2020

Artist Mama Fund is a small unrestricted grant created by Christian Cruz. Cruz awarded four artists who are single mothers in 2020 for Mother’s Day. Two recipients received $250 each, one received $200, and one with $50.

Submissions were accepted by uploading an image onto Instagram using the hashtag #artistmamafund. A panel of artist mamas (not including myself) chose among the submissions and announced the winners on May 10, 2020. Winners were given the money via online money transfer platforms such as Paypal, $cashapp, Venmo, and Zelle.

The Artist Mama Fund was created by Christian Cruz with money earned from selling posters from, “What That Late Capitalism Do?” performance installation, 2020. Additionally, unsolicited donations were accepted from the generous folks below:

Marissa Caputo, Iris Bechtol, Angela Faz, Cheli Cruz, La Keisha Leek, Tabitha Curiel, Tina Medina, Corrie Thompson, and Christian Vasquez.

For more information follow me on instagram @tejanastories or email me : ms.christiancruz @ gmail [dot] com