Grantees All Years

revealFREEDOM

dNaga

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

revealFREEDOM is inspired by the life and work of civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama, a woman who continuously embodies personal freedom. Performed by a multi-cultural ensemble of 15 dancers, the work premiered in Oakland, California in 2011. Read More

Amazons Among Us: An Antidote to Gender Misconceptions

Dodson, Donna

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

My project, Amazons Among Us: An Antidote to Gender Misconceptions, was exhibited at the Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center Kniznick Gallery in November 2022. The Puffin Funds were used to complete the final animation that became a focal point of the exhibition and related programs. Read More

Illinois River Project

Don Hải Phú Daedalus

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

The Illinois River Projects pilots the process of using the fish bones of invasive carp to remediate soil polluted with heavy metals. Read More

Bearing Witness

Douglas, Pam

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Bearing Witness is an art book that tells the stories of refugees. In drawings and paintings, it invites audiences into fictional lives escaping wars and climate change. Its 448 pages have two parts: the journeys and the camp. This is a work of dramatized art that mirrors today’s reality. Read More

In the Night, Everyone is Equal

Dramatic Question Theatre

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

The acquisition of a Mexican border crossing themed adventure park pits Nikki and Jim, two newly reacquainted "friends" and their spouses against each other in a battle between the haves and have-nots. This dark comedy explores race, wealth inequality and the lies we tell ourselves. Read More

Our Living Paast

Duffy, Timothy

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

Timothy Duffy, in partnership with the Music Maker Relief Foundation, presents Our Living Past, a photography exhibit that shines a light on little-known roots musicians and their important contributions to our culture. Read More

US

Dunn, Teresa

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Exhibition Catalog of 16 paintings with essay by Teri Henderson to accompany my solo exhibition of paintings entitled "US" at the Dennos Museum in Traverse City, Michigan Read More

The Journey Home Project

Dunnagan, Lindsey

Year Grant Awarded: 2015

This labyrinth is made from ideas of home. For the past year, people from North Texas and beyond submitted special locations and then I painted them onto clear acrylic walls that form a meditative path. The project offers a journey of treasures. Read More

Land Enveloped

Dunnagan, Lindsey

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Land Enveloped is a magical and immersive fiber installation. Made of pliable walls, visitors are invited to create new paths through a landscape reminiscent of my childhood in Alaska. Read More

Ecological City – Art & Climate Solutions Action

Earth Celebrations Inc

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Ecological City - Art & Climate Solutions Action engages the community of the Lower East Side to New York City to co-create a theatrical pageant, a procession of visual art with 21site performances, celebrating climate solution initiatives throughout community gardens, neighborhood and waterfront. Read More