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Live Arts Boston 2022
Information is out now about the next generation of LAB. Click here to learn more!
Congratulations to the performing artists selected for Live Arts Boston 2022!
We are pleased to share with you the names of the 50 artists and organizations selected as the 2022 cohort for Live Arts Boston.
In its sixth year, Live Arts Boston (LAB), created with the support and partnership of the Barr Foundation, supported Greater Boston area artists to test ideas, explore collaborations and build skills in the process of generating new, original work. Arts and music are the translators of meaning. In an era of health, racial, and economic pandemics that will forever change our lives, we believe that art is a critical force for advancing needed conversations, building belonging, imagining a better future and inspiring us to move towards it.
LAB once again supported visionary performing artists creating new work through Live Arts Boston. LAB provides up to $15,000 in project-specific funds to create, produce or present new performing arts work for Greater Boston audiences. In addition to funding, grantees will receive project documentation, one-on-one advising, peer networking opportunities and support for other professional development.
Funding supports work in dance, theater, music, opera, musical theater, spoken word, performance art, circus arts, traditional and folk performing arts and any multi-disciplinary combination of the above.
Beyond dollars, the LAB program gave grantees access to an invaluable resource--Boston-based Dunamis, a professional development organization specializing in the support and training of Boston’s emerging artists and arts-managers of color. A vital partner of the LAB since program 2020, the Dunamis team meets creatives where they are at any stage of their careers, offering 1:1 consultation, project advising with a dedicated cohort of artist-advisors, and an evolving array of professional development workshops based on the needs of the current cohort. Their podcast series, Dexter's L.A.B., created to give voice to LAB artists, highlights grantees for their work and unique perspectives.
Scroll down to learn more about the program and meet the 2022 LAB grantees.
Program Information
About the Program:
The next application period for Live Arts Boston will be in early 2024.
Read the press release about the 2022 Live Arts Boston cohort of artists!
Learn more about past cohorts:
Thanks to our funding partner
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Meet the 2022 LAB Artists
![Adobo Fish Sauce LAB 2022 Grantee Two members of Adobo Fish Sauce are standing and covering their faces with a cutting board and frying pan](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/adobo-fish-sauce.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=80435F9E502DE8E44FEF5D0141F58D4F)
Adobo-Fish-Sauce will practice a public display of process as product by documenting the journey of writing, developing, and the first performance of a new cooking and poetry show.
![Three women dancers surround a fourth during a performance](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/anikaya-jehlen-500px.jpg?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=3F539F8FDF08E2B982D1442D0FCE616E)
Wendy will complete and perform the work The Women Gather, with a creative ensemble made up equally of international and local women-identified artists and conduct workshops for local community members culminating in a two-week run at the Strand Theater.
![Haasan Barclay LAB 2022 Grantee A headshot photo of Haasan Barclay](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/haasan-barclay-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=51A41D80F94FC457CAA05BC058E183FF)
![Karen Bell LAB 2022 Grantee A photo of Karen Bell, she is wearing a shirt that billows out behind her](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/karen-bell-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=F739A3B27F1C9BE997511949220A5FB9)
![Kahleil Blair LAB 2022 Grantee Kahleil Blair crouches with his hands in front of him](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/kahleil-blair-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=FB10B83BD54D9A51C0310D5F7600DB23)
![Boston Dance Theater LAB 2022 Grantee A person photographed while dancing, their arms are outstretched and bent at the elbows and their head is thrown back.](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/boston-dance-theater-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=8D2DAC1AC31A7AE9A4DE9F1052675322)
![Cambridge Hip Hop Collective LAB 2022 Grantee A photo of a large group of people gathered outside](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/cambridge-hip-hop-collective-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=62AE007B4BFAB3EF44B862867561DED3)
![Will Dailey LAB 2022 Grantee Will Dailey sits in a closet surrounded by racks of clothing, he is holding a guitar](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/will-dailey-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=97B6230833CAB69FB33C10A80D92511B)
![Danza Organica LAB 2022 Grantee Two people are on a dark stage dancing, only their silhouettes can be seen](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/danza-organica-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=682BE2B4DBA527CFFB9EC07F7FDC6549)
