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We are excited to share the job posting for MAP Fund’s Executive Director! Read the full details below, and download…

“This was clearly designed as an easeful, low effort, low friction, and consentful process. It means so much when funding…

We’re excited to share some recent news features spotlighting MAP artists, the SPA program, and our 2022 grant cycle: WFYI…

MAP Fund Announces $2.6 million in Artist Grants  In 2022, the…

Dear Friends, We write to you today to share important news from the MAP Fund. After 20 years with the…

MAP FUND ANNOUNCES A $2.6 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS SECTOR This commitment, made through an open application process,…

The MAP Fund Announces 2021 Grantees! (NEW YORK, NY — June 2, 2021) For over three decades, the MAP Fund…

The MAP Fund Announces New Format for 2021 Grant Cycle Selection process updated to reflect current challenges faced by performing…

New York, NY — June 17, 2020 In a world of pervasive injustice, dreaming is a privilege. The MAP Fund…

The following 2020 MAP Fund semifinalists received grants of $2,500 AMERICAN (TELE)VISIONS by Victor I. Cazares. New York Theatre Workshop,…

Coalition of Arts Funders Launches Emergency Artist Relief Fund Academy of American Poets, Artadia, Creative Capital, Foundation for Contemporary Arts,…

Want to learn more about who applied this year and what they thought about MAP’s application process? Read 2020 by…

JANUARY January 9-10 AMAL MAP 2018 | New York, NY January 10-11 JOYUS JUSTUS MAP 2018 | New York, NY January 10-11 MAKE BELIEVE…

DECEMBER December 6-7 WE HAVE IRÉ MAP 2017 | Washington, DC December 11-12 ALLEGED LESBIAN ACTIVITIES MAP 2016| New Orleans, LA See…

NOVEMBERNovember 7-9 JOYUS JUSTUS MAP2018 | Charlotte, NCNovember 8 36.5 / A DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITH THE SEA MAP 2019 | KenyaNovember 8-9 FIVE MAP 2019 |…

OCTOBER October 1-20 MAINEUSA MAP 2018 | Portland, ME October 3 GROUNDWORKS MAP 2017 | San Francisco, CA October 3-13…

SEPTEMBER September 3 SUTRAJAAL MAP 2018 | St. Paul, MN* September 6 KINSTILLATORY MAPPINGS IN LIGHT AND DARK MATTER MAP 2018 | New York, NY September…

AUGUST August 22-25 I HUNGER FOR YOU MAP 2017 | Melbourne, Australia August 27 JOYUS JUSTUS MAP 2018 | Los Angeles, CA…

MAY May 1 – 5 /PEH-LO-TAH/ MAP 2014 | Boston, MA May 1 – May 12 17 BORDER CROSSINGS MAP 2013 |…

Announcing the 2019 MAP Fund Grantees! from The MAP Fund on Vimeo.New York, NY — Tuesday, June 18, 2019 In…

APRIL April 1 – April 14 HOUSE/FULL OF BLACKWOMEN MAP 2017 | Oakland, CA* April 1 – 20 THE PECULIAR PATRIOT MAP…

MARCH March 1 – 2 HAIR & OTHER STORIES MAP 2017 | Chicago, IL March 1 – 23 SUICIDE FOREST MAP 2018…

Authors: Syeda Malliha, Lauren Slone A PDF version of the full Summary is available here. Table of Contents Should you…

Authors: Syeda Malliha, Lauren Slone A PDF version of the Addendum is available here. A PDF version of the initial…

Hello Gold Mountain MAP 2018 FEBRUARY February 1 – 2 BLACK GIRL: LINGUISTIC PLAY MAP 2015 | Durham, NC February 1…

Weave (MAP 2017) JANUARY January 5 RIVERS OF SOUND MAP 2014 | New York, NY January 5 & 7 I HUNGER FOR…

We Have Iré (MAP 2017) DECEMBER December 1 INK MAP 2017 | Davis, CA* December 1 SLAVE REBELLION REENACTMENT MAP 2016 |…

Bakanal de Afrique- Wey You Dey (MAP 2018) NOVEMBER November 1 – 3 I HUNGER FOR YOU MAP 2017 | Brooklyn, NY…

Masters of the Currents (MAP 2018) OCTOBER October 1 DEAREST HOME MAP 2014 | New York, NY October 2 REMEMBER 2019:…

