upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Li Sumpter

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Li Sumpter, is a mythologist, educator and multidisciplinary artist based in Philly. She employs strategies of world-building, D.I.Y media, afrofuturism and gameplay to cultivate eco-awareness and community action around the “art of survival”. Li’s artistic practice and collaborative design initiatives explore real and imagined existential threats to mind, body and spirit while also offering creative solutions to address them. Through speculative stories and immersive experiences, Li aims to illuminate patterns of change and paths toward rebirth in dark and uncertain times.

Grants

Li Sumpter and Theatre in the X MAR

Residencies 2022

Li Sumpter WOO ‘20

Window of Opportunity Grant 2020

Li Sumpter LTA ‘20

Leeway Transformation Award 2020

Li Sumpter ACG ‘19

Art and Change Grant 2019

Li Sumpter ATR’ 18

Residencies 2018

Li Sumpter ACG ‘17

Art and Change Grant 2017

Li Sumpter WOO ‘17

Window of Opportunity Grant 2017

Li Sumpter ACG ‘16

Art and Change Grant 2016

Related Content

Black Farmers Are the Afrofuture

Black Farmers Are the Afrofuture

Art of Survival: Agents of Escape

Art of Survival: Agents of Escape

MythMedia Studios Presents: Afrofuture Films After Dark

MythMedia Studios Presents: Afrofuture Films After Dark

Planning for the Future: Place Breaking to Place Keeping

Planning for the Future: Place Breaking to Place Keeping

Artist Conversation: Hank Willis Thomas and DEborah Willis Moderated by Li Sumpter

Artist Conversation: Hank Willis Thomas and DEborah Willis Moderated by Li Sumpter

Theatre in the X Reading Party: “Seasons” by Biko Eisen-Martin

Theatre in the X Reading Party: “Seasons” by Biko Eisen-Martin

New Asian Futurisms Opening Reception

New Asian Futurisms Opening Reception

Announcing the 2020 Leeway Transformation Award Recipients

News: Announcing the 2020 Leeway Transformation Award Recipients

Leeway Foundation Celebrates 25 Years with MAKING SPACE, a new Exhibition at The Galleries at Moore

News: Leeway Foundation Celebrates 25 Years with MAKING SPACE, a new Exhibition at The Galleries at Moore

Leeway Foundation Announces Spring 2019 Art and Change Grantees

News: Leeway Foundation Announces Spring 2019 Art and Change Grantees

Leeway Foundation Announces Spring 2017 Art and Change Grantees

News: Leeway Foundation Announces Spring 2017 Art and Change Grantees

Leeway Foundation Announces Fall 2016 Art and Change Grantees

News: Leeway Foundation Announces Fall 2016 Art and Change Grantees

boom4Real: The Art of Survival // Artist Talk + Workshop

Event: boom4Real: The Art of Survival // Artist Talk + Workshop

boom4Real: The Art Of Survival // Open House + Reception

Event: boom4Real: The Art Of Survival // Open House + Reception

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