James Clements Recognized With $5k City Artist Corps Grant From NYFA And DCLA

 James Clements is one of 500 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre.

Clements was recognized for "Ellis Island," which will be re-imagined as a free public screening followed by a talkback and an interactive process workshop with co-creator Doireann Mac Mahon and director Marc Atkinson Borrull in New York in the autumn. This event is designed to bring together immigrant communities, uplift immigrant voices and empower immigrant citizens.

City Artist Corps Grants was launched in June 2021 by NYFA and DCLA with support from the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre. The program is funded by the $25 million New York City Artist Corps recovery initiative announced by Mayor de Blasio and DCLA earlier this year. The grants are intended to support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. It is strongly recommended that a portion of the grant be used to support artist fees, both for the applying artist and any other artist that are engaged to support the project.