GROW GRANT
Congratulations to our 2026 #GrowGrant Recipient, multidisciplinary artist and curator, Asari Aibangbee.
Asari Aibangbee is a multidisciplinary artist and curator whose work as a queer Nigerian femme centers the experiences of Black Queer individuals across the African diaspora. Through filmmaking, fine art, and curation, they explore profound themes of identity, community, and intersectionality, crafting narratives that challenge traditional frameworks and emphasize softness and vulnerability.
super is dedicated to the advancement of artists in our community. Our #GrowGrant micro grant has provided Black and Latino artists in Los Angeles with funding to be used as needed since 2021. Our intention for this grant is to put funding back into the community we serve.
We are awarding one artist $1,000 to further their work.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2026 GROW GRANT RECIPIENT ARE NOW CLOSED.
2025 Artist Relief Fund
In 2025, as an extension to our Grow Grant and in collaboration with Park&Lex Productions and Zeal COOP, we launched the Artist Relief Fund in response to the LA County Fires. We were able to distribute $7,000 in funding to the artists affected.
Pride 2024: Watch Night Love Redefined
In June of 2024, super had the pleasure of spotlighting four amazing short films at The Line Hotel for our Watch Night: Love Redefined film screening sponsored by Tinder. Hosted by the effervescent Shar Jossell, we were captivated by stories of love, loss, and discovery through the eyes of some super talented filmmakers. It was an honor to award each of them with a Grow Grant of $1,000 to further pursue their work.
Congratulations to Michael Donte, Adesola Thomas , Adriel Bernal , and Brianca Williams!
Photos by Myron Rogan
Emilomo Farai Mwendapole’s practice centers around understanding systems and uses the body in all its forms -- as a spirit, an inheritance, a chunk of flesh, a thing of beauty, a product and consumer within our system -- to observe and honor what it means to develop true self-sight. Based in Los Angeles, California she is deeply informed by the concept of non-linearity and uses poetry, drawing, web design, and business modeling to explore personal power, victimhood, and world-building. She is currently the founder of Glory Worldwide, a gender-expansive beauty project that makes products for masc presenting women and people.