Live Arts Boston 2018 Grantees
The Boston Foundation, with support and partnership from the Barr Foundation, has awarded 65 project grants to performing artists, groups and small producers and presenters across Greater Boston as part of the 2018 grant cycle for Live Arts Boston. In all, the 65 grantees, who were selected from over 350 applications, will share more than $785,000 to create, produce, or present their work to audiences. Grantees were chosen through an open application and community review process that included local artists, presenters, and producers.
Dance
Abilities Dance
Ashton Lites | StiggityStackz Worldwide Inc. Photo by Raya Al-Hashmi.
Fukudance
Heather Stewart
Vwayaj!
Maggie Cee and J Michael Winward, co-producers, Dancing Queerly
Michael Figueroa/Ruckus Dance
Chavi Bansal: Vimoska Dance
Multi-/Interdisciplinary
Alexander Davis, in collaboration with Jeremy Stewart and J Jumbelic
Anna Myer and Dancers/Beheard.world
Around Hear
Boston Art & Music Soul (BAMS) Fest
Cornell Coley, Kenny Kozol, and Sandra “Sasi” Marcelino, Kecosa Collective
Deborah Lake Fortson, Rolling Perspectives
Guy Mendilow Ensemble
HipStory
Jacqui Parker
Karen Young, The Genki Spark
Lakaï Dance Theatre : Build from Scratch to Last
Madhvi Venkatesh
Marsha Parrilla, danza/organicà, We Create! Celebrating Women in the Arts
Mobius Artists Group
Oliver Burns IV: F.E.A.R. (Facing Every Aspect Of Racism)
People of Rhythm Productions: Boston Percussive Arts Festival
Reciprocity Collaborative
Roxbury Cultural District
Porsha Olayiwola: The House Slam
Transient Canvas
Voci Angelica Trio
Breyer/Cardone/Chapman/MacArthur Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Original Music
617Sessions
Billy Dean Thomas
Boston Rise. Consisting of Jared Price aka JPRiZM/Koma Toast LLC and Juma Inniss/The Message Inc.
Chorus pro Musica, Inc.
Dan VanHassel
Disciple (D.I)
Dutch ReBelle
Elizabeth Addison
Jose Bernardo Hernández
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
MIXCLA
Moe Pope
Non-Event, Experimental Music in Unconventional Spaces: Waterworks, City Hall, and Beyond
QUISOL
Sandeep Das
Thread Ensemble
Performance Art
Anthony Romero with Josh Rios and Matt Joynt
Evan Northrup
Franklin Park Coalition, Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park
Sandrine Schaefer
The Fred Woodard Collective
Tamisha Francois
Theater
Christina R. Chan
Faye Dupras
Jabari Asim (Books/Lyrics), Liana Asim (Book/Lyrics/Dramaturg), and Allyssa Jones (Composer)
Jesse Erin Posner and Maia Dolphin-Krute
Keith Mascoll: Triggered
Regie Gibson and Benjamin Evett, The Juke: A Blues Bacchae
Traditional, Culturally Specific and Folk Performing Arts
Ceren Turkmenoglu
Ngoc-Tran Vu
Veronica Robles
2018 LAB Panelists
Jonathan Bailey Holland, Boston Conservatory
Ariana Brawley, Jacob's Pillow
Sara Brookner, ArtsEmerson
Harrison Pearse Burke, Lighting Designer
Shoshona Currier, Bates Dance Festival
Nina Eichner, Somerville Arts Council
Victoria George, ArtsBoston
Regie Gibson, Literary Performer and Educator
Lina Maria Giraldo, Emerson College/Now + There
David Holland, Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston
Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Huntington Theatre Company
Obehi Janice, Actress/Writer/Comedian
Sara Juli, Surala Consulting
Sue Killam, MASS MoCA
Lindsay Caddle LaPointe, Linden Tree Productions
Mark Lunsford, American Repertory Theater
Amelia Mason, WBUR
Anmol Mehra, Urbanity Dance
Ruth Mercado-Zizzo, EdVestors
Celina Miranda, Hyde Square Task Force
Eiji Miura, New England Conservatory and Clark University
Oompa Poet, Rapper, Educator
Cheri Opperman, The New England Foundation for the Arts
Bryna Pascoe, Independent Artist
Tef Poe, Rapper, Musician, Activist
Vic Quintanar, Pride Youth Theater Alliance at the Theater Offensive
Anna Rae, Independent Musician, Photographer, Event Producer
Shey Rivera, AS220
Rachel Roberts, New England Conservatory
Steve Schroth, Boston Children's Museum
Sydney Skybetter, Brown University
Rebecca Smerling, Boston Harbor Now
George Steel Abrams, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Karthik Subramanian, Company One Theatre & Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Aysha Upchurch, Educator & Independent Artist