Good Grief (MAP 2017) SEPTEMBER September 1 – 2 KINSTILLATORY MAPPINGS IN LIGHT AND DARK MATTER MAP 2018 | Port Adelaide, South Australia* September…

We’re thrilled to share RE-Tool: Racial Equity in the Panel Process, a collaboratively designed resource for grantmakers to address racial equity…

Remnant MAP 2017 AUGUST August 1 – 5 THANK YOU FOR COMING: PLAY MAP 2014 | Becket, MA August 1 – September…

Make Believe MAP 2017 JULY July 1 SCAT! MAP 2016 (WORLD PREMIERE) | Hudson, NY July 1 – September 9 STRAIGHT WHITE…

Scat! (MAP 2016) JUNE June 1 – 3 DEAREST HOME MAP 2014 | Charleston, SC* June 1 – 10 BATHTUB MAP 2017 |…

Spinning (MAP 2015) MAY May 1 CAREFORCE MAP 2015* May 1 – 12 THE THEATER IS A BLANK PAGE MAP 2014 |…

https://vimeo.com/269941978 New York, NY – May 22, 2018 The MAP Fund is thrilled to announce the 2018 grantees: 40 original,…

MAP has gathered data from the full pool of applications received in the 2018 grant cycle. The information shared below…

Clutch (MAP 2017) APRIL April 1 – May 13 AND SO WE WALKED MAP 2016 | Portland, OR April 5 -…

Descent (MAP 2017) MARCH March 1 – 3 HAIR & OTHER STORIES MAP 2017 | Portland, OR March 1 – 4 ALLEGED…

Field Guide MAP 2012 FEBRUARY February 1 BLACKBALL: THE NEGRO LEAGUES AND THE BLUES MAP 2017 | San Francisco, CA February 1…

photo: Dohee Lee, “ARA lll / Waterways, Time Weaves” (MAP 2016) Originally published in the GIA Reader, Vol 29, No 1…

ARA III: Waterways, Time Weaves MAP 2016 JANUARY January 9 A RAP ON RACE MAP 2015 | Omaha, NE January 9…

Séancers MAP 2017 DECEMBER December 1 BLACK GIRL: LINGUISTIC PLAY MAP 2015 | Washington, D.C. December 1 – 9 FEAST OF FOOLS MAP…

MAP 2017 projects: Make Believe, Bee Boy, Dreaming of You: The Unauthorized Education of Selena and the Queens of San Antonio…

The Nubian Word for Flowers MAP 2017 NOVEMBER November 1 & 3 SONG FROM THE UPROAR MAP 2011 | Chicago, IL…

Sit, Eat and Chew 五味杂陈 MAP 2017 OCTOBER October 1 THE PECULIAR PATRIOT MAP 2016 (WORLD PREMIERE) | New York, NY October…

Resonance and Resemblance MAP 2016 SEPTEMBER September 1 – October 8 THEN A CUNNING VOICE AND A NIGHT WE SPEND GAZING…

Then a Cunning Voice and A Night We Spend Gazing at Stars MAP 2016 AUGUST August 2 – 6 DEAREST…

Building A Better Fishtrap MAP 2016 JULY July 1 – 2 DEAREST HOME MAP 2014 | New York, NY July 7 VIREO: THE SPIRITUAL…

Ashfield Town Spectacle & Culture Fair MAP 2015 JUNE June 1 – 3 DISCOTROPIC MAP 2015 | Vienna, Austria June 1…

photo: House/Full of Blackwomen, MAP 2016 A note from Executive Director Moira Brennan: The MAP Fund has had an interesting year! In…

MAY May 1 – 14 GIRL SHAKES LOOSE MAP 2016 (WORLD PREMIERE) | St. Paul, MN May 1 – 28 3/FIFTHS MAP 2015…

The MAP Fund is a national grant program, meaning our funding supports projects based all across the USA. This year, we’re proud…

MAP is thrilled to support 40 projects this grant cycle! The 2017 grantee projects are led by a mix of artists:…

https://vimeo.com/218230147 New York, NY – May 23, 2017 The MAP Fund proudly announces the selection of 40 new, live performance…

Shooting Columbus MAP 2015 APRIL April 1 DEAREST HOME MAP 2014 | Tempe, AZ* April 1 MADE IN CHINA MAP 2014 | Hanover, NH April 1…

