The Caribbean Creative Online component of CATAPULT invites artists to share a recording of a performance, talk, webinar, workshop or other online activity on the platform of their choice. The goal is to increase artists’ visibility in the online arena, raise their comfort level with performing in the digital space, and support artists financially during the pandemic by allowing them to earn from online activities.
The programme targets individuals exploring the critical key themes of culture, human rights, gender, LGBTQIA+ and climate justice which are so relevant to the region. Each of the 100 artists selected from across the English, French, Spanish and Dutch speaking Caribbean will receive a grant of $500 USD.
Works chosen will be posted on the CATAPULT online platforms, promoted on social media and where possible, published by local media partners.
See the selected awardees from this programme below, and stay tuned to see the online content produced by these creatives!
Faraaz AbdoolTrinidad & Tobago
Geordy Zodidat AlexisGuadeloupe
Cass’Mosha Amoroso-CentenoTrinidad & Tobago
Brian AshingTrinidad & Tobago
Charl BakerJamaica
Leslie-Ann BecklesTrinidad & Tobago
Lesli-Ann Belnavis ElliottJamaica
Raena BirdAntigua & Barbuda
Amina Blackwood MeeksJamaica
Jenille BrownJamaica
Helen CeballosPuerto Rico
Aurélie ChantellyMartinique
Lysanne ‘GoddessEye’ CharlesSaba
Janine JkhulJamaica
Maya CozierTrinidad & Tobago
Kaleb D’AguilarJamaica
Eugenio D’MelonJamaica
Sarah-Ann DalyJamaica
Marly Joseph DesirHaiti
Latonya DillonJamaica
Art EdwardsBarbados
Kenardo Ellis (FY-Aado)Jamaica
Sharelly EmanuelsonCuraçao
FemCom TTTrinidad & Tobago
Juleus GhuntaJamaica
A-dZiko Simba GegeleJamaica
Stephen Hadeed Jr.Trinidad & Tobago
Luci HammansBarbados
Nailah Asabi HenryJamaica
Indhira Altagracia Hernández CastilloDominican Republic
Joanne C. HillhouseAntigua & Barbuda
Abeo JacksonTrinidad & Tobago
Jonathan Reno JacksonCayman Islands
Kevin JacksonJamaica
Damien JélaineGuadeloupe
Allan JonesThe Bahamas
Shakeil JonesTrinidad & Tobago
Aisha JosephAntigua & Barbuda
Kamun [Social Artist]Guadeloupe
Chereese La-VonneJamaica
Raymoniya LawrenceJamaica
Glenda-Rose LayneTrinidad & Tobago
Lisa LéjJamaica
Little Theatre MovementJamaica
Lauryn MarinTrinidad & Tobago
Richard “Strawman” MillerJamaica
Phelan LoweBarbados
Susan MainsGrenada
Martin MassiahGuyana
Lesly MaxiHaiti
Juliette McCawleyTrinidad & Tobago
Sheyane MckayJamaica
Romona McLean-FosterJamaica
Kenneth A. MelendezPuerto Rico
Patricia MohammedTrinidad & Tobago
Jenifer Barbara MondesirHaiti
Nadja NabbieTrinidad & Tobago
Akley OltonSt. Vincent & The Grenadines
Lauristely Peña SolanoDominican Republic
Tyker PhillipTrinidad & Tobago
Adelin PierreHaiti
Anika Plowden-CorentinTrinidad & Tobago
Ginelly Na KamindaAruba
Gabriel QuiñonesDominican Republic
Rastafari Indigenous VillageJamaica
Rebel Women Lit (Jherane Patmore)Jamaica
Michelle RicardoDominican Republic
Zane RodulfoTrinidad & Tobago
Danielle RussellJamaica
Oneika RussellJamaica
Akimo SandyTrinidad & Tobago
Akaila SimmsJamaica
Andre SimpsonJamaica
Jiselle SinghTrinidad & Tobago
Xoë Sazzle aka Mizz JinnayTrinidad & Tobago
Oneka SmallBarbados
Jody-Marie SmithJamaica
L’Antoinette StinesJamaica
Five SteezJamaica
Dwayne ‘Stewy’ StewartJamaica
Danijah TaylorJamaica
Gladstone TaylorJamaica
Tahelia TaylorJamaica
Tribe SankofaJamaica
Amanda TroughtBarbados
Sedonia “Sidney” ThorpeJamaica
Adele ToddTrinidad & Tobago
Luis Vasquez La RocheTrinidad & Tobago
Elizabeth VillamánDominican Republic
Latoya WakefieldJamaica
Sonya Welch-MoringBarbados
Mary WhiteJamaica
Maya WilkinsonJamaica
Sonia WilliamsBarbados
Teila WilliamsBarbados
Ami ZandersBermuda
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.
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