October 28, 2025
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Artists as Catalysts
Is making art essential work?
The work of dancer, choreographer, and multi-disciplinary artist nora chipaumire explores gender and the Black performing body and aesthetic, while defying and deconstructing narratives born out of lived experiences of liberation wars, exiles, and racial and social differences. Photo: Erik Tanner for Mellon Foundation
Artists nourish our economies, communities, and collective spirit. Beyond measure, they expand our notion of who we are as a “we.” Mellon is dedicated to supporting artists across disciplines and creating a more robust and representative ecosystem that champions care for the art and for its creators.
Eight Organizations Striking Major Chords in Contemporary Jazz Culture
Fiji Theater Company, Inc.
Ping Chong Retired After 50 Years of Groundbreaking Artistry. Here’s What Happened Next.
United States Artists, Inc.
Lessons in Creativity from Two Artists and Disability Futures Fellows
Mexicali Biennial, Inc.
A Moveable Feast That’s Expanding our Understanding of Cultures
The W.O.W. Project, Inc.
How the Oldest Operating Store in New York's Chinatown Found a New Way to Stay Open
Voice
The State of Nonprofit Theater in America Invites New Possibilities
Read the essay Directed and Choreographed by nora chipaumire
Claiming Oneself Where Art & Culture Meet: “Afro Promo #1 King Lady”
Institute for Freedoms, Inc.
You Are Now Entering a Democracy Reimagined
Asian Arts Initiative
A Brave Space for Brave Art
Brava for Women in the Arts
La Mezcla: The Choreography of Collaboration
Project EATS, Inc.
Artist Linda Goode Bryant on Creating Food Sovereignty with New York Communities: “Let’s Find the ‘Can’ in ‘Can’t’ ”
Linda Goode Bryant
Project EATS
Project EATS
“Artists create social connections among huge groups of people through our ability to imagine and transform.”
Efforts of Grace, Inc.
New Orleans Artists Are Showing Up Where You'd Least Expect It—the Doctor's Office
Wideman-Davis Dance of New York, Inc.
Exploring the Histories of Black Sites
Rennie Harris Puremovement
Rennie Harris is Just Teaching the Facts
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
A (Re)generation of Artists
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
A New Deal for Artists in the 21st Century
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