Shortlist 2025

Creative Capital and its expert reviewers and panelists have the great privilege of seeing and learning about a wealth of exciting artists’ projects each grant cycle. The 2025 Shortlist features remarkable new projects in Visual Arts, Technology, Performing Arts, Film/Moving Image, and Literature that advanced to the final round in the national selection process.

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VISUAL ARTS

  • Sydney Maubert; Queen of the Swamp: The Saltwater Railroad; Architecture & Design; Installation; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Homestead, FL
  • Maureen Catbagan; Salakot Sweat Power!; Installation; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Video Art; Brooklyn, NY
  • Jevijoe Vitug; Salakot Sweat Power!; Installation; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Video Art; Long Island City, NY
  • Ashely Kuo; It’s Alive; Architecture & Design; Public Art; Video Art; New York; NY
  • Arianna Deane; It’s Alive; Architecture & Design; Public Art; Video Art; New York, NY
  • Bryn Silverman; It’s Alive; Architecture & Design; Public Art; Video Art; Louisville, KY
  • Naveen Chaubal; It’s Alive; Architecture & Design; Public Art; Video Art; Louisville, KY
  • A young Yu; Border Ecologies; Ecological Art; Performance Art; Video Art; New York, NY
  • Nicholas Oh; Border Ecologies; Ecological Art; Performance Art; Video Art; New York, NY
  • Daesha Harris; Timbuctoo: Visions of a Black Legacy; Installation; Photography; Video Art; Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Felecia Davis; Tuning In: Soft Architectures; Architecture & Design; Craft; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; State College, PA
  • Hannah Drake; (Un)Known Project; Installation; Public Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Louisville, KY
  • Josh Miller; (Un)Known Project; Installation; Public Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Denver, CO
  • Phung Huynh; Angkorian Homecoming: Repatriation of Ancestral Art to Cambodia; Painting & Printmaking; Public Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; South Pasadena, CA
  • Ana Teresa Fernandez; On the Horizon; Ecological Art; Installation; Social Practice; San Francisco, CA
  • Ava Aviva Avnisan; Specters of Home; Installation; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Video Art; San Diego, CA
  • Bing Guan; Gold Mountain; Photography; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; New York, NY
  • Cheryl Miller; If We Stand Tall…Recollections of Spirits Past Book Project; Photography; Stoughton, MA
  • Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick; LĒʻAHI: HE WAHI LOLI MAU (A PLACE OF CONTINUOUS TRANSFORMATION); Architecture & Design; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Video Art; Honolulu, HI
  • Sean Connelly; LĒʻAHI: HE WAHI LOLI MAU (A PLACE OF CONTINUOUS TRANSFORMATION); Architecture & Design; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Video Art; Honolulu, HI
  • Wickerham & Lomax; Father Nature; Installation; Painting & Printmaking; Social Practice; Baltimore, MD
  • Malcolm Lomax; Father Nature; Installation; Painting & Printmaking; Social Practice; Baltimore, MD
  • Grace Whiteside; The Inflatables; Craft; Performance Art; Video Art; Brooklyn, NY
  • Jenny Yurshansky; The Fugitive Archive; Installation; Social Practice; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Los Angeles, CA
  • Joel Swanson; Glossolalia: AI-based Transcriptions of Speaking in Tongues; Installation; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Video Art; Denver, CO
  • KYLE co.; Critical Race Therapy; Installation; Performance Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Brooklyn, NY
  • Leslie Foster; Black Cathedral (or the Nyxontology of Other-Worlds); Installation; Sculpture; Video Art; Los Angeles, CA