![Departure Arts LAB 2022 Grantee Headshot photos of four people. In the center is the logo for Departure Arts](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/departure-arts-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=8227DE6368ED9596E953A64EE6CABD5D)
![Patrick Despage LAB 2022 Grantee A headshot of Patrick Despage](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/patrick-despage-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=957E1C692E3044B1BCABEB77077B7EC4)
![Leo Eguchi LAB 2022 Grantee Leo Eguchi sits with a cello](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/leo-eguchi-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=67E5CBB8A5F030E9FDB3613909EB53C3)
![Eirini LAB 2022 Grantee A headshot photo of Eirini](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/eirini-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=12BF33DC65EA9B53763CA7B1494AC680)
![Sadiq Ervin LAB 2022 Grantee A headshot photo of Sadiq Ervin](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/sadiq-ervin-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=261C78A7A513DA5715BE85FFC52881D4)
![Grace Givertz LAB 2022 Grantee A headshot photo of Grace Givertz](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/grace-givertz-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=2BFBF4FEC6D176D835442632E9BC8591)
![Guerilla Opera LAB 2022 Grantee A photo of a woman in a purple dress laying across the top of a white piano](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/guerilla-opera-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=D30F3DE4F96DE72DE236747F1B012B6F)
![Quinn Gutman and Leo Balkovetz LAB 2022 Grantee Quinn Gutman and Leo Balkovetz](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/quinn-gutman-and-leo-balkovetz-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=3587807E6FC4A4CA78A291C84D33A460)
![Tim Hall LAB 2022 Grantee Tim Hall stands in front of a yellow wall, he is holding a saxophone](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/tim-hall-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=9E1B25B97B9BF4C9434BE7FED6FF73C6)
![Hoopla_Productions LAB 2022 Grantee Hoopla_Productions](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/hoopla_productions-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=76E78DC2C6106738F8FC0BF27E7F8569)
![Brenda Huggins Marc Hoffeditz and Sonja DuToit Tengblad LAB 2022 Grantee Headshots of a man and two women are at the top of the photo. In the bottom half is a poster for an opera "Mr. Twister and the tale of tornado alley"](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/brenda-huggins-marc-hoffeditz-sonja-dutoit-tengblad-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=76D7EC882C8E84D9F8B9733DAC4A73CC)
![Kantika LAB 2022 Grantee Three black and white photo arranged in a collage. Each photo has one of the members of Kantika](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/kantika-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=4A8E92AF716F35BEB0893F28E43CE986)
![Kaovanny LAB 2022 Grantee A headshot photo of Kaovanny, she has her arms crossed and one hand under her chin](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/kaovanny-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=D6F1FB7EBF954319CD9BA2AA96F1EC1A)
![Rebecca Kopycinski LAB 2022 Grantee Rebecca Kopycinski LAB 2022 Grantee](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/rebecca-kopycinski-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=93415CC4809EB62FDF2B4735EF8B5AC1)
![Kotoko Brass LAB 2022 Grantee Kotoko Brass](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/kotoko-brass-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=3487319722F8A4776ABECCED2E15B877)
![Matthew Lau LAB 2022 Grantee Matthew Lau stands and poses for a photo](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/matthew-lau-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=E5183A7F59F9B27882BB2F88D9F10721)
![Erin Lerch Josh Glenn Kayden Alison Qu Kim Klasner LAB 2022 Grantee Headshot photos of Erin Lerch, Josh Glenn Kayden, Alison Qu and Kim Klasner](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/erin-lerch-josh-glenn-kayden-alison-qu-kim-klasner-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=4225AAD29C10E65DE4188D652A776619)
![Alanna Logan and Megatron stand with two other people during a Slaught House celebration](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/alanna-logan-and-megatron-500px.jpg?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=27484ED0E4E1E1B13BA78EBE120BE42B)
![Luminarium Dance LAB 2022 Grantee Six people dance onstage, they are standing in couples with one person behind another miming feeding the front person](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/luminarium-dance-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=670DAE5167C46002BF27964DE0829D62)
![Stephanie McKay LAB 2022 Grantee Stephanie McKay holds a microphone stand as she performs](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/stephanie-mckay-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=87BB98961C57BB73F159264EE216F880)
