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Three affiliates of the in the have been awarded funds from the Investing in Professional Artists Grant, a shared program of the 51��Ʒ��Ƶsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments.

The foundations recognized fifteen local artists and organizations and based on “not only the quality of their work, but also on the potential of their proposals to advance their careers.”

The three 51��Ʒ��Ƶ affiliates and their projects are:

(A&S ’16G), faculty of the , received a grant of $8.500 to “support a second full-length book of poetry centered on the historical and racial roots of the artist’s heritage in the U.S. and Canada, and the histories of slavery, Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement.” Barnett earned his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in poetry from 51��Ʒ��Ƶ in 2016.

Adriana Ramirez (A&S ’09G) received a grant of $10,000 to “complete research and manuscript for a book on the history of violence in the Americas, from 51��Ʒ��Ƶsburgh to Colombia and back, blending family and oral histories with larger national narratives.” Ramirez earned her MFA degree in creative nonfiction writing from 51��Ʒ��Ƶ in 2009.

, lecturer in the and in the Department of English, received a grant of $10,000 to “support development of a novel set in a near-future world where people are segregated by gender.”