In celebration of its 30th anniversary of grantmaking, the MAP Fund is thrilled to present the 2019 MAP grantees: 42 original, live performance projects will receive funding, totaling $1.3 million in direct support for development and production.
Please join us in celebrating the following projects:
- 1[-1] by Bernard Leibov, Ana Sanchez-Colberg | Fulcrum Arts
- 3 Twelves (12/12/12) by Guadalupe Maravilla | The Chocolate Factory Theater
- 36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea by Sarah Cameron Sunde | The Field
- A Person Who Advises or Shows the Way to Others by Crystal Z Campbell | Tulsa Community Foundation
- Africantic by Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Steven Sapp, UNIVERSES, Jenni Werner | Geva Theatre Center
- Always Greener by Erin Austin, Noa/h Fields, Thrisa Hodits, Tekki Lomnicki, Jacob Watson | Tellin’ Tales Theatre
- AMERICAN / PALESTINIAN by Amer Hlehel, Chay Yew | Victory Gardens Theater
- AT BUFFALO by Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin, Khalil Sullivan, Joshua Williams, Deadria Harrington | New Georges
- Beyond Boom and Bust by Gina Angelique, Eliot Feenstra, Lindsey Jones, Karalyn Kvittem | Illinois Valley Community Development Organization
- Birds of Paradise by Pioneer Winter | Pioneer Winter Collective
- The Black (W)hole by Brett Cook, Sarah Crowell, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Rashidi Omari, Yoram Savion | Destiny Arts Center
- Border Crossers by Chico MacMurtrie | Rubin Center for the Visual Arts/The University of Texas at El Paso
- Boy Project by Matthew Armstead, Nell Bang-Jensen, Johanna Kasimow, Eva Steinmetz, Brad Wrenn | Fractured Atlas
- Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever by Leyla McCalla, Kiyoko McCrae | Duke Performances
- Dances for Solidarity by Sarah Dahnke | Culture Push
- Deconstructed Anthems No. 3 by Ekene Ijeoma | New York Foundation for the Arts
- Fandango for Butterflies and Coyotes by Sinuhé Padilla, Andrea Thome, José Zayas | En Garde Arts
- FIVE by Kevin Bellmon, Justin Gomez, Rashaad Newsome, Ousmane Wiles | New York Live Arts
- FLOAT by AJ McClenon, Jefferson Pinder | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- For C.J. by Davalois Fearon, Mike McGinnis, Jasmine Murrell, Myssi Robinson | Foundation for Independent Artists
- Forgotten Paradise: Gazettes Sun by Charlotte Brathwaite, Abigail DeVille, Sunder Ganglani, Justin Hicks, Meshell Ndegeocello | Caribbean Film Academy
- H-E-L-L-O ARKESTRAL MARCHING BAND: A PROCESSION OF GRATITUDE AND ATONEMENT by MASS MoCA, North Adams Fall Foliage Parade, The Office, Cauleen Smith | Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation
- HERbeat: Women in Taiko ALL-STARS by Michelle Fujii, PJ Hirabayashi, Tiffany Tamaribuchi, Jennifer Weir | TaikoArts Midwest
- J-town, Chinatown, Our Town (working title) by Brenda Wong Aoki, Stephen Gong, Mark Izu, Lydia Tanji, Olivia Ting | First Voice
- Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter by Emily Johnson, Karyn Recollet | Amerinda, Inc.
- The Lakota Project by Cornerstone Theater Company, Larissa FastHorse, Michael John Garcés, Kenny Ramos | Cornerstone Theater Company
- Last Audience by Yanira Castro | New York Live Arts
- Let the Crows Come by Brent Arnold, Jace Clayton, Prema Ramamurthy, Ashwini Ramaswamy, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music Series | The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
- OK Trenton Project by Richard Bradford, C. Ryanne Domingues, Bruce Lindsay, Tectonic Theater Project, Johanna Tolentino, David Lee White | Passage Theatre
- The Peace Pipeline by Gitz Crazyboy, Winona LaDuke, Keil Troisi, Tito Ybarra | The Yes Lab
- Raíces: El libro de los caminos / Roots: The Book of Journeys by La Quinta Teatro, Russell Rodríguez, Teatro Visión | Teatro Visión
- Sanctuaries by Alexander Gedeon, Darrell Grant, Anis Mojgani, Third Angle New Music | Third Angle New Music
- Secret Journey, Dead End of School of Hard Knocks by Tea Alagic, Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks, Adham Hafez, Jake Margolin, Nick Vaughan | La MaMa Experimental Theater
- The Secret Sharer by Daniel Banks, Kwesi Johnson, Adam McKinney, Ken Norris, Giovanni Ortega | Fractured Atlas
- Songs of Strength (SOS) by Demone Carter, Mahsa Vahdat, Vân-Ánh Võ, | Oakland Asian Cultural Center
- Take ‘Em Down 901 by Ekundayo Bandele, Johnny Jones | Hattiloo Theatre
- Taxilandia by William Burke, Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez, Jane Jung, Kevin Torres | Fractured Atlas
- That Nice Black Neighborhood by Paul Rucker | Earshot Jazz
- Typography of Woman: I Am Not Invisible by Drea D’Nur, Kelly Galloway, Robin Hibbert, Celeste Lawson | Arts Services Initiative of WNY
- TRANSMISSION by Esther Baker-Tarpaga, Barber, Courtney Jones, Raquel Monroe, Heidi Wiren Bartlett | Headlong Dance Theater
- The Weight of Air on a Body by Torri Lynn Ashford, C. Michael Chin, Carrie Morris, Paulette Richards | Carrie Morris Arts Production
- Wired by Laurel Lawson, Michael Maag, Alice Sheppard | Fractured Atlas
Read the full press release here.