We are proud to share UBW is a 2025 @Ruth Foundation For The Arts Artist Choice Awardee! 29 organizations around the country were selected by a renowned group of established artists—including choreographers, visual artists, performers, writers, and musicians—to receive $1.16 million in unrestricted grants for the fourth iteration of the Artist Choice program. In their selections, the artists acknowledged organizations for their commitment to artist-driven models of operation, for their steadfast dedication to providing both access and rigor in their programming, and for their honoring of vital legacies. National in scope, the Ruth Foundation for the Arts (Ruth Arts) is dedicated to meeting the evolving needs and lived experiences of artists, communities, and arts organizations whose work is anchored by the visual and performing arts. For more information about the Foundation’s programming, artist nominators, or the awarded organizations, please visit their website at rutharts.org. Read the press release by visiting urbanbushwomen.org/news #UBW40 #artistchoice #rutharts #ruthfoundationforthearts (fb)

Meet your #GenerativeDancer Facilitators! (Part 2) The UBW company will be joined by BOLD Coordinator & Facilitator Jaimé Yawa Dzandu, UBW Movement Coach and Founder of Bové Bennalldra Williams, and guest artist, singer, songwriter, poet and actress Lacresha Berry! 🙌🏾👑 Join us in the co-creation of a transformative three-day movement lab exploring UBW methodologies of process anchored in practice of writing, song, theatre, and other innovative companions of expression. The focus is not on creating products but on rigorously building processes and pathways to creation. From this lab space study, participants may seed New works or bolster their creative practice and build relationships with other artists through the bravery and vulnerability that each summons when sharing creative thought in draft mode. Visit urbanbushwomen.org or #LinkInBio to join May 19 - 21 @markmorrisdancecenter_ (fb)