upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Tayarisha Poe

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Tayarisha poe

2014 Art and Change Grant – $2,500

Tayarisha will create Selah and the Spades a series of film and photograph vignettes. The main character of the film is Selah, a cheerleader-cellist-valedictorian-gang member who is falling out with her best friend Max. The story will explore friendships among teenagers and question ideas around gender and race in a fictional Pennsylvania town. 

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