Live Arts Boston 2018 Grantees

The Boston Foundation, with support and partnership from the Barr Foundation, has awarded 65 project grants to performing artists, groups and small producers and presenters across Greater Boston as part of the 2018 grant cycle for Live Arts Boston. In all, the 65 grantees, who were selected from over 350 applications, will share more than $785,000 to create, produce, or present their work to audiences. Grantees were chosen through an open application and community review process that included local artists, presenters, and producers.

Dance

Abilities Dance

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Ellice Patterson-Abilities Dance. Photo by Kyle Davi.
Abilities Dance Boston

Ashton Lites | StiggityStackz Worldwide Inc. Photo by Raya Al-Hashmi.

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Ashton Lites | StiggityStackz Worldwide Inc. Photo by Raya Al-Hashmi.
StiggityStackz Worldwide

Fukudance

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Fukudance. Junichi Fukuda. Photo by Nikki Carrara.
Fukudance

Multi-/Interdisciplinary

Alexander Davis, in collaboration with Jeremy Stewart and J Jumbelic

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Alexander Davis, in collaboration with Jeremy Stewart and J Jumbelic. Photo by Celso Enrique.
Alexander Davis Dance

Anna Myer and Dancers/Beheard.world

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Anna Myer and Dancers/Beheard.world. Photo By Charles Daniels,  Dancers:  Oliver Burns and Jeremy Howes
Beheard.world

Around Hear

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Marjorie Gere-Around Hear. Self-portrait (In the photo, from left to right: Dan Sedgwick, Tamara Plummer, Marji.
Around Hear

Original Music

617Sessions

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Laurie Dowd-617Sessions
617Sessions

Billy Dean Thomas

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Billy Dean Thomas. Photo by Peter Cirilli.
Billy Dean Thomas

Boston Rise. Consisting of Jared Price aka JPRiZM/Koma Toast LLC and Juma Inniss/The Message Inc.

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Boston Rise. Consisting of Jared Price aka JPRiZM/Koma Toast LLC and Juma Inniss/The Message Inc.
Boston Rise

Performance Art

Anthony Romero with Josh Rios and Matt Joynt

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Anthony Romero with Josh Rios and Matt Joynt. Photo by Deanna Ledezma.

Evan Northrup

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Evan Northrup. Photo by Martha Jarnis, Salem, Massachusetts
Evan Northrup

Franklin Park Coalition, Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park

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Franklin Park Coalition, Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park. Photo by Blair Campbell.
Franklin Park Coalition, Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park

Theater

Christina R. Chan

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Christina R. Chan. Photo by Joe Henson.

Faye Dupras

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Faye Dupras: ‘The Case of Max' Not-So-Ordinary Case.’ Photo by Kristin Little.
Faye Dupras: Puppetry for Everyone

Jabari Asim (Books/Lyrics), Liana Asim (Book/Lyrics/Dramaturg), and Allyssa Jones (Composer)

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Jabari Asim (Books/Lyrics), Liana Asim (Book/Lyrics/Dramaturg), and Allyssa Jones (Composer). Jesse Erin Posner-The Way We Live Now , photo by Indigo Asim.
Jabari Asim

Traditional, Culturally Specific and Folk Performing Arts

Ceren Turkmenoglu

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Ceren Turkmenoglu. Photo by Evran Ozturk.
Ceren Turkmenoglu

Ngoc-Tran Vu

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Ngoc-Tran Vu. Photo by Nam-An Dinh.
Ngoc-Tran Vu

Veronica Robles

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Veronica Robles. Photo by Tailor Made.
Veronica Robles

2018 LAB Panelists

Jonathan Bailey Holland, Boston Conservatory
Ariana Brawley, Jacob's Pillow
Sara Brookner, ArtsEmerson
Harrison Pearse Burke, Lighting Designer
Shoshona Currier, Bates Dance Festival
Nina Eichner, Somerville Arts Council
Victoria George, ArtsBoston
Regie Gibson, Literary Performer and Educator
Lina Maria Giraldo, Emerson College/Now + There
David Holland, Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston
Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Huntington Theatre Company
Obehi Janice, Actress/Writer/Comedian
Sara Juli, Surala Consulting
Sue Killam, MASS MoCA
Lindsay Caddle LaPointe, Linden Tree Productions
Mark LunsfordAmerican Repertory Theater 
Amelia Mason, WBUR
Anmol Mehra, Urbanity Dance 
Ruth Mercado-Zizzo, EdVestors
Celina Miranda, Hyde Square Task Force
Eiji Miura, New England Conservatory and Clark University
Oompa Poet, Rapper, Educator
Cheri Opperman, The New England Foundation for the Arts
Bryna Pascoe, Independent Artist
Tef Poe, Rapper, Musician, Activist
Vic Quintanar, Pride Youth Theater Alliance at the Theater Offensive
Anna Rae, Independent Musician, Photographer, Event Producer
Shey Rivera, AS220
Rachel Roberts, New England Conservatory
Steve Schroth, Boston Children's Museum
Sydney Skybetter, Brown University
Rebecca Smerling, Boston Harbor Now
George Steel Abrams, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Karthik Subramanian, Company One Theatre & Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Aysha Upchurch, Educator & Independent Artist