A Blade of Grass Names 2026 “In Fellowship” Cohort
3May 21, 2026
New York-based arts nonprofitA Blade of Grass(ABoG) has revealed the three members of the 2026 In Fellowship cohort.Established in 2025, the In Fellowship initiative annually provides three individuals or groups with $25,000 apiece in support of their respective socially engaged practices, as well as a $25,000 honorarium. The aim of the program is to promote collaboration among socially engaged practitioners, and to magnify the impact of their work. This year’s iteration of the fellowship centers gathering as a form of movement building and a way to distribute resources.
New fellows include activist and artist Emily Johnson / Catalyst; the Projects/Space; and UNDOC+Collective. Johnson, who lives and works in New York, is a member of the Yup’ik Nation. She is known for her large-scale performance gatherings fostering connections to shared histories and the environment. The Tucson-based The Projects/Space is a Black woman-led collective and arts space founded by working artists Alanna Airitam, Elizabeth Burden, Elizabeth Denneau, and Amber Doe that serves as the site of socially engaged, community-responsive practices. UNDOC+Collective is a nationwide network devoted to building knowledge, visibility, and sustainability for undoc+ (formerly or currently undocumented) creatives working across the contemporary art ecosystem.
“At A Blade of Grass, we are dedicated to supporting artists as organizers, facilitators, and cultural agents. At a time when many of our social and cultural infrastructures are strained or in collapse, we recognize the critical role of artists gathering people together as deliberate acts of resistance,” said Lu Zhang, executive director of ABoG, in a statement. Zhang praised the 2026 fellows for showing “how artists are actively shaping the structures and strategies needed to build collective futures,” and noted that “supporting this work feels both urgent and hopeful.”