Cohort-2020

Danyele Brown, 2020 Danyele is a Black biracial, transwoman set-maker from Virginia, working at the intersection of performance, social practice, and sculpture. She creates her… Read More »Danyele Brown, 2020

Bloom Osuala, 2020 Bloom is a multidisciplinary creative activist based in NYC who explores the relationship between systemic oppression, trauma, and emotional abuse among women/woman-identified… Read More »Bloom Osuala, 2020

Kristen Kelso, 2020 Kristen Kelso is a performer, translator, theatre director, musician and writer from Savannah, GA based in Brooklyn. As a bilingual artist from… Read More »Kristen Kelso, 2020

Valentina De Roca Fuerte, 2020 Valentina De Roca Fuerte is a sensitive poet, awakening visual artist, workshop facilitator, and creative wellness educator. Born in Bogotá… Read More »Valentina De Roca Fuerte, 2020

Susana Plotts-Pineda, 2020 Susana Plotts-Pineda is a Mexican-American theatre-maker, artist, performer, writer, and co-founder of Egg y Pan Magazine. Her work is dedicated to crafting… Read More »Susana Plotts-Pineda, 2020

Anel Rakhimzanova, 2020 Anel Rakhimzhanova researches neo-colonial surveillance infrastructure and algorithmic discriminatory mechanisms. As a part of EMERGE 2020 cohort, she engaged with the Xinjiang… Read More »Anel Rakhimzhanova, 2020

Lilach Orenstein, 2020 Lilach Orenstein is a choreographer, performer and producer. She is an Israeli immigrant with Yemeni-Polish-Romanian roots based in New York City. Lilach… Read More »Lilach Orenstein, 2020

Courtney Frances Fallon, 2020 Courtney Frances Fallon is a writer, director, artist, and performer living in Brooklyn. Growing up in Buffalo, she identified solely as… Read More »Courtney Frances Fallon, 2020

Michael Zalta, 2020 Michael is a queer Syrian-American Jewish, writer, researcher and playwright interested in the intersections between Media Studies, Arab Cultural Studies, Black Studies,… Read More »Michael Zalta, 2020

Nessa Norich, 2020 Nessa Norich is a director, writer and performer making film and theater. Her work has shown at Joe’s Pub, the Edinburgh Fringe,… Read More »Nessa Norich, 2020