The Asian Cultural Council is proud to announce our 2024 Global Grant Cycle awardees! These latest grants will enable artists, scholars, and specialists to connect with their peers in India, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Pakistan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, East Timor, and the U.S.
Graduate Fellowship
ACC awards Graduate Fellowships to a select number of international students from eligible countries who have received admission to degree-granting graduate programs in the United States. ACC prioritizes applicants who pursue study abroad because comparable programs are not available in the applicant’s home country and/or fields that are under-represented in the applicant’s home country. When selecting recipients, ACC commits to supporting scholarship recipients for up to two years on the condition that they maintain good academic standing. Scholarship awards support living expenses but do not cover tuition assistance.
Shailee BHAGAT | Conservation | India → United States | 12 months
Grant Summary: To pursue a Master of Science in Historic Preservation at the University of Pennsylvania, learning U.S. preservation practices with a focus on design and policy to better understand the gaps in India's urban heritage preservation practice.
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Grant Summary: To pursue a Master of Science in Historic Preservation at the University of Pennsylvania, learning U.S. preservation practices with a focus on design and policy to better understand the gaps in India's urban heritage preservation practice.
CHEN Yi-Ming | Theater | Taiwan → United States | 12 months
Grant Summary: To continue study towards a Master of Fine Arts in Dramaturgy at Columbia University's Theatre program to expand his knowledge of theater and build connections with artists who resonate with his artistic vision.
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Grant Summary: To continue study towards a Master of Fine Arts in Dramaturgy at Columbia University's Theatre program to expand his knowledge of theater and build connections with artists who resonate with his artistic vision.
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Eric GOH Chea Choong | Visual Art | Malaysia → United States | 24 months
Grant Summary: To understand Bali as a regional and global node for artistic exchanges throughout the 20th and 21st centuries by examining non-traditional works and artists.
Grant Summary: To understand Bali as a regional and global node for artistic exchanges throughout the 20th and 21st centuries by examining non-traditional works and artists.
Moodzi | Dance | India → United States | 12 months
Grant Summary: To pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Choreographic Inquiry at World of Arts and Cultures/Dance, UCLA to narrate the desires of a queer South-Asian person affected by a constant gaze for their capstone project, “नज़र” (nazar).
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Grant Summary: To pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Choreographic Inquiry at World of Arts and Cultures/Dance, UCLA to narrate the desires of a queer South-Asian person affected by a constant gaze for their capstone project, “नज़र” (nazar).
Ankit PANDEY | Theater | India → United States | 12 months
Grant Summary: To pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, learning about immersive and environmental visual design techniques along with performance lighting.
Grant Summary: To pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, learning about immersive and environmental visual design techniques along with performance lighting.
Aina RAMOLETE | Theater | Philippines → United States | 12 months
Grant Summary: To pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Puppet Arts at the University of Connecticut to formalize her knowledge of puppetry and share these learnings with fellow artists and practitioners in the Philippines.
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Grant Summary: To pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Puppet Arts at the University of Connecticut to formalize her knowledge of puppetry and share these learnings with fellow artists and practitioners in the Philippines.
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Yongyun ZHANG | Music | China → United States | 24 months
Grant Summary: To pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts at UC San Diego and to participate in collaborative learning, innovative percussion recitals, commissioning new works, and research into Asian theater studies.
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Grant Summary: To pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts at UC San Diego and to participate in collaborative learning, innovative percussion recitals, commissioning new works, and research into Asian theater studies.
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Individual Fellowship
Individual Fellowships support grantee activities ranging from one to six months in duration. Programmatic support from ACC includes recommendations and personal introductions, which vary according to the needs of a given proposal and ACC's available resources in the destination country. Fellows traveling to cities where ACC maintains an affiliate office may receive networking services similar to those provided in the New York Fellowship Program. For grantees traveling outside the ACC affiliate network, connections to ACC's global alumni network help enrich the Fellowship experience.
Amanda L. ANDREI | Theater | United States → Philippines | 2 months
Grant Summary: To study Filipino plays that deal with online and internet culture, observing how these plays might translate from Filipino to Anglophone audiences and how a diasporic heritage language learner critiques a multilingual play.
