2020 Grants List

Join us in congratulating our 2020 grant recipients from Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States! Return to our website for future updates on ACC grantmaking in 2020.

 

AFGHANISTAN

Muheb Esmat
M.A. Candidate, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
Graduate Scholarship to gain experience during an Optional Practical Training year following the completion of an M.A. in curatorial studies in spring 2020.

 

CHINA

Yong Guo
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
Individual Fellowship to participate in the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS) at MIT as a visiting scholar in 2021.
 

Damin Wu
Consultant, Quanzhou Canghai Cultural Creativity Co., Ltd.
Individual Fellowship to conduct comparative research on traditional mouth harp repertory in Asia.

 

Jinglun Zhu
Independent Curator
Graduate Scholarship to continue the remainder of her Optional Practical Training year following completion of a master’s degree in curatorial studies in spring 2019.

 

HONG KONG

May Wing Joy Chang (Cheuk Wing Nam)
Visual Artist
New York Fellowship to pursue interdisciplinary research on interactive media, electronic arts, and experimental music in the U.S.

 

Enoch Tak Yan Cheng
Visual Artist & Curator
New York Fellowship extension to continue and broaden research on art practices and cultural responses in New York City under pandemic conditions
 

Hochi Lau
M.F.A. Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
Graduate Scholarship to continue in his third and final year of an M.F.A. program at Carnegie Mellon.

 

INDIA

Utsa Mukherjee (Hazarika)
Visual Artist
Graduate Scholarship to continue the remainder of her Optional Practical Training year, following completion of an M.F.A. in 2019.

 

INDONESIA

Joned Suryatmoko
Ph.D. Candidate, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Graduate Scholarship to continue in his third year of a Ph.D. program in theater and performance at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

 

JAPAN

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Organization/Project Grant to enable independent curator Aily Nash and Harvard Film Archive Director Haden Guest to curate programs in the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions in February 2020.

 

PAKISTAN

Abdul Aziz Sohail
M.F.A. Candidate, University of California, Irvine
Graduate Scholarship to continue in his third and final year of an M.F.A. program, concentrating in critical and curatorial studies, at the University of California, Irvine.

 

PHILIPPINES

Kevin Castelo
Independent Musician
Grant supplement to cover mandatory quarantine expenses upon return home to the Philippines, following completion of a master’s degree in percussion performance in spring 2020.
 

Zeny May Recidoro
Independent Art Writer
Graduate Scholarship to gain professional experience under the Optional Practical Training program, following completion of a master’s degree in art writing in spring 2020.
 

Charles Yee
M.F.A. Candidate, California Institute of the Arts
Graduate Scholarship to continue in his second year of a three-year M.F.A. program in directing at the California Institute of the Arts.

 

TAIWAN

Yihsuan Chiu
M.A. Candidate, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
Graduate Scholarship to continue her second and final year of an M.A. program in curatorial studies at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.
 

Contemporary Legend Theatre
Organization/Project Grant to enable the company to upgrade their online capacity and maintain operating expenses during a period when there will be no income from teaching or performances.
 

Gang-A-Tsui Theater
Organization/Project Grant to support virtual and in-person collaborative workshops with artists from Japan, Vietnam, and China.

Taiwan Alumni Pandemic Response Initiative
A program to provide support for ACC alumni in Taiwan (10 organizations and 9 individuals) to create alternative work plans for 2020 in light of canceled exhibitions, performances, and other engagements.

 

UNITED STATES

Asian Art Museum
Organization/Project Grant to provide support for Hope Sessions, a series of online panel discussions moderated by curators in Asia and the U.S. to initiate dialogue around what art will look like in the post-COVID-19 future.
 

Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
Organization/Project Grant to bring artists and museum curators from Asia to participate  in a roundtable discussion on Decolonizing Southeast Asian Art and Art History at the Association’s annual conference, postponed to 2021.
 

Edward Herbst
Director, Bali 1928 Repatriation Project
To support Bali 1928 and Library of Congress-to-Bali Repatriation Project research and documentation leading to the re-release and repatriation of the first published recordings of music in Bali, and extensive film footage and photographs taken between 1930 and 1939.

Savong Foundation (For Nirmita Composers Workshop)
Organization/Project Grant to provide support to the Nirmita Composers Workshop to conduct a two-week intensive online composition workshop at the Royal University of Fine Arts (RUFA) in Phnom Penh.