2026 Treat a Stranger Grant Recipient

Malcolm-X Betts is a New York based visual and dance artist who believes that art is a transformative vehicle that brings people and communities together. His artistic work is rooted in investigating embodiment for liberation, Black imagination, and directly engaging with challenges placed on the physical body. He has a community engagement practice allowing artistic freedom and making art accessible to everyone. Betts developed and presented work at La MaMa Umbria International in Spoleto, Italy, La MaMa NYC, Gibney Dance Center, Movement Research at Judson Church, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Bronx Museum, and Dixon Place. Betts showed excerpts of Midnight Glow: Kinfolk at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Movement Research at Judson Church and Draftworks at Danspace Project. Kinfolk Vol 2: Butch Queen was persented by Judson Arts in November 2021. Betts worked on Bronx Speaks with the Bronx Museum with undocumented immigrants and has performed in works by Snoogybox (Andy Kobilka), Nile Harris, Moriah Evans and Alex Romania. Betts was a 2018 Artist and Resident with Movement Research.