  • Michelle Glass; The BirdHAUS (Hydroponic Aqua Ultrafiltration System) toxic water remediation project.; Ecological Art; Social Practice; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Ventura, CA
  • Nick Vaughan; Town Meeting, 1978-2028; Drawing & Illustration; Installation; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Houston, TX
  • Jake Margolin; Town Meeting, 1978-2028; Drawing & Illustration; Installation; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Houston, TX
  • K̲aachgóon Smallwood; Kootéeyaa (Totem Pole) Carving Mentor Apprenticeship; Photography; Public Art; Sculpture; Douglas, AK
  • Saberah Malik; She Who Speaks to Me; Craft; Installation; Sculpture; Warwick,RI
  • Steven Anthony Johnson II; You may not understand now, but live a little; Drawing & Illustration; Social Practice; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Brooklyn, NY
  • troy briggs; Drawing distance; Architecture & Design; Drawing & Illustration; Sculpture; Chicago, IL
  • Ali Printz; Remediating the Region: Environmental Justice on Appalachian Soil; Ecological Art; Public Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Shepherdstown, WV
  • Ernie Roby-Tomic; Remediating the Region: Environmental Justice on Appalachian Soil; Ecological Art; Public Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; French Creek, WV
  • Amanda Russhell Wallace; Reimagining Dystonia: Sonic and Visual Interventions; Installation; Photography; Sound Art; New London, CT
  • Ayana V Jackson; You Forgot to See Me Coming; Installation; Performance Art; Photography; Brooklyn, NY
  • Gina Favano; Book based on the archives presented in Back Channel Radio.; Painting & Printmaking; Social Practice; Sound Art; Winona, MN
  • Carolina Cueva; Ayllu: In Being, In Space; Installation; Sculpture; Social Practice; Miami Beach, FL
  • Christina Lorena Weisner; Glaciers, Archives, and the Anthropocene; Ecological Art; Sculpture; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Kill Devil Hills, NC
  • Cressandra Thibodeaux; Native Climate Refugees; Photography; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Sault Ste. Marie, MI
  • Elia Vargas; The Heliotechnics/Heliotechniques Institute for the Study of Solar Practices; Ecological Art; Performance Art; Video Art; Buffalo, NY
  • Em Kettner; The Breathing Room; Installation; Sculpture; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Richmond, CA
  • Gi (Ginny) Huo; Sky Carrier; Installation; Sculpture; Brooklyn, NY
  • Janet Biggs; Eclipse; Ecological Art; Installation; Video Art; Brooklyn, NY
  • Juniper Harrower; Ecologies of care for Joshua tree; Ecological Art; Social Practice; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Portland, OR
  • Kevork Mourad; Rediscovering the Past; Installation; Painting & Printmaking; New York, NY
  • Lara Salmon; Pulse; Installation; Performance Art; Social Practice; Los Angeles, CA
  • Lillis Taylor; Habitualista; Social Practice; Birmingham, AL
  • Lynne Marsh; Gestures Under Threat; Performance Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Video Art; Los Angeles, CA
  • Mark Menjívar; Avian Healing Chamber; Installation; Social Practice; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; San Antonio, TX
  • Page Person; 100% Person; Painting & Printmaking; Performance Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Los Angeles, CA
  • Lily Reeves; Public Lands; Architecture & Design; Ecological Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Phoenix, AZ
  • Quinlin Messenger; Public Lands; Architecture & Design; Ecological Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; San Rafael, CA
  • Tirtza Even; Disturbed; Installation; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Video Art; Chicago, IL
  • Tristan Duke; Forest for the Trees; Ecological Art; Photography; Video Art; Los Angeles, CA
  • Tony Vazquez Figueroa; Re/de/fined; Ecological Art; Sculpture; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Miami, FL
  • Jamea Richmond-Edwards; The Arctic and Black Body; Installation; Painting & Printmaking; Video Art; Detroit, MI
