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BECKET, Mass. — Jacob's Pillow announced eight artist residencies this winter and spring at the Pillow Lab, its year-round incubator of new work.    The annual season...

Frieze Has Awarded Artist, Poet, and Chef Precious Okoyomon With Its Closely Watched $30,000 Commission in New York The artist will also have a solo show at Performance Space New York during the fair. Precious Okoyomon. Photo by Sam Penn. Frieze is giving its annual Artist Award to Precious Okoyomon, a New York-based artist, poet, and chef, who will use the $30,000 budget for a new commission at this year’s fair in New York, which is being held in scaled-back fashion at the Shed. “Simulta...

Precious Okoyomon Wins 2021 Frieze Artist Award The New York-based artist will realise a major commission, supported by Luma Foundation at Frieze New York 2021 Precious Okoyomon is the winner of the 2021 Frieze Artist Award at Frieze New York, taking place at The Shed, May 5-9.     Supported by the Luma Foundation, the award presents a major opportunity for an emerging artist to debut an ambitious new commission. For Frieze New York 2021, Okoyomon will present a p...

NEH grant to support digital archive of Black choreographers work Professor Mason has been working for a number of years to archive the work of Black choreographers. AUSTIN, TX .- In December, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded just under $100,000 for a project spearheaded by University of Texas at Austin Associate Professor of Dance Gesel Mason to support her ongoing project to archive the work of Black choreographers. Mason and co-project director Rebecca Salzer, associate pro...