Arrayanos MAP 2015 MARCH March 1 ANTIGONA MAP 2014 | Los Angeles, CA March 1 – 3 THE SOURCE MAP 2013 | San Francisco,…

Made in China MAP 2014 FEBRUARY February 1 – 5 THOSE WHO REMAIN (PART 2) MAP 2015 | Seattle, WA*…

JANUARY January 6 – 8 ANTITHESIS MAP 2015 (WORLD PREMIERE) | Washington, D.C. January 6 – 9 SCAT! MAP 2016 | Brooklyn, NY*…

Taco Truck Theater Project / Teatro Sin Fronteras MAP 2015 DECEMBER December 1 TACO TRUCK THEATER PROJECT / TEATRO SIN…

NOVEMBER November 1 SANDARAA MAP 2013 | Washington, DC November 1 – 3 SONG FROM THE UPROAR MAP 2011 | Chicago, IL…

The Hunger MAP 2013 OCTOBER October 1 THE HUNGER MAP 2013 | New York, NY October 1  IN TOW MAP 2013 | New…

HOLOSCENES MAP 2012 SEPTEMBER September 1 – 4 HOLOSCENES MAP 2012 | London, England September 1 – 17 NOTES FROM…

Juárez: A Documentary Mythology MAP 2012 AUGUST August 6 – 7 A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC: 1986-2016 MAP 2016 | Brewster, NY…

JULY July 3 SELECTIONS FROM A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC MAP 2016 | New York, NY July 5 – 7 REMAINS MAP…

The MAP Fund is committed to anti-oppression work and supports Black Lives Matter. We are listening. We are learning. We…

JUNE June 1 A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC: 20th CENTURY ABRIDGED MAP 2016 | London, England June 1 THE HUNGER MAP 2013 | Washington,…

MAY May 1 WHEN THE WOLVES CAME IN MAP 2013 May 3 – 4 17 BORDER CROSSINGS MAP 2013 May 5 – 8 THE…

Click on the dates below for tickets and more information. APRIL April 1 A BODY IN PLACES MAP 2015 April 6 -…

While MAP is honored to support all 36 projects this grant cycle, we wanted to make special mention of the…

While vastly different in their approaches to “dance,” every artist is experimenting with the creation and distribution of original, non-dominant…

While vastly different in their approaches to “music,” every individual artist and/or ensemble is experimenting with the creation and distribution…

While vastly different in their approaches to “theater,” every individual artist and/or ensemble is experimenting with the creation and distribution…

New York, NY – April 26, 2016 The MAP Fund proudly announces the selection of 36 new, live performance works that…

We’re thrilled with the 36 new live performance works selected for MAP support this year — these projects will receive a total of $1.1…

We’re thrilled with the 36 new live performance works selected for MAP support this year — these projects will receive a total of $1.1…

Click on the dates below for tickets and more information. MARCH March 1 – 12 ADULT DOCUMENTARY MAP 2014 (WORLD PREMIERE)…

Click on the dates below for tickets and more information. FEBRUARY February 1 – June 5 HOLOSCENES MAP 2012*** February 2…

Click on the dates below for tickets and more information. JANUARY January 1 – 23 ANTIGONA MAP 2014 January 6 -…

Click on the dates below for tickets and more information. DECEMBER December 1 – 4 AGE & BEAUTY PART 2 MAP…

Click on the dates below to purchase tickets! NOVEMBER November 1 LIFE AND TIMES – EPISODE 7 MAP 2013 November 1 –…

taisha paggett’s School for the Movement of the Technicolor People (MAP 2014) opens October 21 at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions! The School for…

OCTOBER October 1- 2 17 BORDER CROSSINGS MAP 2013 October 1 – 2 GLORIOUS RAVAGE MAP 2014 (WORLD PREMIERE) October 1 – 4…

Afterword (MAP 2014) premieres October 16 – 17 at the MCA Chicago! Afterword is an experimental opera that imagines the…

This week Emily Johnson/Catalyst Dance’s SHORE (MAP 2013) is in Dᶻidᶻelaľic̆/Dkhw’Duw’Absh (Seattle). Throughout the sharing of this work, Johnson has collected…

