Artists as Catalysts
Is making art essential work?
The work of dancer, choreographer, and multi-disciplinary artist nora chipaumire explores gender and the Black performing body and aesthetic, while defying and deconstructing narratives born out of lived experiences of liberation wars, exiles, and racial and social differences. Photo: Erik Tanner for Mellon Foundation
Artists nourish our economies, communities, and collective spirit. Beyond measure, they expand our notion of who we are as a “we.” Mellon is dedicated to supporting artists across disciplines and creating a more robust and representative ecosystem that champions care for the art and for its creators.
Voices
The State of Nonprofit Theater in America Invites New Possibilities
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Stephanie Ybarra
Program Officer, Arts and Culture
Mellon Foundation
Directed and Choreographed by nora chipaumire
Claiming Oneself Where Art & Culture Meet: “Afro Promo #1 King Lady”
Project EATS, Inc.
Artist Linda Goode Bryant on Creating Food Sovereignty with New York Communities: “Let’s Find the ‘Can’ in ‘Can’t’ ”
Linda Goode Bryant
Project EATS
Project EATS
“Artists create social connections among huge groups of people through our ability to imagine and transform.”
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
A (Re)generation of Artists
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Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
A New Deal for Artists in the 21st Century
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