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Grant Summary: To study Filipino plays that deal with online and internet culture, observing how these plays might translate from Filipino to Anglophone audiences and how a diasporic heritage language learner critiques a multilingual play.
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Fatimah ASGHAR | Literature | United States → Pakistan | 6 months Photo by Mercedes Zapata
Grant Summary: To research and collect folkloric stories about the Jinn (a spirit inhabiting the earth but unseen by humans) of Pakistan, and how they have built a relationship with people for JINNESTAN, a short story collection that explores the world of Jinn from a futuristic perceptive.
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Grant Summary: To research and collect folkloric stories about the Jinn (a spirit inhabiting the earth but unseen by humans) of Pakistan, and how they have built a relationship with people for JINNESTAN, a short story collection that explores the world of Jinn from a futuristic perceptive.
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Brian BERNARDS | Art Criticism | United States → Korea, Thailand | 4 months
Grant Summary: To research, write, and conduct interviews in Thailand for a book on Inter-Asian Cinema dealing with cinematic reflections on pop culture-inspired tourism.
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Grant Summary: To research, write, and conduct interviews in Thailand for a book on Inter-Asian Cinema dealing with cinematic reflections on pop culture-inspired tourism.
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Liza BIELBY | Theater | United States → China | 1 month
Grant Summary: To travel to Chengdu and Zigong, China for six weeks to observe, exchange, and collaborate with traditional chuanju ("Sichuan opera") artists around ongoing physical and vocal training practices of physical performers in China and the U.S.
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Grant Summary: To travel to Chengdu and Zigong, China for six weeks to observe, exchange, and collaborate with traditional chuanju ("Sichuan opera") artists around ongoing physical and vocal training practices of physical performers in China and the U.S.
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Briana BRIGHTLY | Art History | United States → India | 6 months
Grant Summary: To investigate the relationship between religion, art, and medicine in early-modern Tibet through a study of the artist Lhodrak Tenzin Norbu's anatomical illustrations.
Grant Summary: To investigate the relationship between religion, art, and medicine in early-modern Tibet through a study of the artist Lhodrak Tenzin Norbu's anatomical illustrations.
Lou Ella Rose CABALONA | Music | United States → Philippines | 2 months
Grant Summary: A 2-month research fellowship in Manila and Cebu, Philippines focusing on Philippine art, music, theater, and key historical events from 1898 to 1946 to inform the completion of a cabaret work and album based on the life and works of great Filipino composers.
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Grant Summary: A 2-month research fellowship in Manila and Cebu, Philippines focusing on Philippine art, music, theater, and key historical events from 1898 to 1946 to inform the completion of a cabaret work and album based on the life and works of great Filipino composers.
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Candy CHANG | Visual Art | United States → Taiwan | 1 month Photo by James Reeves
Grant Summary: To research Hakka earth buildings, sacred architecture, and Chinese ink rubbings in Taiwan and China to inform a new model of participatory public art installation.
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Grant Summary: To research Hakka earth buildings, sacred architecture, and Chinese ink rubbings in Taiwan and China to inform a new model of participatory public art installation.
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Cathy Linh CHE | Literature | United States → Philippines, Vietnam | 6 months Photo courtesy of Loghaven Artist Residency (Shawn Poynter)
Grant Summary: To retrace her parents' journey in Vietnam and the Philippines, leading to her mother playing a background extra in Apocalypse Now while being stateless in a refugee camp after fleeing the Vietnam War, for research into a memoir called Fade In centering on their story.
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Grant Summary: To retrace her parents' journey in Vietnam and the Philippines, leading to her mother playing a background extra in Apocalypse Now while being stateless in a refugee camp after fleeing the Vietnam War, for research into a memoir called Fade In centering on their story.
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CHEN Jialu | Visual Art | China → Malaysia, Singapore | 4 months
Altius Fellowship
Grant Summary: To expand her research into the history and material culture of the "self-combing sisters," women who migrated from China's Pearl River Delta in the early 1900s to work in Southeast Asia.
Altius Fellowship
Grant Summary: To expand her research into the history and material culture of the "self-combing sisters," women who migrated from China's Pearl River Delta in the early 1900s to work in Southeast Asia.
