Nicole Garneau, Rebellious Performance Retreat
Performing Arts
2025 Art Meets Activism Grant | (Disputanta) $10,000 for the third annual Rebellious Performance Retreat, an immersive workshop and retreat in rural Appalachian Kentucky for performing artists whose work promotes feminism and opposes all forms of oppression. The purpose of the retreat is to nurture a rural Kentucky hub of infrastructure, support, and audience for activists performances, and to provide a much-needed anchor for feminist and LGBTQIA+ activism. This change will occur through community-building, resource-sharing, peer feedback, and the opportunity to be part of the Rebellious Performance showcase.
Previous Grants
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.
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.