The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation recently announced grants awarded from its recent call for proposals for projects led by or primarily serving Black artists and practitioners within the Penn community. The eight selected projects represent a diverse collection of practices—including publications, art installations, community workshops, and performance—and are led by a range of community members, including Penn staff, alumni, students, fellows, and artists.

Similar funding opportunities will be available this fall, as part of Sachs’ grant cycle for 2020-2021. Sachs is committed to the long-term work needed to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in its work, and to support BIPOC artists and amplify their voices.

• The Afterverse: Alex Smith, Staff Member
• The Gathering Workshop Series: Black Cultural Studies Collective, Graduate Student Group
• Witness: Farrah Rahaman, PhD Student, and Tshay Williams, Alum
• Transmission as Resistance: Redox Drip: Fields Harrington, Alum
• Recipes for the Revolution: Meals Our Ancestors Made Possible: Gillian Maris Jones, PhD Student
• Sickle: Maya Arthur, Post-Bac Fellow, Alum
• The Sis Uprising: Ricardo A. Bracho, Artist in Residence
• All at Once: Rosa Leff, Alum

See the previously announced 2020 grantees in the May 12, 2020 issue of Almanac.