FANG Yan | Art History | China → Japan | 6 weeks Photo by Liu Shuwei
ACCHK Arts Circle Fellowship
Grant Summary: To study Japan's Fluxus Movement, focusing particularly on its intersections with sound art, by conducting research on key figures in Japan and the influence on contemporary artists.
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ACCHK Arts Circle Fellowship
Grant Summary: To study Japan's Fluxus Movement, focusing particularly on its intersections with sound art, by conducting research on key figures in Japan and the influence on contemporary artists.
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Gus HOLLEY | Ethnomusicology | United States → China | 5 months
Grant Summary: To study, rehearse, and perform with prominent Tang music revivalists, Zhang Yi and Xu Ge.
Grant Summary: To study, rehearse, and perform with prominent Tang music revivalists, Zhang Yi and Xu Ge.
HSU Jo-Yu | Ethnomusicology | Taiwan → Mongolia | 3 months
Grant Summary: To conduct interdisciplinary ethnographic field research on Mongolian Shamanic culture covering rituals, music, and art with a focus on the Tsaatan, Darkhats, and Buryats in Mongolia.
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Grant Summary: To conduct interdisciplinary ethnographic field research on Mongolian Shamanic culture covering rituals, music, and art with a focus on the Tsaatan, Darkhats, and Buryats in Mongolia.
Hsin-Yun HUANG | Music | United States → Taiwan | 6 months
Grant Summary: To travel to several indigenous villages in Taiwan, with the assistance of a local guide, and seek permission to record video performances of their music, folk singing & dancing, and offer her own playing in return.
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Grant Summary: To travel to several indigenous villages in Taiwan, with the assistance of a local guide, and seek permission to record video performances of their music, folk singing & dancing, and offer her own playing in return.
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Alifiyah IMANI | Music | Pakistan → India | 6 months Photo by Vladimir Razhev
Grant Summary: To engage with female practitioners influencing the Hindustani classical music genre Dhrupad's contemporary performance, following the genre’s historical trajectory, oral transmission, the overlooked lives of female practitioners, and the impact of technology on the genre.
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Grant Summary: To engage with female practitioners influencing the Hindustani classical music genre Dhrupad's contemporary performance, following the genre’s historical trajectory, oral transmission, the overlooked lives of female practitioners, and the impact of technology on the genre.
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Woojin KIM | Visual Art | Korea → East Timor, Indonesia, United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To research the endangered minority language situation and language policy in East Timor and Indonesia and conduct research and interviews on the digital extinction of verbal and written languages, with a focus on Asian languages in United States.
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Grant Summary: To research the endangered minority language situation and language policy in East Timor and Indonesia and conduct research and interviews on the digital extinction of verbal and written languages, with a focus on Asian languages in United States.
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Benjamin Akio KIMITCH | Dance | United States → Japan | 5 months Photo by Da Ping Luo
Grant Summary: To embody classical dance forms and shadow performing artists on their daily studio practice and artistic craft, grounded in Nihon Buyo recital dance and Gagaku court performance traditions.
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Grant Summary: To embody classical dance forms and shadow performing artists on their daily studio practice and artistic craft, grounded in Nihon Buyo recital dance and Gagaku court performance traditions.
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Akil KUMARASAMY | Literature | United States → Japan | 2 months Photo by Vidhya Manivannan
Grant Summary: To research how ancient spiritual practices co-exist in modern cities like Tokyo by understanding traditions of itakos (blind female seers) and energy reiki healers, and how they fit into remote and urban areas of Japan.
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Grant Summary: To research how ancient spiritual practices co-exist in modern cities like Tokyo by understanding traditions of itakos (blind female seers) and energy reiki healers, and how they fit into remote and urban areas of Japan.
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Val LEE | Visual Art | Taiwan → Indonesia, Japan, Thailand | 3 months
Grant Summary: To visit different communities involved in independent art in Indonesia, history, reflective architecture, and culture in Hiroshima and Okinawa, and contemporary art in Thailand to understand the spirit of collaboration in different political situations and cultures.
