MOCA Tucson is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Night Bloom: Grants for Artists program!  The grant cohort includes nine projects by individual artists and artist groups who will receive $3,500 – $7,500 to realize their Night Bloom project proposals. This year’s grant recipients were elected by panelists for their experimental approaches, community-embedded actions, and engagement with Tucson and the Southern Desert region’s unique contexts and possibilities.

2025 Night Bloom Grant Recipients:

A Queer & Femme Dance Affair by Moe Dorame

Ancestral Grammar by Amber Doe

Color Blind: Futures in Flight, Reclaiming Erased Histories by Alanna Airitam

Emancipatory Encounters by Elizabeth Burden

ENCLOSURE by Erik Schmahl

Inheriting the Void by Geneva Foster Gluck

Silicon Borders by Aaron Cargile + Collective

TENDERS by Slow Res Collective

WhatSamMade Bloom presents: Queer Sewing Club by sam bloom

Night Bloom is a project-specific award to support under-the-radar, experimental, and collaboratively focused visual art projects. Awards will go to artists making public-facing work that exists beyond the reach of traditional structures, and that enhances the cultural ecosystems within the greater Tucson area.

This year’s Night Bloom grant recipients were elected by panelists for their experimental approaches, community-embedded actions, and engagement with Tucson and the Southern Desert region’s unique contexts and possibilities.