  • brooke smiley; EARTH.SPEAKS: land-based public art uplifting Indigenous identity; Architecture & Design; Ecological Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Ojai, CA
  • Anna Craycroft; Voice the System; Public Art; Sculpture; Sound Art; Brooklyn, NY
  • Diana Wu; Memory, Food and Belonging; Drawing & Illustration; Photography; Social Practice; Oakland, CA
  • Avé-Ameenah Long; Memory, Food and Belonging; Drawing & Illustration; Photography; Social Practice; Vallejo, CA
  • Claudia Luz Suarez; Memory, Food and Belonging; Drawing & Illustration; Photography; Social Practice
  • Sue de Beer; The Iron Tonic; Installation; Video Art; Cold Spring, NY
  • Amiko Li; Passaggio; Installation; Performance Art; New York, NY
  • Jeffrey Meris; Can You See My Light? How Does It Feel? II; Sculpture; New York, NY
  • Lizania Cruz; Decoding Citizenship; Installation; Sculpture; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Brooklyn, NY
  • Myles de Bastion; IKIGAI MACHINE: A sensory loss sci-fi odyssey interactive experience.; Architecture & Design; Installation; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Portland, OR
  • Aubrey Edwards; High Iron; Installation; Public Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Laramie, WY
  • Conor Mullen; High Iron; Installation; Public Art; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Laramie, WY
  • Don Brodie; The Gateway; Public Art; Social Practice; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Brooklyn, NY
  • Cory Bishop; The Gateway; Public Art; Social Practice; Socially-Engaged Visual Art; Brooklyn, NY
  • Majesty Royale-Jackson; ghosts at barking water; Installation; Sound Art; Video Art; Durham, NC

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TECHNOLOGY

  • VJ Um Amel; Data Body: An Arab-Futuristic Video Game about Liberation; Games; Goleta, CA
  • Susana Ruiz; Data Body: An Arab-Futuristic Video Game about Liberation; Games; Santa Cruz, CA
  • Ava Fedorov; Atlas of Memory and Olfaction; Bio Art; Data Visualization; Social-Engaged Technology; Jamaica Plain, MA
  • Georgia b Smith; TUG GUT; Bio Art; Maryland, NY
  • Zelda Smith; TUG GUT; Bio Art; Maryland, NY
  • Maylee Todd; NeuroSonic Synesthesia; Bio Art; Data Visualization; Social-Engaged Technology; Los Angeles, CA
  • Matt Romein; Bag of Worms; Digital Media; Games; Brooklyn, NY
  • A.M. Darke; A.M. After Darke; Digital Media; Internet Art; Social-Engaged Technology; Oakland, CA
  • Ryat Yezbick; The Innocence of Unknowing; Data Visualization; Internet Art; Social-Engaged Technology; Los Angeles, CA
  • Milo Talwani; The Innocence of Unknowing; Data Visualization; Internet Art; Social-Engaged Technology; Los Angeles, CA
  • Tansy Xiao; LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor); Bio Art; Digital Media; Virtual Reality; Brooklyn, NY
  • Toni Dove; Sunjammer 6: A Tale Blown By A Solar Breeze; Digital Media; New York, NY
  • Maia Dolphin-Krute; Design and the Opioid Epidemic; Digital Media; Internet Art; Social-Engaged Technology; Worcester, MA
  • Anastasia Maier; Genres of Emplacement: An Inquiry-Based Process for Reparative Mapping; Data Visualization; Social-Engaged Technology; Duvall, WA
  • Wanda Culp; Genres of Emplacement: An Inquiry-Based Process for Reparative Mapping; Data Visualization; Social-Engaged Technology; Juneau, AK
  • Kat Mustatea; BodyMouth; Augmented Reality; Hardware; Software; New York, NY
  • Owen Lowery; Access; Bio Art; Digital Media; Social-Engaged Technology; Pittsburgh, PA
  • Steven Gutierrez; Comforting Bad Dreams Bomb the US; Augmented Reality; Hardware; Social-Engaged Technology; Chardon, OH
  • Sholeh Asgary; Audio Archive Booth; Data Visualization; Digital Media; Social-Engaged Technology; Oakland, CA
  • Timothy Weaver; We Sing to You from the Edges of the World; Bio Art; Hardware; Software; Golden, CO
  • Ana María Gómez López; Vital Chronograph; Bio Art; Digital Media; Hardware; Amsterdam, NH