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Grant Summary: To visit different communities involved in independent art in Indonesia, history, reflective architecture, and culture in Hiroshima and Okinawa, and contemporary art in Thailand to understand the spirit of collaboration in different political situations and cultures.
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Koto MAESAKA | Arts Administration | United States → Japan | 2 months
Grant Summary: To visit Hokkaido Province, Iwate Prefecture, and Tokushima Prefecture connecting with universities, local organizations, wadaiko (traditional Japanese drums) makers, and experiencing local dance festivals to connect with artists and organizers.
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Grant Summary: To visit Hokkaido Province, Iwate Prefecture, and Tokushima Prefecture connecting with universities, local organizations, wadaiko (traditional Japanese drums) makers, and experiencing local dance festivals to connect with artists and organizers.
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Asif MAJID | Theater | United States → India | 6 months Photo by Rameya Shanmugavelayutham
Grant Summary: To examine how Shi'a Muslims, Sunni Muslims, and Hindus rehearse commemorations like poetry, processions, drumming, and public mourning ahead of the first sacred month of the Islamic calendar, Muharram, and how these practices make, unmake, and remake Indian trans religious harmony.
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Grant Summary: To examine how Shi'a Muslims, Sunni Muslims, and Hindus rehearse commemorations like poetry, processions, drumming, and public mourning ahead of the first sacred month of the Islamic calendar, Muharram, and how these practices make, unmake, and remake Indian trans religious harmony.
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Cindy MARTIN | Film/Video/Photography | United States → Japan, Philippines | 6 months
Grant Summary: To continue research on a documentary film exploring how centuries of colonization and patriarchy in the Philippines led to shattered Filipino identity and how scholars and the youth are piecing it back together.
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Grant Summary: To continue research on a documentary film exploring how centuries of colonization and patriarchy in the Philippines led to shattered Filipino identity and how scholars and the youth are piecing it back together.
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Isabella MYERS | Crafts | United States → Cambodia | 2 months
Grant Summary: To facilitate exchange between Cambodian Buddhist scribal craft practitioners and youth who are interested in deepening their connection to their cultural heritage across Mainland Southeast Asia.
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Grant Summary: To facilitate exchange between Cambodian Buddhist scribal craft practitioners and youth who are interested in deepening their connection to their cultural heritage across Mainland Southeast Asia.
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Nanditha NAIR | Crafts | India → Japan | 3 months
Grant Summary: A 3-month research fellowship with photographer Ajilal and Rico to document the rhythmic body movements integral to Okinawa's unique weaving techniques—Kijoka Bashofu, Yomitanzan Hanaori, Shuri Ori— and Ryukyu Bingata dyeing.
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Grant Summary: A 3-month research fellowship with photographer Ajilal and Rico to document the rhythmic body movements integral to Okinawa's unique weaving techniques—Kijoka Bashofu, Yomitanzan Hanaori, Shuri Ori— and Ryukyu Bingata dyeing.
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Archie Luigi OCLOS | Visual Art | Philippines → United States | 2 months
Grant Summary: To conduct research within Coney Island where Philippine indigenous tribes were once paraded as savages in 1905, aiming to rediscover the experience of forced diaspora, generational trauma, and racial & historical injustice brought upon Filipinos.
Grant Summary: To conduct research within Coney Island where Philippine indigenous tribes were once paraded as savages in 1905, aiming to rediscover the experience of forced diaspora, generational trauma, and racial & historical injustice brought upon Filipinos.
Steven PARKER | Music | United States → Taiwan | 6 months
Grant Summary: To expand the field of instrument design and sculpture through SOUND CONSTRUCTION, a project creating an ensemble of hybrid instrument sculptures that combine instrument craftsmanship from the U.S. and Taiwan.
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Grant Summary: To expand the field of instrument design and sculpture through SOUND CONSTRUCTION, a project creating an ensemble of hybrid instrument sculptures that combine instrument craftsmanship from the U.S. and Taiwan.
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Padmapani L. PEREZ | Literature | Philippines → India | 2 months Photo by Fara Manuel-Nolasco
Grant Summary: To research and engage with a literary and artistic understanding of trees around the country by visiting sacred trees that grow, thrive, and stand-out in unlikely, public, urban spaces in India.
