Current ArtsCONNECT Grantees

2025-2026 Engagements

ArtsCONNECT grants are made directly to presenters. Artists listed below were selected by the presenting cohort and do not receive funding directly from Mid Atlantic Arts.

Please check with the performance venue to confirm dates and times, and for ticket information.

Four dancers wearing black and large rope nets around their necks embrace, with one dancer being lifted above the group. Standing upon a multi-colored floor, the dancers and the double helix design behind them are illuminated.

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Image: Christopher K. Morgan & Artists perform Native Intelligence / Innate Intelligence. Credit: Shannon Braine.

Christopher K. Morgan & Artists, San Diego, CA   

A large group of musicians play traditional instruments while standing in a line outside of an old building.

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Image: Los Pleneros de la 21 collective perform at El Castillo San Cristóbal in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Credit: Tom Ehrlich.

Los Pleneros de la 21, New York, NY 

An onstage performance with two actors center and visible performers holding up cue cards and speaking into a mic.

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Image: Manual Cinema performance of The Magic City. Credit: Katie Doyle.

Manual Cinema, Chicago, IL 

Four people slightly smiling at the camera. Three men and one woman; two men and the woman are wearing hats. The founder, Joshua Abrams, has braided pigtails and is wearing a beaded necklace.

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Image: Natural Information Society. Credit: Ike Day.

Natural Information Society, Chicago, IL

Three dancers on stage, moving to the music and accompanied by a trumpet player, percussionist and guitar player.

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Image: Soles of Duende. Credit: Daryl Padilla.

Soles of Duende, New York, NY

A group of musicians in colorful tropical shirts and dresses pose with their traditional instruments outside framed by trees.

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Image: Tambacum. Credit: Paula OG.

Tambacum, Nuquí, Chocó  

*Indicates an engagement that has been postponed or cancelled due to Mid Atlantic Arts’ delay in notifying applicants of their funding status, in response to our delayed receipt of funding confirmation from the National Endowment for the Arts.