Here are the recipients of the 2021 Creative Capital Awards.
Today, Creative Capital announced the recipients of its annual awards, which provide $50,000 and career development to emerging artists. The awards are designed to function as a long-term partnership, one that helps artists develop stable and sustainable practices that will enrich both their projects and careers.
The 35 multidisciplinary projects to receive funding range from documentary film and sculpture to musical theater and social practice. And 7 are for literary manuscripts in progress.
Moreover, the pool of recipients is quite diverse: 76% identify as people of color, 55% as female, and 10% as having a disability. Grantees range in age from their 20s to their 70s and are based in 12 different states and territories.
“We look forward to seeing these projects grow to make their mark on the world, in spite of the tremendous challenges this year has posed for so many artists,” said Leslie Singer, Creative Capital’s Interim Executive Director, in a statement.
The winning projects were selected from nearly 4,000 submissions by an eight-member panel composed of curators, past awardees, and other arts professionals.
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2021 Creative Capital Grantees
Suha Araj
Brooklyn, NY
Pickled (Khsara)
Comedy, Narrative Film
People’s Kitchen Collective
(Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Jocelyn Jackson, Saqib Keval)
Oakland, CA; Las Vegas, NV; Mexico City, Mexico
Earthseed
Artistic Activism, Social Practice
Wafaa Bilal
New York, NY
In a Grain of Wheat: Cultivating Hybrid Futures in Ancient Seed DNA
Bio Art, Sculpture
Shirley Bruno
Brooklyn, NY
Just Come/Been To
Experimental Film, Narrative Film
William D. Caballero
Los Angeles, CA
TheyDream
Animation, Documentary Film
The Black School (Joseph Cuillier III, Shani Peters)
New York, NY
The Black Schoolhouse
Social Practice, Cultural Organizing
Reid Davenport
Oakland, CA
I Didn’t See You There
Documentary Film
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Terence Nance
Brooklyn, NY; Los Angeles, CA
Kiara Daja Diamond and the 777 Satisfactions
Graphic Novel, Animation
Anne Finger
Oakland, CA
Wheeling in Berlin
Literary Nonfiction
Shana M. griffin
New Orleans, LA
DISPLACED
Social Practice, Multimedia
Mitchell S. Jackson
Chicago, IL
John of Watts
Literary Fiction
Lars Jan
Los Angeles, CA
ROAM
Multimedia Performance, Augmented Reality
Meng Jin
San Francisco, CA
Mothers and Girls: A Fake Memoir
Literary Fiction
Crystal Kayiza
Brooklyn, NY
The Gardeners
Documentary Film, Experimental Film
Adam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer
Brooklyn, NY
Nosferasta
Video Art, Narrative Film
Jenny Lion
Minneapolis, MN
untitled (Nevada, Utah)
Documentary Film, Video Art
Marie Lorenz, Kurt Rohde, Dana Spiotta
New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Syracuse, NY
Newtown Odyssey
Opera, Sculpture
Sabrina Orah Mark
Athens, GA
Happily: Essays on Motherhood and Fairytales
Literary Nonfiction, Digital Media
Derek McPhatter
Chicago, IL
NightQueen Performance Suite
Theater, Musical Theater
Julian Terrell Otis
Chicago, IL
Resolved: Critiquing Contemporary Music Through Improvised Performance
Music Performance, Artistic Activism
Will Rawls
Brooklyn, NY
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Dance, Animation
Tomeka Reid
Brooklyn, NY
Women of the AACM
Artistic Activism, Music Performance
Marc Anthony Richardson
Philadelphia, PA
The Serpent Will Eat Whatever is in the Belly of the Beast
Literary Fiction, Poetry
Sandy Rodriguez
Los Angeles, CA
Book 13: After the Conquest – Codex Rodriguez Mondragon
Painting, Installation
Sherrill Roland
Durham, NC
The Jumpsuit Portal
Social Practice, Multimedia
Bayeté Ross Smith
New York, NY
Art of Justice
Artistic Activism, Installation
Jules Rosskam
Philadelphia, PA
Desire Lines
Documentary Film
Legacy Russell
New York, NY
BLACK MEME
Literary Nonfiction, Digital Media
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Knoxville, TN
King Coal
Documentary Film, Experimental Film
Débora Souza Silva
Oakland, CA
Black Mothers
Documentary Film, Artistic Activism
Martine Syms
Los Angeles, CA
Dumb World
Narrative Film, Video Art
Anna Tsouhlarakis
Boulder, CO
Indigenous Absurdities
Social Practice, Installation
Jessica Vaughn
Brooklyn, NY
Working Procedures
Sculpture, Installation
Jordan Weber
Des Moines, IA
4MX Greenhouse
Artistic Activism, Architecture and Design
Simone White
Brooklyn, NY
or, on being the other woman
Poetry, Multimedia Performance
