upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Trapeta B. Mayson

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Trapetamayson
(1) by Monette Sudler

2007 Leeway Transformation Award – $15,000

Trapeta is a poet whose biggest goals as an artist are to tell the truth in her work and to honor the experiences of others by providing an artistic platform for self-expression. She is committed to making art that is progressive and her poetry covers many themes-the nuances of being an immigrant living in the United States, being a woman of color, young people living in urban communities who feel silenced, and the impact of mental illness on families. Trapeta is currently a resident artist with Art Sanctuary's North Stars afterschool program and leads the Painted Bride Art Center's Rock The Pen monthly poetry workshop for high school students.

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Art and Change Grant 2014

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