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Grant Summary: To research and engage with a literary and artistic understanding of trees around the country by visiting sacred trees that grow, thrive, and stand-out in unlikely, public, urban spaces in India.
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Kristen RUDISILL | Dance | United States → Malaysia, Singapore | 6 months
Grant Summary: To travel to Singapore and Malaysia and learn how the popular gaana street dance style contributes to the construction of Tamil identity within the local community.
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Grant Summary: To travel to Singapore and Malaysia and learn how the popular gaana street dance style contributes to the construction of Tamil identity within the local community.
Heeryoon SHIN | Art History | Korea → India | 1 month
Grant Summary: To investigate the localized reception of blue-and-white ceramics in colonial India and study the innovative architectural reuse of Chinese, Dutch, and British ceramics in Indian interiors.
Grant Summary: To investigate the localized reception of blue-and-white ceramics in colonial India and study the innovative architectural reuse of Chinese, Dutch, and British ceramics in Indian interiors.
Melisa TIEN | Theater | United States → China, Indonesia | 4 months Photo by Joseph O'Malley
Grant Summary: To study and understand two matriarchal, thousand-plus-year-old societies – the Mosuo, or Na people, of China, and the Minangkabau of Indonesia – leading to a work of theater or musical-theater inspired by the experience.
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Grant Summary: To study and understand two matriarchal, thousand-plus-year-old societies – the Mosuo, or Na people, of China, and the Minangkabau of Indonesia – leading to a work of theater or musical-theater inspired by the experience.
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Jacqueline Wen Xi TONG | Curation | Hong Kong → United States | 3 months
HKETONY Fellowship
Grant Summary: To look at models of cross-disciplinary arts festivals in the U.S., where moving image is a starting point, to see how experiences, including a range of artistic fields, can be adapted for the Hong Kong and Greater Chinese context.
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HKETONY Fellowship
Grant Summary: To look at models of cross-disciplinary arts festivals in the U.S., where moving image is a starting point, to see how experiences, including a range of artistic fields, can be adapted for the Hong Kong and Greater Chinese context.
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WONG Binghao | Curation | Singapore → United States | 2 months Photo by Reuben Foong
Grant Summary: To travel to New York and Los Angeles for 2 months conducting research on artists, curators, publishers, and academics of the Asian diaspora, and explore the intersection of their work with issues of gender and sexuality.
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Grant Summary: To travel to New York and Los Angeles for 2 months conducting research on artists, curators, publishers, and academics of the Asian diaspora, and explore the intersection of their work with issues of gender and sexuality.
Xiang XU | Dance | United States → China | 2 months Photo by Tim Thudium
Grant Summary: "Dance Dialogues: Journeying into China's Cultural Tapestry" is a research project led by Temple University faculty members Xiang Xu and Jillian Harris to explore the rich cultural diversity of China and inform innovative Sinocontemporary dance techniques.
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Grant Summary: "Dance Dialogues: Journeying into China's Cultural Tapestry" is a research project led by Temple University faculty members Xiang Xu and Jillian Harris to explore the rich cultural diversity of China and inform innovative Sinocontemporary dance techniques.
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XUE Ming | Art History | United States → China | 6 months
Grant Summary: To understand the process of Tibetan Buddhist art making in response to the contemporary art markets in China by looking at the sketches and sketchbooks of Rebgong thangka painters.
Grant Summary: To understand the process of Tibetan Buddhist art making in response to the contemporary art markets in China by looking at the sketches and sketchbooks of Rebgong thangka painters.
Tamara YADAO | Ethnomusicology | United States → Philippines | 1 month Photo by Max Kutner
Grant Summary: To study rhythmic modes and any associated mythologies of Kulintang music, as well as to research José Maceda's work connecting avant-garde and indigenous Philippine music.
Grant Summary: To study rhythmic modes and any associated mythologies of Kulintang music, as well as to research José Maceda's work connecting avant-garde and indigenous Philippine music.
Lydia YEE | Visual Art | United States → Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam | 2 months
Grant Summary: To undertake a comparative study of the influence of popular and vernacular cultures in East and Southeast Asia on contemporary art.
