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Jehra Patrick, Minnesota, received $1,500 to travel to New York City to meet with new media field leaders from Rhizome and the New Museum, New York Foundation for the Arts, Artsy.net, and ArtSpace.com, and attend Rhizome's annual Seven on Seven conference.

ASIAN AMERICAN RENAISSANCE, St. Paul, Minnesota, received a grant of $35,050 in support of the Artist Development Grants Program and services to and support for emerging professional Asian American artists. The mission of the Renaissance is to build community through the arts. Its program explores socio-cultural, historical and contemporary issues important to a Pan Asian community. Two years ago, the Renaissance piloted an Artist Career Development Program in which an independent selection panel competitively reviewed proposals for career and work development projects. Jerome Foundation is dedicating $25,050 in support of emerging artists development grants in the second round of this program. In addition, funds are designated

Actor and writer SOPHRONIA LIU will visit Hong Kong and Washington D.C. She will receive advanced training in Tai Chi and in Asian theater movement and/or voice, as well as collect materials for future performance and writing projects. During a one-month trip to Washington DC, she will attend the Adult Improvisational Theater Workshops conducted by the Living Stage Theater Company.

Jerome Foundation renewed its general support of and membership in GRANTMAKERS IN FILM + ELECTRONIC MEDIA, Oakland, California, in the form of a $3,000 commitment. Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM), an affinity group of the Council on Foundations, is an association of grantmakers committed to advancing the field of media arts and public interest media funding. It is a resource for grantmakers who fund media content, infrastructure, and policy, and those who employ media to further their program goals. It is also a resource for funders who wish to learn more about media.

INTERMEDIA ARTS MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, received $18,000 in support of artists works within the HomeWork Project. A key component in Intermedias development of a new home was to use as much of the construction budget as possible to pay artists to make essential elements of the building, thereby increasing artist ownership of the building and achieving a design which was strengthened by the active engagement of creative ideas. A call for proposals from artists was put forth by a design team, which received nearly 100 proposals from 29 artists and teams of artists. Eleven projects were identified. The first grouping of those projects was implemented during the last year and a half with funding from Jerome Foundation and other sources. This recent grant was authorized for Phase II of HomeWork, which will involve new works by artists Brian Jon Foster, Joy Mincy Powell, Gwendolyn Schwinke, Jason Brown, Andrew Sinning, Judith Yourman, Elaine Sheer, Chris Krumm, Norbert Marklin and Esther Malabel.

Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $15,000 as a one-time, mid-career artist project grant for the development of the work Garden of Names. The creator, Susana di Palma, faces with this work an opportunity to take risks and meet a substantial challenge.

Pillsbury House Theatre (part of the Pillsbury United Communities), Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $73,000 over two years in support of emerging artists’ participation in the Non-English Speaking Spoken Here: The Late Nite Series in 2017 and 2018.

Acting as fiscal agent, the Southern Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $8,000 in support of performers fees within the 1995-96 season of Patricks Cabaret. The Cabaret provides a supportive environment to assist artists in their professional growth and development. A priority is placed on serving artists who take risks, try new initiatives and present works-in-progress. The founder, artist Patrick Scully, organizes the annual program of the Cabaret.