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Radical Imagination for Racial Justice
Photo: UnBound Bodies Collective. The Stoop. 2019. Photo by Tyahra Angus/Afrocentered Media. Courtesy of the artists.
about
Radical Imagination for Racial Justice is a new regranting program made possible by the Surdna Foundation to Massachusetts College of Art and Design and the City of Boston in the amount of $1.2 million.
This regranting initiative will span three years and supports artists and creatives of color who live and/or work in Boston, by distributing funds to those seeking to advance racial justice through collaborative projects in their communities.
2020 rirj grantees
On December 2, 2020, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture, in partnership with MassArt announced 16 ALAANA+/BIPOC artists and collectives received grants totaling $250,000 in the first year of the Radical Imagination for Racial Justice (RIRJ) program. The funds and program support are dedicated to artists who identify as ALAANA+ (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab or Native American) or BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and who work at the intersection of art, community, and justice to radically imagine and build toward a racially just society. These grants are made possible by the Surdna Foundation’s Thriving Cultures program.
$40,000 Grants
- UnBound Bodies Collective
- Adobo-Fish-Sauce
- Nia Holley
- Fabiola Méndez
- Husain Rizvi
- Lily Xie
$1,000 Grants
- Christine Alcindor
- Mila Fields-Zayas
- Silvina Ibañez
- Mariona Lloreta
- Nate McLean-Nichols
- Micah x Ireon
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- Leonard Tshitenge
- Aggrey Twinomugisha
- Irischa Valentin
resources
- Visit the RIRJ website to learn more about the grantees and the program
- View the RIRJ Grantees Press Release
- Read more in the RIRJ Announcement Press Release
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