Grantee Database

Sonja Dahl

Country / Region:
• United States

• 2012
• Crafts

for a six-month grant to research Javanese batik and indigo use in Indonesia in 2012.

Dai Wei

Country / Region:
• China

• 2012
• Theater
• China to United States

for a six-month grant to observe trends and developments in new media and to research new-media curricula in U.S. universities.

Racquel de Loyola-Cruz

Country / Region:
• Philippines

• 2012
• Visual Art
• Philippines to United States

For a six-month grant to research contemporary art, meet with artists and curators, and create new work in New York City, beginning in January 2013.

Karla Diaz

Country / Region:
• United States

• 2012
• Visual Art

(Karla Diaz & Mario Ybarra) for a two-week residency to research a bird-watching subculture in Japan, with the goal of enriching and inspiring international discussion on immigration, language, science, the environment, culture, art-making, and community building.

Ding Ning

Country / Region:
• China

• 2012
• Art History

Advanced Workshop in American Art History

Du Haibin

Country / Region:
• China

• 2012
• Film/Video
• China to United States

for a six-month grant to meet with documentary filmmakers and conduct research for his first feature film.

Echigo Tsumari Triennale

• 2012
• Visual Art
• China, United States to Japan

to support the participation of visual artists Cai Guo-Qiang and Ann Hamilton from the United States and Wu Daxin from China in the fifth Echigo Tsumari Triennale, which will take place in Niigata from July 29 to September 17, 2012.

Bernard Ellorin

Country / Region:
• United States

• 2012
• Music
• United States to Malaysia

for an eight-month grant to carry out dissertation research on BajauLaut music in Sabah, Malaysia.

Nia Fliam

• 2012
• Grant to Textile Museum

Billy Fox

Country / Region:
• United States

• 2012
• Other
• United States to Japan

for a six-week journey to rural Shimane Prefecture, Japan, to research the performance and religious rituals of Omoto kagura, an extremely rare form of shamanic dance, music, and theater practiced by a handful of Shinto shrines in the Iwami region.

Edna Vida Froilan

Country / Region:
• Philippines

• 2012
• Dance
• Philippines to United States

for a six-month grant to research contemporary dance and theater activities, observe rehearsals, and attend classes and workshops in choreography and improvisation in New York.

Global Heritage Fund

• 2012
• Conservation

To support the participation of five Asian speakers in activities that are to take place in conjunction with the Global Heritage Fund's Forum on Cultural Heritage in a Developing World - Focus on Asia.