While MAP is honored to support all 36 projects this grant cycle, we wanted to make special mention of the first-time awardees.
47 out of 63 leads artists and ensembles are receiving their first MAP grant this year. That’s 74% of the cohort! Congratulations to the following individuals and ensembles:
- Zakiyyah Alexander
- Sahba Aminikia
- Kurt Beattie
- Lisa Bielawa
- Brooklyn Youth Chorus
- Shakti Butler
- Christopher Chen
- Li Chiao-Ping
- Yussef El Guindi
- Jason Finkelman
- Matthew Flower / Machine Dazzle
- Sheetal Gandhi
- Anthony Garcia
- Nataki Garrett
- Kris Grey
- d. Sabela Grimes
- Yotam Haber
- Lynden Harris
- Kathryn Hunter-Williams
- John Jennings
- Nicole Klaymoon
- Mary Kouyoumdjian
- Last Call: New Orleans Dyke Bar History Project
- Andrea LeBlanc
- Paloma McGregor
- New Orleans Airlift
- Okwui Okpokwasili
- Charles Otte
- Sandra Parker
- Liza Jessie Peterson
- Progress Theatre
- Quetzal
- Anthony Joel Romero
- Douglas Rosenberg
- Jen Rosenblit
- Dread Scott
- Jen Shyu
- Niegel Smith
- Soul Food Cypher
- DeLanna Studi
- TAIKOPROJECT
- Teatro Línea de Sombra
- Suzanne Thorpe
- Trilogy: An Opera Company
- Cristal Truscott
- Daniel Valdez
- Richard Wesley