Artistic projects that aim to reflect broad cultural conversations about gender, gun violence and race are among those chosen for nearly $4.4 million worth of grants awarded by Creative Capital, the organization announced on Tuesday.
The winning projects, 46 in all, each receive $50,000 in funding, as well as $45,000 worth of career development services provided by Creative Capital, a group known for applying principles of venture capital to arts financing. Winners were selected from a batch of 2,500 applications that represented both established and emerging artists. Past winners have included the documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, the choreographer Kyle Abraham and the polymath Meredith Monk.
Chris E. Vargas, a Washington-based artist and executive director of the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art, won this year for his proposal, “Transgender Hirstory in 99 Objects,” which will take the form of an exhibition and a book. Ligia Bouton, Matt Donovan and Lei Liang received financing for their chamber opera, “Inheritence,” about Sarah Winchester and the United States’s relationship with guns. And Ahamefule J. Oluo, who’s experimental pop opera “Now I’m Fine” was included in the Public Theater’s Under the Radar festival, will use his winnings to create the interdisciplinary and autobiographical storytelling work “Susan,” which incorporates themes of gender, race and weight.
All of these projects work “as a vehicle for conversation,” about current events and culture at large, said Ruby Lerner, who has been Creative Capital’s executive director since it was founded in 1999. This will be the last year she oversees the awards; she is retiring, and her successor will likely be announced in March, she said.
More information about the 46 winning projects is at Creative Capital’s website.
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