CultivArt Mini-Grant

Sine Chan-Golston is an arts administrator and Company Manager for The ARTsonists, a Hmong American theatre company. Sine is currently entering her final year of Brooklyn College’s MFA program for Theatre and Performing Arts Management. While obtaining her Bachelor’s in Dance from University of California, Santa Barbara, she performed at the World Congress of Dance and later danced professionally with PDX Contemporary Ballet after graduating in 2020. More recently, they performed as Mahn-Mahn in MSU’s translated production Inching Towards Yeolha as a Guest Artist. Through Brooklyn College's MFA in Performing Arts Management, Sine hopes to grow local arts communities and bring the performing arts to those traditionally underserved.

Sha is a multidisciplinary artist, cultural strategist, and arts leader dedicated to using creativity as a vehicle for community healing and collective liberation. Based in Houston, Texas, she brings experience in performance, placemaking, and community-centered programming. As the Arts Manager for the City of Sugar Land and founder of SD Arts & Consultancy, Sha works to elevate underrepresented voices while creating inclusive platforms for emerging creatives of color.

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A proud Black woman and first-generation arts leader, Sha is committed to continuing her journey in cultural administration through ongoing education and fellowship. With the support of the CultivArt Mini Grant, she will attend the 2025 CODAsummit in Washington, DC, a convening of innovators in public art and creative placemaking—to expand her knowledge and deepen her impact as a cultural leader.

Andrea graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor's in Political Science and minors in Art History and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. At Rutgers, she worked at the Zimmerli Art Museum all four years as an Education Department Assistant and student guide. Now, she’s the Volunteer and Intern Coordinator at the Montclair Art Museum in NJ. She loves art and the way it brings people together. Her work is rooted in increasing access to art and community building. She will use the funds to purchase memberships for multiple art networking organizations. Notably, the American Alliance of Museums, the National Guild for Community Arts Education, Museum Hue, and the Association of Arts Administration Educators.

Alicia Margarita Olivo is a Houston-based Mexican American writer, director, producer, arts manager, and weather enjoyer. 

As an arts manager, Alicia serves as Consultant for Special Projects at Benvenuti Arts. On the creative side, Alicia is currently under commission by San Jacinto College, South, to co-write a new full-length play about Mexican & Mexican American history in Pasadena, TX, with fellow playwright Brendan Bourque-Sheil. Alicia is also a producer on the upcoming short film, cloud maker. Inspired by being a first-generation high school and college graduate, Alicia currently runs peach grove, a currently-closed decentralized writers’ collective that encourages mutual support between writers based all over the U.S. The CultivArt mini-grant will be used to overhaul amolivo.com and add resources for peach grove. 

Alicia is a NWS SKYWARN Storm Spotter and calls the land between Houston and Matamoros home. BA: Wellesley College. @a.m.olivo Headshot by Hannah Colen.

Chelsea White is an arts educator and community engagement specialist from Houston, Texas, with over seven years of experience inspiring creativity in young minds. Currently, she’s pursuing a Master of Arts in Arts Leadership to enhance her impact. Chelsea believes that arts and culture have the power to bring communities together and create positivity in our lives. She’s particularly interested in archives, seeing them as a way to preserve artistic and family legacies for future generations. Through her archival work, Joy Archival Methods, she aims to ensure that diverse narratives are celebrated and remembered.