MOCA is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2023
Night Bloom: Grants for Artists program!

This year’s applications were highly competitive and Night Bloom grant recipients were selected by panelists for their experimental approaches, community-embedded actions, and clear engagement with Tucson and the Sonoran Desert region’s unique contexts and possibilities.

This year’s grant cohort includes 10 projects by individual artists and artist groups who will receive $5,000 – $7,500 to realize their Night Bloom project proposals:

- Art Extensions, by Linda Chappel, Melanie Lenart, Seneca Ortega, and Aray Ramon

- Barrio Blue Moon - Monument to the Future, by Sharayah Jimenez 

- My Body Is Built for the In Between Spaces: A Hybrid Photo Project Highlighting Trans, Queer, Gender Non-Conforming, and 2 Spirit Experiences, by Aura Valdes and Sarah Maaske

- Parallel H(ear), by Rebeca Bollinger, Patricio Coronado, and Gus Tomizuka

- Sketching the Senses: the Sonoran Series, by Teresa Pereira, Melinda Englert, and Ai Nan

- Snakebite Creation Space, by Geneva Foster Gluck and Racheal Rios 

- ***** by Tarp Queens: Zeena Karina, Piranha, and Chava Dreypuss

- Tactile Cosmology, by Amber Doe

- Tucson Hip Hop Clinic, by Monique Garcia

- VietNail, by Anh-Thuy Nguyen 

Stay tuned as we highlight each of these innovative projects over the next weeks—and we hope you’ll join us in congratulating each of the recipients!