![Guy Mendilow Ensemble & Regie Gibson LAB 2022 Grantee Guy Mendilow Ensemble & Regie Gibson](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/guy-mendilow-ensemble--regie-gibson-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=30673FF7C56619CD1853BC722435784D)
![Monkeyhouse LAB 2022 Grantee On a dimly lit stage, a person is dancing](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/monkeyhouse-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=89D658BC17ECC18E49679548302D75B5)
![Letta Neely and Greg Allen](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/letta-neely-and-greg-allen.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=B3E32EEB498DC016CD1D4FD31C0D5C64)
![Vadim Neselovskyi LAB 2022 Grantee A headshot photo of Vadim Neselovskyi](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/vadim-neselovskyi-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=BAE9A2A25CE576AD555473AF959A684B)
![Non Event LAB 2022 Grantee Non Event LAB 2022 Grantee](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/non-event-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=A5AE87B4D225CC193A7E56D24C3434EA)
![Cliff Notez LAB 2022 Grantee A headshot photo of Cliff Notez in dark lighting](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/cliff-notez-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=97582515F55D598B7812910DEFD4F516)
![Portsha Olayiwola LAB 2022 Grantee Portsha Olayiwola sits on the top of a bench in a park](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/portsha-olayiwola-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=71DDAD4D8D4FFA1AEE39B94ACAE285E1)
![Jenny Oliver LAB 2022 Grantee A photo of two people sitting back to back onstage](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/jenny-oliver-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=38DFB764198945A89659F6BBFA20BFA9)
![Oompa LAB 2022 Grantee Oompa LAB 2022 Grantee, sits on a stool with one leg stretched in front of him](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/oompa-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=70A05D5DD77283372ADF722E9F1984C3)
![Pinwheel LAB 2022 Grantee A collage of photos of the members of Pinwheel](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/pinwheel-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=BF51773FD0506AD8F0B921A24B3B2AB2)
![Four members of PLACE Project perform acrobatics on stage during a show](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/place-project-500px.jpg?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=48729F3CF5B0956327A2AAF23ED58BD9)
![Renaissance Men LAB 2022 Grantee Renaissance Men, a group of men, stand in the street in Boston](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/renaissance-men-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=C34208F7EB8CD0DEB440468B542B4282)
![ReRooted_Logo LAB 2022 Grantee ReRooted Logo](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/rerooted_logo-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=F01C1F3FC900440EC23DBF1393B460C2)
![Safarihatking LAB 2022 Grantee Safarihatking headshot, he is holding an intrument](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/safarihatking-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=BE50DD0F4A5D3B18B14EEF54951D6AA4)
![Sheffield Chamber Players LAB 2022 Grantee Members of Sheffield Chamber Players stand in a tunnel painted with graffiti.](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/sheffield-chamber-players-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=BAA8E43F9D945450EC8E7E8CA19684BE)
![Catherine Siller LAB 2022 Grantee A woman is standing in front of a white wall with drawings of faces projected over her](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/catherine-siller-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=7A95B37B00C04E9B8E869D31A7B791D9)
![Lonnie Stanton and The Click LAB 2022 Grantee Lonnie Stanton in a forest, she sits between two trees and has her arms outstretched to hold them](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/lonnie-stanton-and-the-click-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=96DEA6936CB442BA311E092CA87E1F08)
![Dayenne Walters LAB 2022 Grantee A headshot photo of Dayenne Walters](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/dayenne-walters-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=46E9D2A7D2F9D85ADBF74624BCA849F3)
![A profile picture of RJ Walters, looking to his right, wearing a blazer and dark green beanie-type wool hat](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/rj-walters-v1-500px.jpg?sc_lang=en&h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=70B48FB1AE74153B5641C0E9618765C1)
![Winsor Music LAB 2022 Grantee Two photos: On the top is a photo of a man, on the bottom is a photo from behind a woman who is sitting onstage playing an instrument and surrounded by other musicians](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/winsor-music-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=589E23672287EFEA6B9E6373EF9BD5D3)
![Fredrick Woodard LAB 2022 Grantee Fredrick Woodard playing the guitar](/-/media/tbf/images/initiatives/lab-2022-grantees/fredrick-woodard-lab-2022-grantee.png?h=500&w=500&la=en&hash=C5657BC704AC70BD7908694C4543A18E)
2022 LAB Reviewers
Live Arts Boston would like to thank our 2022 reviewers - without them, this program could not happen.