Grant Summary: To undertake a comparative study of the influence of popular and vernacular cultures in East and Southeast Asia on contemporary art.
Zhicong ZHAO | Architecture | China → United States | 5 months
Hsin Chong-K.N. Godfrey Yeh Education Fund: Tsinghua-MIT Exchange Fellowship
Grant Summary: To participate in the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a visiting scholar for a semester in 2024.
Hsin Chong-K.N. Godfrey Yeh Education Fund: Tsinghua-MIT Exchange Fellowship
Grant Summary: To participate in the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a visiting scholar for a semester in 2024.
New York Fellowship
The New York Fellowship Program provides programmatic and networking support during a six-month residency in New York City. ACC supports grantees with focused research plans as well as those pursuing open-ended exploration. The program structure cultivates an environment for cohort learning and provides opportunities for mutual cultural exchange between fellows and New York-based cultural producers. ACC offers a portfolio of support services, including a monthly enrichment program, a mentorship program, and cultural engagement activities designed to build a robust exchange experience. Additionally, fellows are introduced to ACC's alumni community in New York City and connected to relevant contacts based on each fellow's project goals and interests.
Nursalim Yadi ANUGERAH | Music | Indonesia → United States | 6 months Photo by Rendy Maradika
Grant Summary: To observe and participate in the experimental music scene in New York, while learning how artists and institutions use sound-making as a tool of music diplomacy to help enhance communities and build bonds both locally and internationally.
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Grant Summary: To observe and participate in the experimental music scene in New York, while learning how artists and institutions use sound-making as a tool of music diplomacy to help enhance communities and build bonds both locally and internationally.
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John Alexis BALAGUER | Art Criticism | Philippines → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To explore museums, galleries, and art spaces in New York to study exhibition writing and engage with artists, gallerists, and cultural workers, aiming to have a deeper understanding of art criticism.
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Grant Summary: To explore museums, galleries, and art spaces in New York to study exhibition writing and engage with artists, gallerists, and cultural workers, aiming to have a deeper understanding of art criticism.
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Isaac CHONG Wai | Visual Art | Hong Kong → United States | 6 months Photo by Rachel Jiam
Désirée & Hans Michael Jebsen Fellowship
Grant Summary: To conduct research into the performance art scene in New York, particularly observing the practices around Asian diaspora communities, and studying the portrayal of Asian bodies in art history.
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Désirée & Hans Michael Jebsen Fellowship
Grant Summary: To conduct research into the performance art scene in New York, particularly observing the practices around Asian diaspora communities, and studying the portrayal of Asian bodies in art history.
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Howie CHU | Theater | Taiwan → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To research and study the diverse and free-form expressions of Broadway theater (both on and off-Broadway) through extensive observations and exchange with the theater community, absorbing different forms of artistic expression and culture.
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Grant Summary: To research and study the diverse and free-form expressions of Broadway theater (both on and off-Broadway) through extensive observations and exchange with the theater community, absorbing different forms of artistic expression and culture.
Bontaro DOKUYAMA | Visual Art | Japan → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To learn about artistic practices in a multinational country, and research the history and cultural transmission of Japanese immigrants in the United States from the Meiji Restoration through World War II and the present.
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Grant Summary: To learn about artistic practices in a multinational country, and research the history and cultural transmission of Japanese immigrants in the United States from the Meiji Restoration through World War II and the present.
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Toni GO | Theater | Philippines → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To attend classes in New York and acquire innovative techniques to empower local artists and foster narratives rooted in experiences, contributing to the enrichment of the Philippine cultural landscape.
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Grant Summary: To attend classes in New York and acquire innovative techniques to empower local artists and foster narratives rooted in experiences, contributing to the enrichment of the Philippine cultural landscape.
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Souya HANDA | Curation | Japan → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To conduct on-site research on the Manhattan Project, providing a multifaceted perspective on his artistic practices on Hiroshima, as well as conduct research on Asian artists in the United States working on postcolonial themes.
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Grant Summary: To conduct on-site research on the Manhattan Project, providing a multifaceted perspective on his artistic practices on Hiroshima, as well as conduct research on Asian artists in the United States working on postcolonial themes.
