Congratulations to the 2018 Artist Fellowship Recipients!
A total of thirty-nine (39) Connecticut artists have been awarded grants through the Artist Fellowship Program:
- 5 artists have been recognized for the $5,000 Artist Fellowship Excellence Award
- 30 artists for the $3,000 Artist Fellowship Award
- 4 artists have been identified for the $1,000 Emerging Recognition Award
The Artist Fellowship Program recognizes the artistic excellence of individual Connecticut artists in a variety of disciplines and allows these artists the opportunity to pursue new works of art and to achieve specific creative and career goals. The program is highly competitive: over 235 applicants were received for the 2018 round with applications reviewed by 48 professional panelists representing a wide array of artistic disciplines.
The following artists have been awarded an Artist Fellowship Excellence Award in the amount of $5,000:
Mara Lieberman, West Hartford
Discipline(s): Dramatic Writing, Playwriting
Olive Alice, Branford
Discipline(s): Performing Arts, Songwriting, Music Composition, Soundscape and Folk Music
Ted Thomas, Norwalk
Discipline(s): Performing Arts, Choreography, Ballet, Modern/Contemporary Dance
Camille Eskell, Norwalk
Discipline(s): Visual Arts, Mixed Media, Works on Paper, and Sculpture
Marcela Staudenmaier, New Haven
Discipline(s): Visual Arts, Illustration, Children’s Book Illustration, and Works on Paper
The following artists have been awarded an Artist Fellowship Award in the amount of $3,000:
In the Community/Teaching Artist category:
- Anna Sanko, Rockville
- JeAndra Davis-Marcellin, