Congrats to 2021 BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant Recipients!

Please join us congratulating the first ever grant recipients of the BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant.

-MARTINA BELL

-MALIKA FREEMAN

-GEORGE CHRISTIAN VASQUEZ

-YIQIAO WANG

PURPOSE

The Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Deaf Arts Grant is a new annual program that provides financial support for emerging and established artists to further advance their careers.

Deaf Spotlight’s mission is to inspire and showcase Deaf Culture and American Sign Language through the arts. The Deaf Arts Grant will make a crucial difference for BIPOC Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled and Hard of Hearing artists to thrive in the challenging arts field.

The number of grants given out each year is dependent on funding available. In 2021, Deaf Spotlight will award (4) recipients $1,000.00 each. At least one recipient will reside in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, or Idaho) and at least one recipient will be a National selection outside of the Pacific Northwest region.

To sign up for grant updates and opportunities, please email BIPOCDeafArtsGrant@deafspotlight.org.

ID: dark blue background poster with colorful graphic elements (orange, pink and purple). Cursive white headline: "Congratulations!" White text: "BIPOC DEAF ARTS GRANT RECIPIENTS." Vertical white text on left: "2021." 4 circular headshots clockwise: Martina Bell (Black woman in a black blazer), Malika Freeman (a Black female with Heterochromia eye: black and blue, and dyed blue hair), George Christian Vasquez (an El Salvadoran in a black shirt and handshape "3" covers half of his face), and Yiqiao Wang (a Chinese-born person with long hair and eyeglasses in a pink jacket). Deaf Spotlight Logo on bottom right corner.