Feb 16, 2026 | Emerge 2026 Flagship Cohort, Participants
Miki Surma (they/she) is a Korean- American storyteller and writer. They have a poetic and bold writing voice, with multimedia applications for screens or a live audience. Their focus is on rewriting limiting narratives placed on Asian Americans identities. They...
Feb 16, 2026 | Emerge 2026 Flagship Cohort, Participants
Julia Vasconcelos (she/her) is a Brazilian visual artist working across printmaking, painting, and performance, moving between Brazil, the United States, and Italy. Her practice investigates absence, resistance, memory, and the politics of the body through material...
Feb 16, 2026 | Emerge 2026 Flagship Cohort, Participants
Alice Klugherz/wonderland.wizehart (she/her) started performing her docu-whimsy (talk/dance) in 1988 as part of the downtown dance and performance scene. She writes, choreographs, directs and performs through the perspective of an aging feminist. Her work delves into...
Feb 13, 2026 | Emerge 2026 Flagship Cohort, Participants
Vinny Cinque (he/him) is a caretaker, as well as a Brooklyn based actor, theater artist, producer, writer, director, and arts administrator. He has a passion for performing, a responsibility to his family, and a calling to bring an end to America’s for-profit...
Feb 13, 2026 | Emerge 2026 Flagship Cohort, Participants
Zeal (he/him) is a Black graphic design artist from Sierra Leone. IG:...
Feb 13, 2026 | Emerge 2026 Flagship Cohort, Participants
Diana Sophia (she/her) is a Mexican-born singer, songwriter, and interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her musical compositions and theatrical performances, in both English and Spanish, resonate with the journeys of those who have survived adversity. Diana...