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Julia HUNG | Visual Art | Taiwan → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To conduct field research into the materials she utilizes for her work and deepen the conceptual aspects of her multidisciplinary sculptures, propelling her artistic vision through engaging with art critics, scholars, and curators.
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Grant Summary: To conduct field research into the materials she utilizes for her work and deepen the conceptual aspects of her multidisciplinary sculptures, propelling her artistic vision through engaging with art critics, scholars, and curators.
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SUZUKI Minori | Literature | Japan → United States | 6 months Photo by Mori Eiki
Grant Summary: To research literary and artistic practices in the United States and study how minority stories have been told in the country to discover new or alternative storytelling and styles of writing in Japanese.
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Grant Summary: To research literary and artistic practices in the United States and study how minority stories have been told in the country to discover new or alternative storytelling and styles of writing in Japanese.
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Salma JAMAL MOUSHUM | Visual Art | Bangladesh → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To be inspired and inspire other artists and collectives in New York whose practice is centered on communities, focusing on the exploration of art activism and social practice art in a new context.
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Grant Summary: To be inspired and inspire other artists and collectives in New York whose practice is centered on communities, focusing on the exploration of art activism and social practice art in a new context.
Jacqueline LEUNG | Literature | Hong Kong → United States | 6 months
Altius Fellowship
Grant Summary: To conduct research on literary translation for Hong Kong writing originally in Chinese and translated into English as well as between artistic forms, such as novels being adapted for theatre/visual art/film.
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Altius Fellowship
Grant Summary: To conduct research on literary translation for Hong Kong writing originally in Chinese and translated into English as well as between artistic forms, such as novels being adapted for theatre/visual art/film.
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Joshua LIM SO | Theater | Philippines → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To conduct research on innovative ways of staging and writing performances, informing a project about Filipinx experiences in the United States and the clash of cultures and generations.
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Grant Summary: To conduct research on innovative ways of staging and writing performances, informing a project about Filipinx experiences in the United States and the clash of cultures and generations.
NGUYEN PHUOC Bao Chau | Conservation | Vietnam → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To gain knowledge in art conservation through New York’s rich cultural landscape by visiting art institutions and archives to closely examine vintage propaganda posters produced by the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), c.1955-1975.
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Grant Summary: To gain knowledge in art conservation through New York’s rich cultural landscape by visiting art institutions and archives to closely examine vintage propaganda posters produced by the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), c.1955-1975.
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ONG Jo-Lene | Curation | Malaysia → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To research artistic practices and projects that build or imagine Ecologies of Resilience such as errant movements and transnational solidarities by visiting art institutions and events in and around New York.
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Grant Summary: To research artistic practices and projects that build or imagine Ecologies of Resilience such as errant movements and transnational solidarities by visiting art institutions and events in and around New York.
Suzy PARK | Curation | Korea → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To consider what indigeneity is and how the concept of indigeneity can redefine the existing framework of curatorial research by meeting with American indigenous artists and revisiting their heritage.
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Grant Summary: To consider what indigeneity is and how the concept of indigeneity can redefine the existing framework of curatorial research by meeting with American indigenous artists and revisiting their heritage.
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Renu SAVANT | Film/Video/Photography | India → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To study the history and culture of avant-garde/non-narrative film in New York by visiting historical and present experimental film collectives and archives, studying journals, attending exhibition spaces, and meeting with relevant scholars.
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Grant Summary: To study the history and culture of avant-garde/non-narrative film in New York by visiting historical and present experimental film collectives and archives, studying journals, attending exhibition spaces, and meeting with relevant scholars.
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SEKI Tomoko | Art Criticism | Japan → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To conduct research on theater in the United States for a comparative study with Europe and Japan to understand the characteristics of Japanese, European, and American plays.
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Grant Summary: To conduct research on theater in the United States for a comparative study with Europe and Japan to understand the characteristics of Japanese, European, and American plays.
Sir Anril TIATCO | Theater | Philippines → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To undergo training in dramaturgy through an apprenticeship under an established dramaturg and learn the latest trends in dramaturgical practice through workshops, forums, and arranging one-on-one interviews with renowned dramaturgs working in New York.
