The Grit Fund, an award that supports collaborative, artist-led projects in Baltimore, is pleased to announce the nine projects that will receive funding for the 2019 grant cycle. This year, the Afro Archives Project by Savannah Wood; Charm City Night Market (CCNM) by the Chinatown Collective; De-Capin’: Healing the Black & Brown Superwoman Myth by blkottonkandy; GRL PWR Presents: SEASONS by GRL PWR; I.Henry Photo Project by I.H. Webster Phillips III; String Theory Theater by Dirk Joseph; Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival by Phil Davis and Rachel Bone; The BlkRobot Project (BRP) by Jason Harris; and UnMonument Baltimore Print and Share Series by April Danielle Lewis, have been awarded grants of $7,000 each to enact their creative visions over the next year.
Thank you to our Jurors Andria Cole, Bilphena Yahwon, Carol Zou, Collette Veasey Cullors, and Lawrence Burney, for all the hard work you all put into reviewing our applications for our 2019 cycle!