Boost Fund Artist Grantees

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Meet the 2025 Boost Fund Artists!

All 2025 Boost Fund artists will receive $1,500 to support their creative practice and creative needs.

Grantees were selected using a nationally modeled random selection process.

Cycle 2 Artists

Cathrine Avila, Visual Art

Karen Beckwith, Visual Art

Patricia Brett, Visual Art

Elisa Byrd, Theatre & Performance

Carla Carpenter, Craft

Timothy J. Collingwood, Theatre & Performance

Jeffrey Curtis, Music

Clark DeCapite, Visual Art

Levaille, Eitzman, Craft

Esteban Eysaman, Music

Elijah Gilmore, Music

Jon Gott, Interdisciplinary

Tiara Grayson, Visual Art

Raven Grice, Visual Art

Alexander Guzman, Dance & Choreography

David Haddon, Visual Art

Eriana Hargrove, Craft

Ryan Jaenke, Visual Art

Mick Jones, Film

Julian Khan, Music

Charlie Malta, Visual Art

Jake Mangini, Film

Jacqueline Mantey, Visual Art

Ray McNiece, Literary


Cycle 1 Artists

Zach Angeloni, Music

Ewuresi Archer, Visual Art

Dyrell Barnett, Film

Gideon Berry, Visual Art

Robin Blake, Music

Mike Bruckman, Film

Brittany DeMudd, Design

Shaun Doyle, Visual Art

Sharon M. Dundee, Visual Art

Suhaylah Hamzah “Qnowher Earth”, Interdisciplinary

Lisa Edwards, Visual Art

Brianna Fairbrother, Visual Art

Dante Foley, Media

Tyrone Fontaine, Media

Gwendolyn Garth, Visual Art

Regan Gray, Music

Fern Haught, Literary Arts / Writing

John O. Horton, Jr., Music

Wade Howard, Music

Mark Howard, Visual Art

Sidney Im, Dance & Choreography

Erin Johnson, Interdisciplinary

Saralila Kalafat, Music

Marissa Kehres, Visual Art

Billi Kribbs, Visual Art

Jeffery Melton, Music

Destiny Moore, Visual Art

Stephanie Nunn, Design

Nahomy Ortiz-Garcia, Literary

Sarah Paul, Visual Art

Byron “Ronny Knight” Phillips, Media

Elizabeth Pollert, Dance & Choreography

Leonte Reed, Visual Art

Conrad Relitz, Visual Art

Julie Reminick, Interdisciplinary

Isaac Richter, Film

Raymond Robinson, Visual Art

Dylan Rundle, Design

Brian Sarama, Craft

Martha Shiverick, Film

Aaron Smith, Music

Sujatha Srinivasan, Dance & Choreography

Bethany Svoboda, Music

DeNavya Tolbert, Music

Josh Usmani, Visual Art

Vickie Verlie, Musi

Laura Walter, Literary

Nikki Woods, Visual Art

Anna Wright, Film

Tess Young, Craft

Joyce Yu, Music


Brandon Landrum, Music

Cecilia Li, Visual Art

Tanya Long, Craft

Casey Louis, Music

Tuck Mindrum, Music

Nancy Notarianni, Visual Art

Connor O’Brien, Music

Kristy Ockunzzi, Literary Arts / Writing

Arturo Orso-Giacone, Music

Dev Patel, Visual Art

Sarah Raban, Visual Art

Eric Rippert, Visual Art

Callum Sharkey, Visual Art

Randall, Slaughter, Visual Art

Edward Sotelo, Music

Harold Stallworth, Music

Darian Stitt, Media

Rachel Usmani, Media

Jurnee Weeams, Visual Art

Cyera Wilder, Dance & Choreography

Tracey Wiley, Literary Arts / Writing

McKinley Wiley, Visual Art

Charles Wilkerson, Visual Art

Anthony Yanick, Interdisciplinary

Rachel Yurkovich, Visual Art

Questions?   

Please contact grants@assemblycle.org 

Cuyahoga Arts and Culture

Boost Fund is supported by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.