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Documenting yam architectures and history across the black diaspora
Research by @maya_raji
Funded by @archleague @nyscouncilonthearts

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⭐2025 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⭐

Jointly administered by the League and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA, @nyscouncilonthearts), Independent Projects supports self-generated work in design that seeks to answer the question: 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙜𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩?

Today, we’re introducing another five projects that received the 2025 Independent Projects grants of $10,000 each.

The Valid Imaginary
Chloe Munkenbeck
@chloe_munkenbeck
New York, NY

Climate Stories
Swati Piparsania
@piparsaniaaaa
New York, NY

Much Ado About Yam
Sumayyah Raji
@Maya_raji and @muchadoaboutyam
New York, NY

Hyper Local Robotic Entanglements
Dierdre Shea, Julian Goldman, Claire Moriarty, and Riley Studebaker
Troy, NY

Constructing the Other: A Meditation on Diaspora, Reparations, and Fractured Belonging
Kriti Shivagunde and Niriksha Shetty
@nirikshashetty and @i_am_fevi_colled
New York, NY and Statewide

Stay tuned to learn more about the 2025 Independent Projects recipients. Information about the next Independent Projects cycle will be announced in 2026.

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1) Collage depicting Argan, The Imaginary Invalid, being diagnosed by a team of architects. Image Credit: Chloe Munkenbeck; Source images from United Nations Archives, Le Corbusier, the Board of Design, and Wellcome Collection
2) Climate Stories mobile educational cart with toys including: wildfire, tornado, material cube, impact wheel, rain chain, compost, flow maze, and wind gush. Image credit: Yiyuan Li and Junming Pu
3) Image credit: Sumayyah Súnmádé Raji
4) Construction-scale 3D printed clay mix based on traditional earth building materials: locally mined clay, sand aggregate, and fiber reinforcement processed from Phragmites and Japanese Knotweed. Image credit: Riley Studebaker
5) Mundane commodities as tenets of Hinduism and belonging in the diaspora. Ganesh Temple Canteen, Flushing, Queens. Image Credit: Kriti Shivagunde and Niriksha Shetty

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