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The MAP Fund supports the development and production of original live performance projects that embody a spirit of deep inquiry, particularly those that question, disrupt, and complicate notions of social and cultural hierarchies. MAP was originally established in 1988 by The Rockefeller Foundation and became an independent organization in 2016. Since our founding, MAP has provided over $33 million in support to thousands of artists within more than 1,000 projects.
Today, MAP is honored to announce a $1.4 million investment in 55 extraordinary new projects.
MAP does not merely steward resources into the hands of artists. MAP rethinks received ways of doing and being. We believe in the livelihood and lifeblood of artists. We believe artists make the world more vibrant, sustainable, and just, said poet and MAP Fund board member, Ama Codjoe. We are thrilled to support such an incredible group of artists, thinkers, and makers and await the ripples their work will have in our world.
Through this year’s process, each grantee receives $20,000 in project development funds and $5,000 in general operating funds to advance their bold ideas. From Hawaii to Puerto Rico to Maine, creative teams will generate dance, music, and theater works that organize their communities around abolition, fight for environmental justice, explore practices for mutual care, and more. Please join us in championing performing artists who are transforming our world in revolutionary ways.
The MAP Fund gratefully acknowledges our funding partners who help us invest in artists, including lead support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, along with the Howard Gilman Foundation.
by Gwyneth Shanks and SISTER JAMES
by Hoesy Corona
by UNIVERSES: Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, N’Sangou Njikam, Asia Mark, Nate John Mark, and Sophia Ramos
by Sugar Vendil
by Floating Museum: Avery R. Young, Faheem Majeed, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, and Andrew Schachman
by CONTRA-TIEMPO: Ana Maria Alvarez, Jannet Galdamez, Ruby Morales, Jasmine Stanley, Charlie Dando, Dalphe Morantus, and Alek Perez, in collaboration with Anaïs Maviel, Meena Murugesan, David Reynoso, Tuçe Yasak, Maximiliano Urruzmendi, and Emily Orling
by Bobby Norfolk in collaboration with Yavor Vesselinov
by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Wendy Whelan in collaboration with Francesca Harper, Rika Iino, and Chisa Yamaguchi
by Unit Souzou: Michelle Fujii, Toru Watanabe, Ian Berve, David Wells, and Vicky Zhang
by Peiling Kao, Gerald Casel, and Na-Ye Kim
by Christine Southworth and Evan Ziporyn
by t loving, Genevieve Erin O’Brien, and Denise Uyehara
by Anna Martine Whitehead in collaboration with Angel Bat Dawid, Jenn Freeman, Jasmine Mendoza, Zachary Nicol, Rahila Coates, Tramaine Parker, Daniella Pruitt, Ayanna Woods, Sky Cubacub, Phillip Armstrong, and Wills Glasspiegel
by Ava Ansari aka BotehJ
by Jess Curtis/Gravity: Jess Curtis, Gabriel Christian, Tiffany Taylor, Sophia Neises, Sherwood Chen, and Rachael Dichter, in collaboration with Georgina Kleege and Gerald Pirner
by Raquel Almazan, Estefanía Fadul, Andrea Abello, Francisco Arcila, Zuleyma Guevara, Mel Nieves, Gladys Pérez, Monica Steuer, Teresa Yenque, Hayley Isaacson, Aislinn Curry, Lisette Santiago, Haydee Antañuno, Daniela Hart, Elizabeth Mak, Melanie May, Noel Nichols, and Galia Backal
by Sunny Jain
by Joanna Haigood/Zaccho Dance Theatre in collaboration with Walter Kitundu, Wayne Campbell, Sean Riley, Yohana Junker, Veronica Blair, Ciarra D’Onofrio, Clarissa Dyas, Suzanne Gallo, Azraa Muhammed, Danielle Sexton, and Helen Wicks
by Steffani Jemison and Justin Hicks
by Spiderwoman Theater’s Muriel Miguel, Penny Couchie, Imelda Villalon, Sharon Day, Russell Wallace, Megan Paulin, and Sherry Guppy, in collaboration with the Story Creation and Performing Ensemble
by Mary Ellen Childs in collaboration with Zeitgeist
by Papel Machete and AgitArte in collaboration with Deborah Hunt, Southerners On New Ground, Sisters Unchained, and Prison Radio
by Liz Glynn
by Sarah Cameron Sunde and Joshua Dumas
by Silkroad
by Iquail Shaheed/DANCE IQUAIL! in collaboration with Daniel Carlton
by Heidi Latsky and Maya Man in collaboration with performers from Heidi Latsky Dance
by Marc Brew, Yuko Monden Juma, DeMarco Sleeper, Sonsherée Giles, JanpiStar, Miles Lassi, Emma Kingsbury, Walter Holden, Jaco Strydom, RAPT Productions, Laurie Rivard, Gravity Access Services, and East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
by Dr. Ana Maria (Tekina-eirú) Maynard and community members of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center
by Mary Ellen Strom and Shane Doyle in collaboration with Rachel Tang, Laine Rettmer, Ben Lloyd, and Jim Yokom
by Johnny Walsh, Qais Essar, and Marina McClure, with Gramophonic
by David Lee White and Kate Brennan
by Dr. André de Quadros, Halim Flowers, Momolu Stewart, Ted Hearne, Charlotte Brathwaite, and Beth Morrison Projects, in collaboration with VOICES 21C, Trinity Wall Street, LA Opera, Arts Emerson, and The Kennedy Center
by Abre Camino Collective: Victoria Collado and Vanessa Garcia, in collaboration with Nicole Garcia and Abigail Nover
by Celeste M. Lawson, Robin H. Hibbert, Mary Craig, Sherry Robbins, and Sara Rogers
by Matthew Welch, Valérie Sainte-Agathe, and the San Francisco Girls Chorus in collaboration with Sean San José, Florante Aguilar, Joan Osato, Alleluia Panis, Levy Lorenzo, and Patti Kilroy
by ABDProductions/Skywatchers: Anne Bluethenthal, Dazié Grego-Sykes, Malia Byrne, Shakiri, Deirdre Visser, Gabriel Christian, and the Skywatchers Ensemble, in collaboration with Faithful Fools, Melanie DeMore, and Irene Gustafson
by Jean Appolon Expressions: Jean Appolon, Ivana Chan, Nadia Issa, Meghan McGrath, Meghan Riling, Lonnie Stanton, and Mcebisi Xotyeni, in collaboration with Val Jeanty
by Ashley Tata in collaboration with Eliza Bagg, Afsoon Pajoufar, Sadah Espii Proctor, Booker Stardrum, and Aoshuang Zhang
by Dahlak Brathwaite, Roberta Uno, and Toran X. Moore
by E. Wray
by David Roussève/REALITY in collaboration with Julie Tolentino
by Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy‘s Ragamala Dance Company
by Sarah Manning and Soraya Chemaly
by Louis Chinn (Jyun Jyun) and Huameng Yu (missTANGQ)
by Danielle Deadwyler, Madhuri Shekar, and Mary Lynn Owen, in collaboration with Angela M. Farr Schiller, Rachel May, Lisa Gordillo, Kacie Willis, and Celise Kalke
by Brian Harnetty in collaboration with Katie Porter Maxwell, Jeremy Woodruff, Phil Rodriguez, William Lang, and Seth Bockley