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Grant Summary: To undergo training in dramaturgy through an apprenticeship under an established dramaturg and learn the latest trends in dramaturgical practice through workshops, forums, and arranging one-on-one interviews with renowned dramaturgs working in New York.
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Arlette Quynh-Anh TRAN | Visual Art | Vietnam → United States | 6 months Photo by Minh Red Nguyen
Grant Summary: To meet organizations, art spaces, and artists with cross-disciplinary and cross-community practices, particularly involving Asian artists and their presence in the New York art scene.
Grant Summary: To meet organizations, art spaces, and artists with cross-disciplinary and cross-community practices, particularly involving Asian artists and their presence in the New York art scene.
Kenneth WONG See Huat | Curation | Malaysia → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To research cultural interpretation, particularly in the context of queer art through collaboration and work with institutions like the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art and the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives.
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Grant Summary: To research cultural interpretation, particularly in the context of queer art through collaboration and work with institutions like the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art and the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives.
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Organization Grant
Organization Grants are awarded to support cultural exchange opportunities for individual project participants in collaboration with organizations. Host organizations offer residencies, peer-to-peer exchanges, performances, and public programs to facilitate project participants’ engagement with the public or creative communities.
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Bangkok Art and Culture Centre | Arts Administration | United States, China, Taiwan → Thailand | 3 months
Grant Summary: To support CULTIVATE, a professional development program for curators and arts managers, bringing world-renowned curatorial faculty to Bangkok to host and participate in intensive workshops and mentorship.
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Grant Summary: To support CULTIVATE, a professional development program for curators and arts managers, bringing world-renowned curatorial faculty to Bangkok to host and participate in intensive workshops and mentorship.
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Bridge for the Arts and Education | Theater | Malaysia, Japan → Japan | 1 month Photo by Hiroshi Koike
Grant Summary: To conduct a workshop series facilitated by five artists from Malaysia and Japan involving open rehearsals and artist's talks to explore the link between Asian performance and the theme of death and rebirth through philosophy, movement, and sound.
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Grant Summary: To conduct a workshop series facilitated by five artists from Malaysia and Japan involving open rehearsals and artist's talks to explore the link between Asian performance and the theme of death and rebirth through philosophy, movement, and sound.
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Crossing Borders Music Collective | Conservation | United States → Bangladesh | 6 months
Grant Summary: To travel to Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh to meet Rohingya
refugee musicians, learn about Rohingya music, and exchange ideas about music education.
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Grant Summary: To travel to Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh to meet Rohingya
refugee musicians, learn about Rohingya music, and exchange ideas about music education.
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Don’t Follow the Wind | Visual Art | United States → Japan | 6 months
Grant Summary: To support American artist and curator contributions, conducting on-site research and interacting with displaced residents, for the Don't Follow the Wind exhibition through planning and development.
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Grant Summary: To support American artist and curator contributions, conducting on-site research and interacting with displaced residents, for the Don't Follow the Wind exhibition through planning and development.
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Tracing Patterns Foundation | Museum Studies | United States; Indonesia → Indonesia; United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To facilitate international dialogue on the issue of Papua representation with two scholars from the United States who will travel to Jakarta and Papua, Indonesia and two scholars from Indonesia who will travel to several cities in the United States.
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Grant Summary: To facilitate international dialogue on the issue of Papua representation with two scholars from the United States who will travel to Jakarta and Papua, Indonesia and two scholars from Indonesia who will travel to several cities in the United States.
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Wild Projects | Dance | United States → Indonesia | 6 months
Grant Summary: To research through a cultural lens the move of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to East Kalimantan on Borneo, including the voices and cultural activities of generation Z and generation Alpha Indonesians.
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Grant Summary: To research through a cultural lens the move of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to East Kalimantan on Borneo, including the voices and cultural activities of generation Z and generation Alpha Indonesians.
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U.S./Japan Cultural Trade Network, Inc. (CTN) | Theater | Japan → United States | 6 months
Grant Summary: To invite Peru-born Japanese playwright Yudai Kamisato to San Francisco and develop a participatory play.
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Grant Summary: To invite Peru-born Japanese playwright Yudai Kamisato to San Francisco and develop a participatory play.
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