Culture & Narrative Fellowship
Culture & Narrative Fellowship
The Culture & Narrative Fellowship was founded on the belief that artists and cultural strategists can play an active role in narrative and culture change. This year’s Fellows will have an opportunity to explore and challenge white supremacist narratives alongside advocates and thought leaders using the latest in narrative research and communication tools. Fellows will also receive a $15,000 award and strategic support for their proposed art or cultural intervention during the six-month fellowship period.
The Culture & Narrative Fellowship: At A Glance
- A $15,000 award to support a new or existing project
- Two in-person events:
- 1) A week-long in-person experiential training in NYC w/ other artists and leading advocates and communicators (late March 2023)
- 2) TOA’s week-long Creative Change Retreat (late August 2023)
- Monthly virtual community learning sessions (3 total)
- A Social Practice component: Fellows will pursue 1-3 creative audience engagement strategies to connect with their target audiences
- Virtual bi-weekly office hours with TOA staff and a virtual closing session
Josh Healey
Josh Healey is an award-winning comedic writer, performer, filmmaker, and creative activist.
Get To know JoshChristine Hoang
Christine Hoang is a Vietnamese American screenwriter, playwright, director, actor, producer, and recovering lawyer based in Austin, Texas.
Get To know ChristineJesse Krimes
Jesse Krimes is an artist whose work explores societal mechanisms of power and control with a focus on criminal and racial justice. While serving a six-year prison sentence he produced and smuggled out numerous bodies of work, established prison art programs, and co-created artist collectives. After his release, he co-founded...
Get To know JesseRebecca Marimutu
Rebecca Marimutu, a New York City-based photographer and educator, explores themes of identity, heritage, and cultural preservation in her work.
Get To know RebeccaPaola Mendoza
Paola Mendoza is a film director, activist, author and artist working at the leading-edge of human rights.
Get To know PaolaNasir Anthony Montalvo
Nasir Anthony Montalvo (b.1999) is an award-winning transdisciplinary journalist and memory worker based in Kansas City, MO.
Get To know Nasir AnthonyZahra Noorbakhsh
Zahra Noorbakhsh is a Feminist Muslim, Iranian-American, award-winning comedian, podcaster, and writer.
Get To know ZahraAmalia Oliva Rojas
Amalia Oliva Rojas is a Mexican poet, performer, and theatre artivist raised and based in Nueva York.
Get To know AmaliaAli Sultan
Ali Sultan is a Yemeni-Ethiopian comedian seen on Comedy Central, Donttell, and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
Get To know AliIxchel Tonāntzin Xōchitlzihuatl
Ixchel is a co-founder of the socially engaged art collective, Las Imaginistas, and is the Cosmic Weaver for the immigrant rights network, Voces Unidas. Both organizations advance the earth’s desire to remember and recognize freedom of movement for all beings.
Get To know Ixchel