focus against a grey blue background.
Jasmine Hearn
Grants to Artists, 2023
Dance
Anonymous
Anonymous
Grants to Artists, 2022
Dance
A portrait of Leslie Cuyjet wearing a grey tank top and facing the camera. The left side of her face is covered by shadow and the background of the image is black.
Leslie Cuyjet
Grants to Artists, 2022
Dance
A portrait of Marguerite Hemmings wearing a blank tank top and  translucent orange beads in their hair. They are standing in front of a wire fence with a bit of rose gold sequined fabric hanging off its edge. They face the camera directly and smile slightly.
Marguerite Angelica Monique Hemmings
Grants to Artists, 2022
Dance
A portrait of nia love in front of a blurred background of green foliage. She looks up, tilting her head back and opening her mouth in an expression of joy. She wears thin gold hoop earrings, a thin gold necklace, a blue floral patterned top, blue overalls, and orange nail polish.
nia love
Grants to Artists, 2022
Dance
A portrait of David Thomson wearing a light red t-shirt with a yellow sunburst design. He is bald and has a small grey gotee. The background of the image depicts blurred white shelves.
David Thomson
Grants to Artists, 2022
Dance
mayfield brooks looks upward, laughing, wearing a gray sweater a white brick wall.
mayfield brooks
Merce Cunningham Award, 2021
Dance
Photograph of Jerron Herman against a grey background, dressed in a white button up shirt, facing the camera, smiling slightly.
Jerron Herman
Grants to Artists, 2021
Dance
A black and white portrait of Niall Jones. The left side of his face is slightly hidden. He is wearing a collared shirt.
Niall Jones
Grants to Artists, 2021
Dance
A profile portrait of Anna Martine Whitehead in a white collared shirt. They are wearing red lipstick and a hoop earring with the word 'dyke' spelled in the middle.
Anna Martine Whitehead
Grants to Artists, 2021
Dance
Portrait of Milka Djordjevich with long brown hair and a red lipstick, dressed in a dark green dress shirt looking towards the distance.
Milka Djordjevich
Grants to Artists, 2020
Dance
Portrait of Marjani Forté-Saunders seated backwards on a chair, dressed in a white lace shirt.
Marjani Forté-Saunders
Grants to Artists, 2020
Dance
Portrait of NIC Kay dressed in a black cap hat, light gray shirt and gray dress jacket looking in the distance.
NIC Kay
Dorothea Tanning Award, 2020
Dance
A portrait of Makini (jumatatu m. poe) in a purple shirt and short necklace. They fashion a trimmed beard and their locks in a messy bun on top their head.
Makini (jumatatu m. poe)
Grants to Artists, 2020
Dance
Black and white portrait of Darrell Jones wearing a turtleneck, bald with thickly shaped brows smiling.
Darrell Jones
Grants to Artists, 2019
Dance
Portrait of Mina Nishimura sitted on a red surface and dressed in a patterned black and white button up with a white shirt underneath. The artist's hair is styled in a short bob with bangs and on the wall above the head a doodle drawn in blue.
Mina Nishimura
Grants to Artists, 2019
Dance
Portrait of taisha paggett with short hair and multiple earings on the ear and one between the chin and mouth, dressed in a black button up. The artist stands, their body en face but their head turned to the side smiling, in front of a wire fence surrounding a wall with greenery on the top.
taisha paggett
Merce Cunningham Award, 2019
Dance
Portrait of Ligia Lewis looking up at the camera, with curly brown hair, red lipstick, and a green bomber jacket.
Ligia Lewis
Grants to Artists, 2018
Dance
Yvonne Meier
Yvonne Meier
Dorothea Tanning Award, 2018
Dance
Mariana Valencia stares into the camera with short, curly, dark hair and a teal button up shirt against a white wall.
Mariana Valencia
Grants to Artists, 2018
Dance
Portrait of Netta Yerushalmy with their hair up in a bun, looking down sideways and wearing a plaid yellow, blue, and red shirt.
Netta Yerushalmy
Grants to Artists, 2018
Dance
Linda Austin
Linda Austin
Merce Cunningham Award, 2017
Dance
Black and white headshot of Kim Brandt in a sweater and scarf covering their neck and chin.
Kim Brandt
Grants to Artists, 2017
Dance
Moriah Evans
Moriah Evans
Grants to Artists, 2017
Dance
Nora Chipaumire
Nora Chipaumire
Grants to Artists, 2016
Dance
Yve Laris Cohen
Yve Laris Cohen
Grants to Artists, 2016
Dance
Walter Dundervill
Walter Dundervill
Grants to Artists, 2016
Dance
A black and white portrait of Sara Shelton-Mann, slightly smiling at the camera with long, curly, blonde hair.
Sara Shelton Mann
Grants to Artists, 2016
Dance
Close up portrait of Melinda Ring smiling at the camera, with ovular glasses and straight brown hair.
Melinda Ring
Grants to Artists, 2016
Dance
Close up portrait of Larissa Velez-Jackson with curly dark hair, wearing vibrant pink and blue eye makeup.
Larissa Velez-Jackson
Grants to Artists, 2016
Dance
A performer in a pink top and green pants contorts their body upward while another performer in a blue sweater and black pants stands and looks toward them with a smile.
BodyCartography Project
Grants to Artists, 2015
Dance
Sepia portriat of Melanie Maar smiling at the camera, with short blonde bangs covering her forehead.
Melanie Maar
Grants to Artists, 2015
Dance
Black and white portrait of Yvonne Rainer wearing thin round glasses, a black scarf, and a long grey sweater. The artist is leaning against a white wall with a protruding metal bar.
Yvonne Rainer
Merce Cunningham Award, 2015
Dance
Portrait of Will Rawls smiling at the camera and wearing a thinly striped black and white shirt.
Will Rawls
Grants to Artists, 2015
Dance
Close up portrait of Lance Gries starting at the camera with streaks of shadow and light across his face.
Lance Gries
Grants to Artists, 2014
Dance
Trajal Harrell
Trajal Harrell
Grants to Artists, 2014
Dance