NEXT! Mentorship cohort artists 2024/26
by Pioneers Go East Collective

9 radical queer emerging artists in dance and movement-based practices, performance art, storytelling, and video art were selected for the NEXT! Mentorship program 2024/26. The cohort includes:

Dominique Castelano
Dominica Greene
Ian Askew
Suzzanne Ponomarenko
Cinthia Chen
Star Mitchell
Johnnie Mercer
Miranda Brown & Noa Rui-Piin Weiss

Each artist receives $1,500-2,500 in compensation for presenting their artistic work in our twice-annual CROSSROADS series or the yearly Out-FRONT! Festival. 

The NEXT! Mentorship offers artists one-on-one support and opportunities, including guidance in production, creative design, grant writing, and project budgeting. The program nurtures the development of artists through exchange, monthly meetings, discussions, workshops, and presentations for a period of 18+ months.

Pioneers Go East Collective’s NEXT! Mentorship is made possible in part thanks to funding from the Jerome Foundation.