Playwright Young Jean Lee recently spoke with Agenda Magazine’s Michaël Bellon on her creation process, the conquering model of human existence, and taking responsibility for…

Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s Life and Times – Episode 7 (MAP 2013) premieres October 4 at steirischer herbst in Austria! What…

Basil Twist’s Sisters’ Follies: Between Two Worlds (MAP 2014) premieres October 1 at Abrons Arts Center! Sisters’ Follies is an…

Click on the dates below to purchase tickets! SEPTEMBER September 2 ELIJAH GREEN MAP 2015* September 3 – 4 DOGGIE HAMLET MAP…

Composer, bassist and bandleader Marcus Shelby’s Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio (MAP 2015) premieres September 27 at the Yerba Buena Gardens…

Composer and bassist Lisa Mezzacappa’s Glorious Ravage (MAP 2014) premieres September 26 in Los Angeles and October 1-2 in San…

Yasuko Yokoshi’s ZERO ONE (MAP 2014) has its US premiere September 24-26 at Danspace Project! Yasuko Yokoshi created ZERO ONE in a…

BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play (MAP 2015) premieres September 22-27 at The Joyce Theater! When you hear the phrase “black girl,”…

While eating a quiet dinner at home, Mr. and Mrs. “Fritz” Fitzhubert (along with an uninvited guest) are summoned through a…

First off, the full title of Miguel Gutierrez’ upcoming world premiere at Live Arts Bard is Age & Beauty Part 3: DANCER or…

Holcombe Waller’s Requiem Mass: LGBT / Working Title (MAP 2014) premieres September 11 and 12.  This musical and ceremonial choral work will be…

On September 10, I am capitalism (MAP 2012) premieres at The Kitchen. Created by koosil-ja with Geoff Matters, I am…

Earlier this year, Cornerstone Theater Company came to the end of their “epic, year-long, ten-city, decade-in-the making, once-in-a-lifetime, world premiere theatrical…

Faye Driscoll is in creative residency this month at the ICA Boston! Driscoll is currently developing THANK YOU FOR COMING: PLAY (MAP…

Ann Carlson is in a three-week residency/seminar for Doggie Hamlet (MAP 2014) at Alfred University. This collaborative residency with AU students, scholars,…

After a four year hiatus, The Scarlet Stone (MAP 2010) returns to the stage. The Scarlet Stone is a multidisciplinary and collaborative…

Catch three August events in the discussion series Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex! Marcus Shelby — composer, bassist,…

Miguel Gutierrez has two creative residencies this month! Gutierrez is currently developing Age & Beauty Part 3* (MAP 2014), the third and…

Tonight, Lisa Mezzacappa presents a preview of Glorious Ravage‪ (MAP 2014)‬ at San Francisco’s de Young Museum! In the second…

In the latest of a series of SHORE: Essays, playwright and interdisciplinary artist Lisa D’Amour reflects on Emily Johnson/Catalyst Dance’s…

Click on the dates below to purchase tickets! August 1 BLACK GIRL: LINGUISTIC PLAY MAP 2015* August 1 – 2 ANNA…

José Torres-Tama received a MAP fund grant earlier this year for ALIENS Taco Truck Theater Project. In an article written…

Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio (MAP 2015) has a new blog! Marcus Shelby (lead researcher and artist) and Jackie…

Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith spoke with Paul Costello for Stanford Medicine Magazine on her relationship to her own…

UPDATE: The deadline for applications has been extended to Tuesday, June 30th.  Opera Saratoga, in partnership with the literary organization Words…

Over the past year Cornerstone Theater Company has been on an epic, year-long, ten-city, decade-in-the making, once-in-a-lifetime, world premiere theatrical…

Earlier this week, performer and choreographer Emily Johnson spoke with Ivan Talijancic for The Brooklyn Rail on the creation of…

Hatchery Project Artist luciana achugar returns to the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography from May 16-27 to develop her next work,…

Earlier this week, The Yes Men wrote a blog post for Creative Capital detailing the various ways they have funded their feature-length projects over the…

PearlDamour is an Obie-Award winning collaborative team who create performance both inside and outside traditional theater spaces. For the…

While MAP is honored to support all 37 projects this grant cycle, we wanted to make special mention of the…

New York, NY – April 28, 2015 The MAP Fund proudly announces the selection of 37 new works in contemporary performing arts…

