Emerging Artists Grant Recipients 2018-2019 - Durham Arts Council

Emerging Artists Grant Recipients
2018-2019

Congratulations 2018-19 Grantees!

Derrick Beasley, Photography
Theresa Blackinton, Literature
Wesley Broome, Film/Video
ShaLeigh Comerford, Dance
Kristen DeGree, Prints/Mixed Media
Lana Garland, Film/Video
Julia Gartrell, Sculpture/Installation
Stephen Hayes, Sculpture/Installation
Karen Healy, Photography
Tamara Kissane, Theater
Ronald McGill, Jr., Theater
Renzo Ortega, Painting
Adam Palumbo, Literature
Gabriel Pelli, Music
Kimberley Pierce Cartwright, Craft
Michael Remedios Grigoni, Music
Wendy Spitzer, Music
Caitlyn Swett, Dance

A man looks at the camera standing in front of a wall with chipping plaster over brick

A woman sits behind a sewing machine making adjustments

Black and white image taken from below eye level of a woman addressing a group of dancers outside during a rehearsal

A woman leans over the artwork she is making. Her hands are under a clear plastic sheet

A woman sits on a garden chair writing in a book

Abstract art sculpture. A shoe is on the ground and a woven, hollow bulbous tunnel appears to grow out of it, curving back down toward the ground. The ends are unfinished

A male artist stands behind a sculpture of a female bust with bright paint dripping down it

A woman in street clothes stands among a group of Buddhist monks in traditional robes. All are looking at the camera

A woman stands on a train platform with a camera on a tripod smiling

A woman sits in front of a laptop with a microphone

A man on stage wearing a white suit holds a microphone and leans forward toward the camera

A man looks solemnly at the camera standing in front of a large graffitied wall mural

A man writes at a desk in front of a window

A man in a vest, shirt and straw hat smiles at the camera

A man sits at a stringed instrument in front of a wall of windows

A woman sits with a guitar in a home recording studio in front of some keyboards and a laptop

Three artists take part in performance art in a dark space. One person wears white and the other two wear black. One of the artists in black speaks into a microphone

The Emerging Artists Program is made possible by grants from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation; the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; the Anika James Foundation; the Linda A. Ironside Fund for the Arts of the Triangle Community Foundation; the Orange County Arts Commission; Chatham Arts Council; Granville Education Foundation; Person County Arts Council; the Ella Fountain Pratt Fund; the Ruth Carver Fund; the Wainwright Fund for New Works and by individual donations and gifts to the Durham Arts Council Annual Arts Fund.