A self portrait of Kaspar wearing a mask of collaged ethnographic images in the dumpster of the Humboldt Forum (2024), masked performance, UDK: Berlin IFKIK. Image: Barbara Beilitz.
Featured Grantee Story13 Aug 2025
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm
Context is everything – and for artist Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, it’s also homework while he studies at UDK Berlin.
Laura Skerlj was awarded a Cultural Trust grant to undertake a residency program in contemporary painting at the Leipzig International Artist Programme, Leipzig, Germany.
An Emerging Artist Grant supported Kerensa Diball in undertaking professional development opportunities in the UK, namely a mentorship with artist Bryony Kimmings.
Eunice Andrada has been awarded an Emerging Artist Grant to undertake a research and development writing residency at Sulu Garden Artist Residency in Miag-ao, Iloilo, Philippines.
Chloe Martin and Alexandra Hines will be supported to undertake a 10-week period of intensive comedy improvisation training at the Groundlings Theatre and Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, USA.
Filmmaker and new grantee Alena Lodkina will be supported to undertake a three-month artist residency at Cité Internationale des Arts under the mentorship of French script consultant and editor Mary Stephen.
Mixed media and augmented reality artist Anna Madeleine undertook a series of development opportunities, namely a residency at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, France.