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“By supporting stories that lift up the full diversity of the Jewish people, culture and traditions, Jewish Story Partners is helping to foster greater inclusion, belonging, and understanding within and beyond Jewish communities.” “Storytelling is at the heart of how we convey the rich tapestry of the modern Jewish experience,” said Lisa Eisen, Co-President, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, a new funder to Jewish Story Partners. “We are thrilled to be a part of Jewish Story Partners, which provides a greatly expanded platform for the support of documentary film.” “Jewish documentary films are a window into the richness and complexity of the arc of Jewish history and Jewish lives today,” said Lynn and Jules Kroll of the Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Films. Today JSP announced it expects to provide over $800,000 in funding in 2022, with grants growing to $1 million in 2023 in part thanks to the addition of new funders including the Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Films, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, Kronhill Pletka Foundation, and Koret Foundation. In the coming years, JSP plans to significantly increase its funding and expand eligibility to encompass international filmmakers and fiction projects telling diverse Jewish stories. These grants establish JSP as a leading non-profit film funder. With $280,000 in new grants, this new slate brings Jewish Story Partners’ 2021 granting total to $500,000, distributed among 27 projects. This follows an open call for submissions that resulted in a stunning 226% increase in grant applications and an outpouring of excellent projects. LOS ANGELES – Jewish Story Partners (JSP), the rapidly growing, Los Angeles-based non-profit film funding organization that launched six months ago with an ambitious vision, announced its second round of grantees today. The Creative Response Fund has supported 139 artists with these resources.įind details about the Creative Response Fund, 2022 artists and previous years’ projects on the City website. The Creative Response Fund is a program of the Arts & Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Minneapolis. Marquise Bowie and Jeremy Hicks: “Writing for Recovery.”.

Binyam Raba and Natian Lemesa: “Wall of Healing.”.

Antonio Duke and Ashawnti Sakina Ford: “The Ifẹ̀ Lab.”.

Camila Leiva and Pamela Vázquez: “Testimony Textiles.”.

Toussaint Morrison and DJ Stephenson: “Radical.”.

Liban Kano and Bayou Bay: “Nature’s Affirmations.”.

Tahiel Jimenez Medina and Nicole Donoso: “My Mama Can’t Swim.”.

Ashley DuBose and Cameron Mann: “Music Heals the Soul.”.

Sophia Abrams and Anna du Saire: “Kismet Malais.”.

Claudia Valentino and Lynda Acosta: “Copla Murals.”.

Chris Griffith and Hapistinna Graci Horne: “Before Chicago Ave: A Celebration of Native Artists.”.

Writing workshops at George Floyd Square and in Powderhorn, Bancroft and Central neighborhoods.

Textile workshops focused on the Latin American folk-art tradition of storytelling through embroidery.

New film works produced by Black artists, Indigenous artists and artists of color, and new works by Black performers.

Exploring the ways music can inform one’s interior life leading to a deeper understanding and healing of trauma.

Making murals for visual healing and hope.Immersive walking tours through the vibrant streets of the Cedar-Riverside and East Franklin neighborhoods as exercises in memory and reflections of lived experiences in the neighborhoods.Outdoor safe spaces for community members to gather, share time, and lean into nature for personal healing.A long day event to bring attention to Indigenous arts and cultures for non-Native people in south Minneapolis.Each project will embed creative healing into arts activities in safe spaces. This year’s projects center their work in cultural practices, marginalized voices, and local Indigenous knowledge and healing practices. These projects will focus on Minneapolis communities directly affected by trauma from the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd. The Arts & Cultural Affairs Department has awarded 12 Creative Response Fund grants for artist-led projects. The City of Minneapolis is investing in creative healing for the community.