The Artistic Capital Basis has introduced the recipients of its annual grant awards, amounting to $2.45 million allotted throughout 55 artists and collectives for 49 particular person tasks. Every grant offers $50,000 of unrestricted challenge funding alongside multi-year skilled improvement and alternatives for group constructing.
The inspiration outlined in a press launch that 75% of the 2025 recipients are artists of coloration, 56% determine as ladies, and 18% determine as gender non-conforming, transgender, or nonbinary. Artists with disabilities make up 11% of the awardee cohort. The recipients vary between 29 and 72 years outdated, with artists representing 18 states throughout the US and 29 cities whole — together with Berlin, Germany, and Demorestville, Canada.
Among the many grantees, 14 are visible artists, 15 work in performing arts, 12 are within the movie and transferring picture sector, three have been awarded for tasks in know-how, and 5 obtained grants for literary tasks.
“From a landscape opera that tells ancestral stories of environment in the Jurassic canyons of southern Colorado, to an experimental documentary exploring migration and forensics on the South Texas border, to a project that transforms a Louisiana plantation into a site of reckoning, these 55 visionary artist proposals are boldly pushing form and ideas forward,” mentioned Angela Mattox, director of Artist Initiatives at Artistic Capital, in a press assertion.
The small print of every recipient and their challenge can be found right here. A listing of each grantee and their class award is appended under.
2025 Artistic Capital Awards GranteesThe Artistic Capital Basis chosen 55 artists and collectives for its annual grant award from a pool of over 5,600 candidates. (picture courtesy Artistic Capital)Visible Arts
Kathy AokiSanta Clara, CaliforniaKoons Ruins AtlasPainting and Printmaking
Susan ChenLong Island Metropolis, New YorkChinatown Lady Scouts: Previous & PresentPainting and Printmaking
Jen de los Reyes and Oscar Rene CornejoIthaca, New York, and Chicago, IllinoisLANDEcological Artwork, Social Observe
Katie GrinnanLos Angeles, CaliforniaThe VaultEcological Artwork, Sculpture, Video Artwork
Vishal JugdeoLos Angeles, CaliforniaHurl a Rock, Really feel a FlameInstallation, Socially-Engaged Visible Artwork, Video Artwork
Kameron NealBrooklyn, New YorkWhat Yr Is It?Set up, Video Artwork
Samantha NyePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPossible PleasuresInstallation, Efficiency Artwork, Video Artwork
Jared OwensNew York, New YorkRemembering Attica: the optics of uprisingPainting and Printmaking, Sculpture, Social Observe
Steve ParkerAustin, TexasHOUSTON IS SINKINGPublic Artwork, Sculpture, Sound Artwork
Julia PhillipsChicago, IllinoisPentasomniaInstallation, Sculpture, Video Artwork
Lee PivnikMiami, FloridaThe Dwelling Room: A Symbiotic HomeArchitecture and Design, Ecological Artwork, Sculpture
Ilana SavdieBrooklyn, New YorkFestejerosPainting and Printmaking, Set up, Video Artwork
Jeremy Toussaint-BaptisteRichmond, VirginiaThere, Eyes Had been WatchingArchitecture and Design, Ecological Artwork, Public Artwork
Christine Wong YapDaly Metropolis, CaliforniaBay Home windows / Ventanas en saliente / 窗花Craft, Social Observe, Socially-Engaged Visible Artwork
Expertise
Morehshin AllahyariBerkeley, CaliforniaThe Remaining Indicators of Future Centuries / نشانه های باقی از سده های آتیDigital Media, Socially-Engaged Expertise
Shayla BlatchfordSanta Fe, New MexicoAnti-Uranium Mapping ProjectData Visualization, Digital Media, Socially-Engaged Expertise
Alice BucknellLos Angeles, CaliforniaEarth EngineData Visualization, Digital Media, Video games
Performing Arts
Thana AlexaJackson Heights, New YorkResonanceJazz, Music, Socially-Engaged Efficiency
Dahlak Brathwaite and Christopher MarianettiRidgewood, New York, and Jackson Heights, New YorkCOMMERCIALMultimedia Efficiency, Music, Theater
Ash FureBoston, MassachusettsANIMAL [the underground]Music, Socially-Engaged Efficiency, Opera
Susie IbarraBerlin, GermanyCHANMultimedia Efficiency, Music, Opera
yuniya edi kwon and Holland AndrewsBrooklyn, New YorkHow does it really feel to take a look at nothingMultimedia Efficiency, Music, Opera
Kate LadenheimLos Angeles, CaliforniaGestural PublicsDance, Multimedia Efficiency
Leilehua LanzilottiHonolulu, HawaiʻiLili’uOpera
Movie/Transferring Picture
Sophia Nahli AllisonLos Angeles, CaliforniaNo Kisses Like Youres’Experimental Movie, Narrative Movie
Amber BemakDallas, TexasCosmic Moose and Grizzly Bears VilleDocumentary Movie, Experimental Movie
Lori FelkerChicago, IllinoisPatientNarrative Movie
Ash Goh HuaWoodhaven, New YorkConfinement (坐月)Narrative Movie
Juan Pablo GonzálezGlendale, CaliforniaThe Measure of TimeDocumentary Movie
Darol Olu KaeLos Angeles, CaliforniaWithout a SongNarrative Movie
Angelo MadsenBurlington, VermontOUT OF ME INTO YOUDocumentary Movie, Narrative Movie, Experimental Movie
Dolissa MedinaBrownsville, TexasA Mild for Ambiguous LossDocumentary Movie, Animation, Experimental Movie
Emily Mkrtichian and Kamee AbrahamianSalt Lake Metropolis, Utah, and Demorestville, Ontario, CanadaPortalsNarrative Movie
Clyde PetersenAnacortes, WashingtonOur Forbidden CountryAnimation
TshayPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaTell Me When You Get Dwelling. Animation, Narrative Movie
Janelle VanderKelenKnoxville, TennesseeThe Golden ThreadAnimation, Experimental Movie
Literature
Thi BuiNew Orleans, LouisianaNOWHERELANDGraphic Novel
Concord HolidayLos Angeles, CaliforniaAfter the Finish of the WorldLiterary Nonfiction, Poetry, Socially-Engaged Literature
Jonah Mixon-WebsterFlint, MichiganThe Hauntology of SlaveryLiterary Nonfiction, Poetry, Socially-Engaged Literature
Aaron RobertsonBrooklyn, New YorkA Separate RiteLiterary Fiction, Socially-Engaged Literature
Divya VictorEast Lansing, MichiganKinLiterary Nonfiction