Buffer Overrun addresses information as a liquid and mobile force that tends to erode the importance of place.  It…

One of the most exciting aspects of…

One of the most exciting aspects of contemporary performance is artists’ increasing eschewal…

One of the most exciting aspects of contemporary performance is artists’ increasing eschewal…

Photo by Blaine Davis In collaboration with artist/performers Ty DeFoe, Larissa Fasthorse, and Madeline Sayet, Young Jean Lee is developing…

Photo by Peter Varshavsky Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio is a 60-minute blockbuster oratorio Marcus Shelby is composing, arranging and…

Photo by Jennifer Deering The Little Rock crisis was, as Taylor Branch has written, “the most severe test of the…

ELIJAH GREEN is…

Marisa Morán Jahn collaborates with nannies, housecleaners, and caregivers to create the…

In 1970, two towering personalities of American intelligentsia, writer James Baldwin and…

TBD Afro Punk, an afro punk contradiction, features an all Black cast.…

PRISM Quartet will partner with the Grammy-winning ensemble Partch and composer Ken Ueno to…

OTRO TEATRO: An Epilogue is the most recent incarnation of a series…

Yesterday Tomorrow, created by Annie Dorsen, is a new kind of musical – a collaboration between…

A soldier comes home and must adapt…

Clear & Sweet is a new multi-disciplinary performance incorporating dance, vocals, and…

DISCOTROPIC is a living graphic novel, manifest in episodic live events,…

he his own mythical beast (working title) is a multimedia performance work comprising…

Shooting Columbus is an immersive interactive performance that fuses multimedia, devised theatre,…

Mixed Blood’s DJ Latinidad’s Latino Dance Party asks: What makes/is Latino art/aesthetics/identity? Fifteen…

Taco Truck Theater / Teatro Sin Fronteras, created by José Torres-Tama & ArteFuturo…

LACE will present O Solitude, My sweetest choice!, a dance performance by…

Layering evocative English, Khmer, and Spanish narration onto a lush soundscape, Beloved casts…

Feast of Fools is a rich theatrical exploration into the role of…

Eiko’s first solo project, A Body in Places, and her ongoing media…

Hush Arbor (The Opera), created by Imani Uzuri, will be a mercurial musical…

Black Man, Running is a public run (as in a jog or…

Arrayanos draws on artist Charo Oquet’s Dominican heritage and decades-long process of…

Those Who Remain I. Concerto for Orchestra and Improviser Inspired by two poems by the iconic Northwest poet Richard Hugo,…

The Transformation Project will create a series of free site-specific theatrical performances…

Gesel Mason Performance Projects collides the genres, bodies and cultures of postmodern and…

In her newest exploration, Anna Deavere Smith is using her signature form of documentary theater to investigate the school-to-prison pipeline…

Mathematics of Love wonders of the role of “spirit” in the…

The Rehearsal Artist looks at one middle-aged skinny white woman’s body and…

Based on in-depth research into the history, aesthetics, and psychology of conspiracy, Real Enemies is an evening-length, multimedia, jazz-fueled exploration…

The Spinning Piece (working title) is a new collaboration between composer Julia Wolfe…

Vessels, a 7-woman performance on a floating vessel in the Mississippi…

3/5 (Three Fifths) is a new performance work conceived by James Scruggs, writer and performer of Disposable Men. It explores…

In 2013, composer Alex Temple wrote a piece for Cadillac Moon Ensemble…

BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play reveals the complexity of carving out a self-defined identity as a black female in urban American…

the theater is a blank page is a unique, immersive performance created by theater innovators SITI Company and renowned visual artist…

ToasT is a new play by spoken word artist and writer Lemon Andersen. Honoring the spoken word narratives recited in pool halls,…

Emily Johnson / Catalyst Dance’s SHORE is the third in a trilogy of works that began with the New York Dance…

Not Two is a new work created by Amir ElSaffar for Rivers of Sound. Rivers of Sound presents 17 musicians from…

Later this month, look out for an announcement of this year’s MAP Fund grantees. Thirty-seven new projects have been selected…

Ludic Proxy is a new play by Aya Ogawa, a haunting and magical piece that pulls you into uncharted territory where memory, fantasy…

The Demo is an electronic opera by composer/performers Mikel Rouse and Ben Neill. The piece is inspired by the remarkable story of computer…