USArtists International Grant Awardee 2020 /February 28, 2020 by Heidi Wiren Kebe

We are so grateful to have received a USArtists International Grant through the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation to support our participation in the In/Out Festival in Bobo Dioluasso, Burkina Faso in February 2021.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF) has announced over $316,000 in grant support to 32 ensembles and solo performers who will represent the United States at 37 different festivals around the globe. USAI grantees will travel to six continents and perform in 21 countries. Grantees include 11 dance, 16 music, and five theater companies and solo performers.

“They laid a foundation interconnecting violence and names, materials and memorials, being site-responsive and current event responsive. The connections have been made, and I am curious to see how they will unfold.”

— Kristen Shahverdian in response to "Call Her By Her Name: Lenape Sippu" by Propelled Animals, Cherry St. Pier, June 24, 2022.

We were honored to receive a USArtists International Grant for our participation in the In/Out Festival in Burkina Faso in February 2021. Due to COVID-19 restrictions we shifted our project to Philadelphia where we partnered with The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education for our piece UNLOCK.