by Team CWF | Apr 1, 2022 | 2021, News, Performing Arts, Traditional Arts
CWF-awarded fashion and textile artist Bayo Agbelekale (I.B. Bayo) has been collaborating with the vertical dance company BANDALOOP to craft a large-scale textile installation and set design, fashioning an integrated fabric world within which BANDALOOP’s vertical...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 29, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
CWF grantee and Tibetan elder Bhalu Bhaloo has been collaborating with Chaksampa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company to preserve the previously undocumented and at-risk performing heritage of the Kongpo region of Tibet. They are presenting an authentic Kongpo Losar...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 23, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
CWF grantee, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Van-Anh Vo collaborated with Iranian singer/songwriter Mahsa Vadat and Vietnamese American Non-Governmental Organization Network (VANGO) to develop Songs of Strength, which will premiere with rapper Kev Choice,...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 27, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
In 2019, Jewlia Eisenberg was funded by the Creative Work Fund to collaborate with the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) on an immersive musical and visual installation inspired by the Bible’s Song of Songs. That project halted when Jewlia died in March 2021, but...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 24, 2021 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts
Featuring original music by Russell Rodriguez, Departera: The Road to the Afterlife returns to Teatro Vision for in person performances (October 14-24) and on demand presentations (October 29-November 30). Written by Evelina Fernandez with Teatro Vision, Departera is...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 19, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
Drawing on her Ivory Coast heritage, multidisciplinary artist Fely Tchaco has collaborated with Diamano Coura West African Dance to create The Legend of Zaouli, based on the true story of the life of a beautiful dancer and her untimely death. World premiere...
