Those early travels fostered a deep interest in her about how history inflects understanding and allowed her to consider how genocide and ecocide merge. As she matured, she came to understand the implications of how the personal is political and manifests in art. Awards 2020 MAP Fund Grant, From the Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York City, NY 2019 - 2020 LMCC Artist Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) at LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island, New York, NY 2018 Arts & Humanities Grant, From the Maine Humanities Council (Portland, ME) in partnership with the Maine Arts Commission (Augusta, ME) 2017 ABOG Fellow for Contemplative Practice, (Inaugural) in partnership with the Hemera Foundation, (for work on Blued Trees), A Blade of Grass (ABOG) foundation, Brooklyn, NY 2016 - 2019 Ethelwyn Doolittle Justice and Outreach Fund of the Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, For Blued Trees (renewed 3 years following initial award, maximum offered), New York, NY 2016 NYFA Fellowship (Architecture/ Environmental Structures/ Design), New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY 2015 NEA Ecology Residency, ISCP International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY 2010 - present Affiliate with the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) At the University of Colorado Boulder, CO 2010 - present NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY Interviews Chasing the Light, Guest on environmental podcast Outside/In interviewed by Taylor Quimby, Dec 19, 2019 The Art of Protecting Lands: Aviva Rahmani, Guest on State Of The Art podcast, April 11, 2019 The Sarah West Love Show, Guest with Gale Elston and Robin Scully, live radio conversation, April 2, 2019 Using ecological art to spark environmental conservation, Guest on the Green Dreamer podcast, with Kamea Chayne, episode # 154, July 11, 2019 Artist Blocked Pipeline with Blued Trees Symphony, Interview by Mitch Ratcliffe for the Podcast Earth911 May 8, 2018 Making the trees sing: Using art to try to stop pipelines, Guest on Day 6 hosted by Brent Bambury CBC Radio, April 27, 2018 Can Art Stop a Pipeline?, A Blade of Grass Film, Produced and Directed by RAVA Films and A Blade of Grass Artist Series: Aviva Rahmani’s work with VARA, land use and environmental law, Interview with Steve Schindler & Katie Wilson-Milne for The Art Law podcast, November 8, 2018 PIPELINE - 19