Locust Projects announces the latest round of recipients of WaveMaker Grants, an Andy Warhol Foundation funded regional re-granting program. Since 2015, WaveMaker at Locust Projects has awarded over $450,000 in incubator grants to 90 of Miami's visionary artists; this year, twelve Miami-based artists, curators and collectives will receive up to $6,000 each in three categories: New Work / Projects, Long-Haul Projects, and Research & Development + Implementation. In the spirit of Locust Projects’ artist-centric mission, WaveMakers take risks outside of art institutions and markets, creating innovative work that is accessible to the public via process, presentation, production, or publication.
The 2021 WaveMakers are: New Work / Projects: Michelle Lisa Polissaint, Sage Gee, Dan Mathis, Amanda Keeley; Long-Haul Projects: Arsimmer McCoy, Carolina Cueva, Nick Gilmore, Chire Regans; Research & Development + Implementation: Summer Jade Leavitt, Violenta Flores / Juan Carlos Zaldivar, Ema Ri, Liz Ferrer & Bow Ty.
This year’s grant recipients were selected from a competitive pool of applicants through a dynamic review process by Robert Blackson, Co-Director of Curatorial Programs and curator of citywide initiatives at Philadelphia Contemporary, where he administers our Regional Regranting Program partner, The Velocity Fund; Nisa Floyd, arts administrator and educator based in Atlanta and founder of Art Makes, an educational zine and art kit; Reginald O'Neal, artist from Overtown, Miami and 2020 WaveMaker awardee for 18 Years and Counting; and Anita Sharma, Miami-based archivist, collections manager, and 2018 & 2020 WaveMaker awardee for WAAM: Women's Artist Archive Miami.