Independent Artists Award. June 2008.Miami Light Project and the Ford Foundation Future Aesthetics Cohort announce the awarding of over $50,000 to twenty independent artists across the United States and Puerto Rico. The Future Aesthetics Artist Regrant Program (FAAR), is a first of its kind initiative designed to give direct monetary support to emerging Future Aesthetics Artists - a new generation of artists working along the fringes, pushing the boundaries artistically, socially, and politically in literature, dance, music, theater and media arts. FAAR is funded by the Ford Foundation.
Six years ago, the Ford Foundation brought together the Future Aesthetics Cohort, six arts organizations across the United States, Hip-Hop Theater Festival, Rennie Harris Puremovement, Global Action Project, Miami Light Project, La Pena Cultural Center and Youth Speaks who were committed to blurring the border between art and culture, creating innovative programs and performances that were broadly inclusive of new generations and diverse artists and audience members.
Awarded artists include Kahlil Almustafa, Holly Bass, Naomi Bragin, Regie Cabico, Kristoffer Diaz, Rudi Goblen, Idris Goodwin, Baba Israel, Jóvenes del 98’s, Millicent Johnnie, Jacob “Kujo” Lyons, Michelle “Mush” Lee, Adam Mansbach, Robert Martin, Jamie Merwin, Christine M. Peng, Omar G. Ramirez, David Szlasa, Nicolas R. Valdez, Adia Tamar Whitaker
Miami Light Project and the Ford Foundation Future Aesthetics Cohort announce the awarding of over $50,000 to twenty independent artists across the United States and Puerto Rico. The Future Aesthetics Artist Regrant Program (FAAR), is a first of its kind initiative designed to give direct monetary support to emerging Future Aesthetics Artists - a new generation of artists working along the fringes, pushing the boundaries artistically, socially, and politically in literature, dance, music, theater and media arts. FAAR is funded by the Ford Foundation.