  • Jodie Adams Kirshner; A Changing Climate in Coal Country; Digital Media; Social-Engaged Technology; Nashville, TN
  • Nathan Langston; TELEPHONE; Data Visualization; Games; Internet Art; Seattle, WA

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PERFORMING ARTS

  • Ronee Penoi; The Carlisle Project; Multimedia Performance; Music Theatre; Socially-Engaged Performance; Melrose, MA
  • Annalisa Dias; The Carlisle Project; Multimedia Performance; Music Theatre; Socially-Engaged Performance; Baltimore, MD
  • Alex Torra; The Sincerity Project #6 (2026); Theater; Philadelphia, PA
  • Shaina Baira; THE WILD: An Immersive Experience; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Theater; Detroit, MI
  • Bryan Baira; THE WILD: An Immersive Experience; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Theater; Detroit, MI
  • Dawn Weleski; Refuse Refuse: Radio; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Hamilton, NY
  • Miguel Alejandro Castillo Le Maitre; ELMO-MENTO; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Ari Gass; A Family History of the Algorithm that Changed Policing; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Philadelphia, PA
  • Cat Ramirez; A Family History of the Algorithm that Changed Policing; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Philadelphia, PA
  • Daniel Park; A Family History of the Algorithm that Changed Policing; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Philadelphia, PA
  • Joseph Ahmed; A Family History of the Algorithm that Changed Policing; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Philadelphia, PA
  • Hansol Jung; Backyard Boys; Music; Theater; Mystic, CT
  • Aya Ogawa; Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood; Theater; Brooklyn, NY
  • Emmanuele Phuon; Past Forward: Cambodia rocks!; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Music; Brooklyn, NY
  • Gabriel Mininberg; Daruma+Deltones: Exploring the African Diaspora; Jazz; Music; Socially-Engaged Performance; Denver, CO
  • Shane Dähler; Daruma+Deltones: Exploring the African Diaspora; Jazz; Music; Socially-Engaged Performance; Denver, CO
  • Christopher Kaminstein; Gallatin Street; Theater; New Orleans, LA
  • April Louise; Gallatin Street; Theater; New Orleans, LA
  • Richon May; Gallatin Street; Theater; New Orleans, LA
  • Shannon Flaherty; Gallatin Street; Theater; New Orleans, LA
  • Joel Harrison; Burn Pit; Jazz; Multimedia Performance; Music; BROOKLYN, NY
  • Jon Irabagon; Server Farm in Four Colors; Dance; Jazz; Multimedia Performance; Park Ridge, IL
  • Keir GoGwilt; Zarabanda Variations; Dance; Music; Socially-Engaged Performance; New York, NY
  • Leslie Cuyjet; For All Your Life; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Vanessa Osage; The Horizon Vision Tour: Seeing Further; Dance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Bellingham, WA
  • Maura García; Ꮟ ᎠᏂᏬᏂ They Are Still Talking; Dance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Chapel Hill, NC
  • Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte; A Sea In-MOTION; Multimedia Performance; Music; Socially-Engaged Performance; New York, NY
  • ALEXA GRÆ; A Sea In-MOTION; Multimedia Performance; Music; Socially-Engaged Performance; Dallas, TX
  • Philip Trevino; A Sea In-MOTION; Multimedia Performance; Music; Socially-Engaged Performance; New York, NY
  • Rubén Polendo; The One(s); Theater; Brooklyn, NY
  • Luis Rincon Alba; Chant Down; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Camila Falquez; Chant Down; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Vivian Fung; My Family // Cambodia, 1975; Opera; Kensington, CA
  • Andrew Cyr; My Family // Cambodia, 1975; Opera; Jackson Heights, NY
  • Royce Vavrek; My Family // Cambodia, 1975; Opera; Brooklyn, NY
  • Amy Chiao; The Living Hygiene Experience; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Cerritos, CA
