Taking into account the large number of outstanding submissions received from Caribbean artists, creatives and cultural practitioners from across the region, the CATAPULT Team was thrilled to be able to offer additional support to 25 talented and promising applicants, in the form of Honourary Grants!

See the 25 Honourary Awardees below, and click on their pictures to learn more about their work!

Kriston Banfield
Trinidad & Tobago

 

Ada Bobonis
Puerto Rico

 

Daniel Boxill
Barbados

 

Karla Claudio-Betancourt
Puerto Rico

 

Vanessa Croft
Anguilla

 

Alanis Forde
Barbados

 

Ania Freer
Jamaica

 

Lia Gajadhar
Barbados

 

Jannine Horsford
Trinidad & Tobago

 

Jaime Lee Loy
Trinidad & Tobago

 

Anna Levi
Grenada/Trinidad & Tobago

 

Sammarko Lightbourne
The Bahamas

 

Kellie Magnus
Jamaica

 

Cyndi Marshall
Barbados

 

Risanne Martin
Trinidad & Tobago

 

Pascal Meccariello
Dominican Republic

 

Ada del Pilar Ortiz
Puerto Rico

 

Bianca Peake
Trinidad & Tobago

 

Charlie Quezada
Dominican Republic

 

Guillermo Rodríguez
Puerto Rico

 

Ruddy Marc Roquelaure
Guadeloupe

 

Makeda Thomas
Trinidad & Tobago

 

Elechi Todd
Trinidad & Tobago

 

Staloff Tropfort
Haiti

 

Alicia Wallace
The Bahamas

 

CATAPULT | A Caribbean Arts Grant is a COVID-19 relief programme conceptualised by Kingston Creative (Jamaica) and Fresh Milk (Barbados) and funded by the American Friends of Jamaica | The AFJ (USA). Designed as a capacity building initiative it will directly provide financial support to over 1,000 Caribbean artists, cultural practitioners and creative entrepreneurs impacted by the pandemic and working in the themes of culture, human rights, gender, LGBTQIA+, and climate justice.