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Support for artists grant
Support For Artists Grant
Open to artists of all backgrounds, including but not limited to: visual, painting, sculpting, photography, technological, dance, theatre, performance, music, history, writing and culture. Ten Cuyahoga County artists will receive a $5,000 award, access to JDBCAC art center and resources. Priority will be given to Latino/a/x artists and artists of color. Successful applications will demonstrate the artist's understanding of Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center and the community the organization serves. Selected artists will also be featured during the Center’s Hispanic Month celebration.
Funded by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
2022 (artists are currently working on their projects)
Sara Guitierrez
Jhon Anderson Villegas Hernandez
Jhon Anderson Villegas Hernandez
12 page graphic novel/zine/comic about the violence campesinos (peasant farmers) in Colombia have been subjected to for over a hundred years.
Jhon Anderson Villegas Hernandez
Jhon Anderson Villegas Hernandez
Jhon Anderson Villegas Hernandez
LATIN AMERICAN MYTHS AND LEGENDS IN CLEVELAND | Photography project
Mariela Paz
Jhon Anderson Villegas Hernandez
Carolina Borja
Series of paintings + art classes for all ages!
Carolina Borja
Carolina Borja
Carolina Borja
Series of outdoor of concerts, songwriting and 4-session pilot for the bilingual music program Semillitas y Capullitos.
Dontae Hill
Carolina Borja
Dontae Hill
A passionate short film that will be made highly visible in the Northeast Ohio community. The film will explore the dynamic practice of art activism; more specifically the art history of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Jae Cancel
Carolina Borja
Dontae Hill
Expressive writing workshop for teens.
Raquel Ortiz
Jean Paul Hernandez
Jean Paul Hernandez
Create a script, lyrics to songs, choreography, puppets, scenery, props, and a performance, for children's book.
Jean Paul Hernandez
Jean Paul Hernandez
Jean Paul Hernandez
8 week course for teens on the history of Hip Hop and learning how the art of Turntablism began + DJ lessons.
Jessica Huerta
Jean Paul Hernandez
Eli. B Fuentes Aguirre
Mexican inspired clay earring collection.
Eli. B Fuentes Aguirre
Eli. B Fuentes Aguirre
Eli. B Fuentes Aguirre
Produce podcast + create zine featuring Latinos from Cleveland.
2021 Artists
Bridgett Martinez
Arcelia Gandarilla
Arcelia Gandarilla
Directed and produced an experimental play called "Like Me". This play revolved around themes of identity, self-love, confidence, and image.
Arcelia Gandarilla
Arcelia Gandarilla
Arcelia Gandarilla
Vejigante Mask Making: a series of 6 workshops on mask making and performance.
Nathalie Bermudez
Arcelia Gandarilla
Nathalie Bermudez
Multicultural exposition of paintings and vases at Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Carlos Cruz
Stephanie Ginese
Nathalie Bermudez
Zine of local BIPOC community leaders in videogame style.
Alicia Vazquez
Stephanie Ginese
Stephanie Ginese
Series of iconic female portraits. The series' goal is to embrace the women's life stories into the piece as apart of Julia de Burgos’ activist views as linked within Julia's poetry.
Stephanie Ginese
Stephanie Ginese
Stephanie Ginese
Untitled manuscript of poems. This collection of poems examines themes of colonialism, reproductive injustice/terrorism, women's health, motherhood, generation inheritance, spirituality, and mythology.
Higo Gabarron
Higo Gabarron
Higo Gabarron
"Emotimonsters" The project includes the creation and design of illustrated monsters expressing diverse emotions. The idea is to use these Emotimonsters as a tool in children's art therapy to express their emotions or feelings.
Elisa Clark
Higo Gabarron
Manny Santiago
Separated | Short film that deals with the disappearance of a Mexican migrant worker’s son to the seedy unworld of marijuana dispensaries.
Manny Santiago
Manny Santiago
Manny Santiago
Urban Taino Project | A photography project with community individuals to help individuals find themselves culturally and spiritually.
2020 Artists
Lynette Ramos
Andrew Aaron Valdez
Andrew Aaron Valdez
Taino Resurgence | Two-week series hosted by artist Lynette Ramos as she discusses Taino culture, spirituality and history. Live streamed through JDBCAC's YouTube channel.
Andrew Aaron Valdez
Andrew Aaron Valdez
Andrew Aaron Valdez
Voces Fuertes | Virtual Open Mic live streamed through JDBCAC's YouTube channel.
Devin Hinzo
Andrew Aaron Valdez
Devin Hinzo
“Strangers” a chamber ballet for woodwind quintet, marimba and four dancers. It is a collection of three stories that center around themes of immigration through metaphor.
Julia Sosa
Gabriel Gonzalez
Devin Hinzo
Valentina y La Sombra del Diablo children’s play live streamed through JDBCAC's YouTube Channel.
Gabriel Gonzalez
Gabriel Gonzalez
Gabriel Gonzalez
8-week photography class at Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center.