  • André de Quadros; The Slaying of Innocence; Music Theatre; Socially-Engaged Performance; Boston, MA
  • Wayland X. Coleman; The Slaying of Innocence; Music Theatre; Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Annie Saunders; Self as Synonym for Shelter; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Los Angeles, CA
  • Brett Ashley Robinson; Leiomyoma; Music Theatre; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Philadelphia, PA
  • San Cha; Inebria me; Multimedia Performance; Music; Opera; Alhambra, CA
  • Emily Wells; Cadillac Ranch; Multimedia Performance; Music; Opera; Philadelphia, PA
  • SA Smythe; proclivity; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Toronto, Canada
  • Katie Ka Vang; HMONG FUTURES; Theater; Saint Paul, MN
  • Kayla Farrish; A Beast That Came Apart Mid-Air; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Theater; Brooklyn, NY
  • Lex Brown; Project Creatine; Music; Music Theatre; Opera; Philadelphia, PA
  • Creatine Price; Project Creatine; Music; Music Theatre; Opera; New York, NY
  • Samuel Beebe; Project Creatine; Music; Music Theatre; Opera; Jamaica Plain, MA
  • Caitlin Nasema Cassidy; THE MAGIC BULLET; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; New York, NY
  • Geoff Kanick; THE MAGIC BULLET; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; New York, NY
  • Ismail Khalidi; THE MAGIC BULLET; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; New York, NY
  • Mohamed Yabdri; THE MAGIC BULLET; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; St. Paul, MN
  • Noelle Ghoussaini; THE MAGIC BULLET; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; Brooklyn, NY
  • Marcie Rendon; Little Earth ID Project – Declaring Sovereign Urban Tribal Nation; Socially-Engaged Performance; Minneapolis, MN
  • Maria Bauman; These are the bodies that have not borne.; Dance; Multimedia Performance; 
  • Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Milo Cramer; JURY DUTY; Theater; Brooklyn, NY
  • Morgan Green; JURY DUTY; Theater; Philadelphia, PA
  • Nicole Mitchell; Unlocking Prisms; Jazz; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Henderson, NC
  • Aaya Badue; Unlocking Prisms; Jazz; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Henderson, NC
  • James Badue; Unlocking Prisms; Jazz; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Henderson, NC
  • Stephanie Fleischmann; The Visitation, an opera for a vanishing world; Multimedia Performance; Music Theatre; Opera; Brooklyn, NY
  • Christina Campanella; The Visitation, an opera for a vanishing world; Multimedia Performance; Music Theatre; Opera; New York, NY
  • Hyperion Çacatzin Yvaire lo Saga; Disruptive Future Plans (Kakáw Kóhic Dékále); Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Providence, RI
  • Zaquia Mahler Salinas; cenotes; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Boston, MA
  • X. Lee; CHINESE NEVER DIE; Music Theatre; Socially-Engaged Performance; Theater; San Jose, CA
  • Jakari Sherman; Our Road Home; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Socially-Engaged Performance; Houston, TX
  • Tamar-kali Brown; The Swann; Opera; BROOKLYN, NY
  • devynn emory; boiling rain; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • JD Samson; Pleading at Dawn; Multimedia Performance; Music; Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Abigail Washburn; A Love Movement: Oral Tradition, Neuro-Divergence & Uncertain Human Future; Music; Socially-Engaged Performance; Nashville, TN
  • Adrian Anantawan; Disability Music Collective: Adaptation and Evolution; Music; Mattapan, MA
  • Ty Defoe; Skeleton Canoe; Multimedia Performance; Puppetry; Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Amanda Sayed; Skeleton Canoe; Multimedia Performance; Puppetry; Socially-Engaged Performance; Norwalk, CT
  • Katherine Freer; Skeleton Canoe; Multimedia Performance; Puppetry; Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Lux Haac; Skeleton Canoe; Multimedia Performance; Puppetry; Socially-Engaged Performance; Brooklyn, NY
