upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Jennie Shanker

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2012 Art and Change Grant – $2,500

Jennie hopes to unpack the social, economic, and health concerns that have divided communities concerned about drilling for natural gas in Pennsylvania by putting Marcellus Shale rock, recast into the form of a drinking cup, into the hands of the public. Holding a cup brings the question of water contamination in direct physical relation to one’s body. The project is meant to confront people with a natural material that for the past five years has been dividing communities. This project uses art to frame and creatively inform the public debate surrounding shale gas drilling–particularly addressing the safety of our drinking water in the Philadelphia area and the Delaware Valley. 

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The Window of Opportunity (WOO) grant provides financial assistance of up to $1,500 to Leeway grant and award recipients to help them take advantage of imminent, time-sensitive opportunities to support their art for social change practice. The Community Care Fund (CCF) provides financial assistance of up to $1,250 to Leeway grant and award recipients to support with immediate and essential emergency needs. [read more]

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