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2022 Grit Fund Recipients

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Congratulations to the 2022 Grit Fund Award Winners! Find out details about other Grit Fund Artist Awards on the Grit Fund Website.

  • Baltimore Indians, $10,000- Ashley Minner, Tiffany Chavis, Stanton Lewis, Katie Lively, Dare Turner and Sean Scheidt 
  • Invisible Folx, $8,000- Ephraim Nehemiah, Kairo Miles, Kenneth Something, and Jabari Lyles 
  • Puppets, Masks, and Crankies: Shifting the Story, $7,000- Sheila Gaskins, Tara Cariaso, and Maura Dwyer 
  • PalatePALETTE, $7,000- Krystal C. Mack, Matt Freire, Sharea Harris, Émile Joseph Weeks, and Erin Nutsugah 
  • Community Weaving Studio, $7,000- Ọmọlará Williams McCallister and Najee Haynes Follins 
  • Funktopia Nation, $6,000- Petula Caesar, Jonathan Gilmore, Stevanie Williams, Jermeka Warren, Ben Pierce, Myles Gilmore, Phil Thomas, Mary Ellen Mink, Stephanie Edwards aka “Safiyatou.” Tamika Peters, and Chris Ashworth
  • What The Water Gave Me/Things My Mother Taught Me, $5,000- Alexis Araminta Renee, Kirby Griffin, Nia Hampton, and Alexis Renee 
  • Latin(X)equis | Baltimore, $5,000- Hoesy Corona and Stephanie Mercedes 
  • TERRA: LAND + BODY COLLECTIVE, $5,000- Jonna McKone, Se Jong Cho, and Elena DeBold 
  • HellBond: Dancing with the Spirits, $5,000- Jia Le Ling and Michael Young 

Founding Fossils: When Science Met Imagination

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Intersections

On View: October 29, 2025 – January 18, 2026 Intersections is the inaugural exhibit curated by the Fund for Educational Excellence’s Curation Club, a group of Baltimore City Schools students who spent the summer translating

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