Nicole Garneau, Rebellious Performance Retreat

Performing Artist

2024 Art Meets Activism Grant | (Disputanta) $4,000 to support the second annual Rebellious Performance Retreat, an immersive workshop and retreat in rural Appalachian Kentucky for performing artists whose work engages intersectional feminism, LGBTQIA+ rights, anti-racism, and anti-oppression. This will nurture a rural Kentucky hub of support for activist performance through community-building, resource-sharing, peer feedback, and a final showcase.

Previous Grants

2020 Artist Enrichment Grant | (Disputanta): $7,500 to create an audiobook of Performing Revolutionary: Art, Action, Activism (2018) and collaborate to integrate excerpts of high-quality audio into videos promoting new performance work made by feminist activists. This culmination of a 10-year body of performance, research, and writing will help support herself as an artist.