Abria
Arts Administrator, Actor, Musician, Writer
Berklee College of Music
Aliza Franz
Freelance Dancer, Arts Administrator
VLA Dance, Zamana Art
Andrea Blesso
Director of Dance & Interdisciplinary Arts
Boston Center for the Arts
Aneesh Kumar
Independent Artist/Administrator
Angela Miracle Gladue
Independent Artist
Miss Chief Rocka, The Halluci-Nation
Ann Gregg
Field Learning
The Lewis Prize for Music
Anson Frazier
Independent Artist
ANSON RAP$
Ashleigh Gordon
Artistic/Executive Director and violist
Castle of our Skins
Ashley Yung
Theatre and Performance Manager
Pao Arts Center
Billy Dean Thomas
Independent Artist
Bonnie Duncan
Artistic Director
The Gottabees
Ché Anderson
Organizer
Food & Convo
Christina Leonard
Director / Choreographer
Center Stage Dance Studio
Despoina
Independent Artist
J. Andrés Ballesteros
Executive Director
Eureka Ensemble
Jasmine Brooks
Freelance Theatre Artist
Jasmine Rush
Actor / Writer / Director
Jason Talbot
Deputy Director
Artists For Humanity
Jean Appolon
Founder and Artistic Director
Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE)
Jha D Amazi
SpaceMaker
Jorge Santiago Arce
Performing Artist (Music,Theater & Dance)/Educator
Josh Bhatti
Vice President
The Bowery Presents
Juana Baez
Founder
The Works of Art
Julia Schachnik
Community Organizing Manager
American Repertory Theater
Juma
Consultant and Independent Artist
The Message LLC
Junichi Fukuda
Artistic Director / Choreographer
FUKUDANCE
Kirjuan Freeman
CEO
www.elevationtheory.org
Kristina Latino
Founder & Artist Manager
Cornerscape Artist Management
Lanelle Sneed
Program Manager
BAMS Fest
Marian Taylor Brown
co-director of collective abundance
Arts Connect International
Moe Pope
Musician, Visual Artist
STLGLD
Ngoc-Tran Vu
Independent Artist and Organizer
Paul Miranda
Independent Artist
Paul Willis
Hip Hop/Spoken Word Artist and DEI Consultant
Rhea Vedro
Independent Artist
Sara Porkalob
Storyteller, Cultural Worker
Shoshona Currier
Director
Bates Dance Festival
Sophie Ancival
Director of Production
MIT
Steve Schroth
Education Manager - Fruitlands Museum/Old Manse
Trustees of Reservations
Steve Theo
Owner
Pirate!
Tanya N Nixon-Silberg
Founder
Little Uprisings
Theo de Castro
Program Assistant
Ford Foundation
Tiniqua Patrick
Founder/Lead Producer
Meraki Productions
tri quach
director of engagement and organizing
masscreative