  • Caden Manson; TROUBLE; Multimedia Performance; Erwina, PA
  • Jemma Nelson; TROUBLE; Multimedia Performance; Erwinna, PA
  • Gabriel Mata; Dancing Mestizajes; Dance; Multimedia Performance; Theater; Washington, DC
  • Shinichi Iova-Koga; Clouds from a Crumbling Giant; Dance; Socially-Engaged Performance; San Francisco, CA
  • Nile Harris; the palm wine drinkard; Multimedia Performance; Opera; Theater; New York, NY

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FILM/MOVING IMAGE

  • James N. Kienitz Wilkins; Rough Copy; Experimental Film; Glendale, NY
  • Robin Schavoir; Rough Copy; Experimental Film; Mount Tremper, NY
  • Emma D. Miller; Father Figures; Documentary Film; Los Angeles, CA
  • A.J. McClenon; VEGA’S CROSSING; Experimental Film; Chicago, IL
  • Alysa Nahmias; Untitled Cookie Project; Documentary Film; Los Angeles, CA
  • Gabriela Díaz Arp; Matininó; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Atlanta, GA
  • Iva Radivojević; Rhýax : a stream of lava; Experimental Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Jason Hanasik; John Who Lives in the Dark; Documentary Film; San Francisco, CA
  • Max Zara Bernstein; Breathe; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Seattle, WA
  • Maya Livio; Salvaging Birds; Animation; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Washington, DC
  • Juan Antonio Olivares; Homo Residuus; Animation; Brooklyn, NY
  • Steven Raven Liang; Godfrey’s Time Out; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Berkeley, CA
  • Tyler Eschendal; HERE; Experimental Film; Narrative Film; South Pasadena, CA
  • Anthony Banua-Simon; The Pink Palace; Documentary Film; Narrative Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Grant Alan Davis; Rehearsal for a Funeral; Narrative Film; Westerly, RI
  • Ingrid Raphaël; SILK; Narrative Film; PHILADELPHIA, PA
  • Tamer Hassan; Merciful Distance; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Britta Johnson; Life Explained; Animation; Experimental Film; Seattle, WA
  • Serge Garcia; Como La Flor; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Berlin, BE
  • Tommy Franklin; You Don’t Know My Name; Documentary Film; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Saint Paul, MN
  • Alexis Hunley; Call Me ZZ; Documentary Film; Long Beach, CA
  • Andrew Norman Wilson; Impersonator; Narrative Film; New York, NY
  • Armon Mahdavi; Leila; Narrative Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Carl Harrison Jr.; Eve’s Garden; Documentary Film; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; New Orleans, LA
  • Coco Fusco; My Summer in Villa Marista; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Courtney Stephens; Food and War; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Los Angeles, CA
  • Dahlia Bloomstone; Does that hurt the fish?; Animation; Experimental Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Nausheen Dadabhoy; Women Like Us; Documentary Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Elizabeth M. Webb; Artificial Horizon; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Doraville, GA
  • Emily Sasmor; CLOSE TO YOU; Animation; Experimental Film; Narrative Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Erin Espelie; Ideas of Order & Oxygen; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Boulder, CO
  • Jessica Bardsley; The Cave Without a Name; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Socially-Engaged Film; New York, NY
  • Karim Kassem; Afterlife; Documentary Film; Jersey City, NJ
  • Liza Peterson; Merlina: The Origin; Narrative Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Sekou Luke; Merlina: The Origin; Narrative Film; New York, NY
  • María del Mar Rosario; Mar a Luz; Documentary Film; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Toa Baja, PR
  • Mitch McCabe; CIVIL WAR SURVEILLANCE POEMS; Animation; Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Detroit, MI
  • Ohan Breiding; A letter to the future; Experimental Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Sheilah ReStack; Stovepipe to the Sun; Experimental Film; Columbus, OH
  • Dani ReStack; Stovepipe to the Sun; Experimental Film; Columbus, OH
  • Shenny De Los Angeles; Looking for Zora Again; Experimental Film; Narrative Film; Kissimmee, FL
  • Stacy Lynn Smith; RECKONING; Experimental Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Alex Romania; RECKONING; Experimental Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Dell Marie Hamilton; Mark, Phillis, Phebe – A Murder Told In Three Parts; Experimental Film; Boston, MA
  • Angela Counts; Mark, Phillis, Phebe – A Murder Told In Three Parts; Experimental Film; Okemos, MI
  • Lisa Marie Malloy; Sunmama; Experimental Film; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Cairo, IL
  • Ray Whitaker; Sunmama; Experimental Film; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; , 
  • Cedric Cheung-Lau; Methuselah; Experimental Film; Narrative Film; New York, NY
  • Jasmine Bissete; The Doctor and the Floating Bridge; Animation; Narrative Film; New York, NY
  • Edward Buckles; KINFOLK; Documentary Film; Terrytown, LA
  • PJ Raval; UNTITLED PHILIPPINES PROJECT (working title); Documentary Film; 
  • Socially-Engaged Film; Austin, TX
  • Shengze Zhu; A Distant House Smokes on the Horizon; Experimental Film; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Chicago, IL
  • Rachel Leah Jones; PODIUM (You Have Three Minutes); Documentary Film; Berkeley, CA
  • Lendl Tellington; The Age of All Women: The Becoming of Younousse Seye; Documentary Film; 
  • Baltimore, MD
  • Merve Fejzula; The Age of All Women: The Becoming of Younousse Seye; Documentary Film; Columbia, MO
  • Rolla Selbak; The Visitor; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Marina Del Rey, CA
  • Steven Viglione Cossman; Neighbors of New York; Documentary Film; Narrative Film; Socially-Engaged Film; Brooklyn, NY
  • Alison Nguyen; Spread; Experimental Film; Narrative Film; New York, NY
  • Valerie Soe; We Go Down Sewing: The Auntie Sewing Squad documentary project; 
  • Documentary Film; Experimental Film; Socially-Engaged Film; San Francisco, CA

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LITERATURE

  • johnalynn holland; We Don’t Talk About Blacktown; Literary Fiction; Poetry; Socially-Engaged Literature; Chester, VA
  • Carlos Sirah; JUKE; Literary Fiction; Poetry; Socially-Engaged Literature; Los Angeles, CA
  • L. Renée; Black Appalachian Inheritances; Literary Nonfiction; Poetry; Socially-Engaged 
  • Literature; Harrisonburg, VA
  • Pemi Aguda; Room H104; Literary Fiction; Philadelphia, PA
  • Brittany Rogers; Adorn; Poetry; Detroit, MI
  • Felicia Zamora; El Cielo En Nuestros Ojos :: An Ecological Inamorata Pulse; Poetry; Cincinnati, OH
  • Jillian McManemin; A CALL TO ROT; Literary Nonfiction; Socially-Engaged Literature; Brooklyn, NY
  • LaTanya McQueen; See/Unsee; Literary Nonfiction; Socially-Engaged Literature; Raleigh, NC
  • Michael Zapata; The Census Taker; Literary Fiction; Chicago, IL
  • Rob Macaisa Colgate; The Bonsai Center: Poems on Disability, Colonialism, and Famine; Poetry; Socially-Engaged Literature; Toronto, Other
  • Ryan Lee Wong; Ahimsa; Literary Nonfiction; Socially-Engaged Literature; BROOKLYN, NY
  • Sayuri Ayers; Radish Women; Literary Nonfiction; Poetry; Socially-Engaged Literature; Columbus, OH
  • Alexis M Smith; Malva neglecta: a love story; Literary Fiction; Literary Nonfiction; Socially-Engaged Literature; Spokane, WA
  • Jewel Rodgers; Wax Over Water; Poetry; OMAHA, NE
  • Harry Dodge; Bonkers: A Novella; Literary Fiction; LA, CA
  • Siddhartha Deb; Nomos of the Earth: Life on the Margins of Empire; Literary Fiction; Literary Nonfiction; Socially-Engaged Literature; New York, NY
  • Leslie Sainz; I Believe in Evil & Evil Believes in You; Poetry; Vergennes, VT

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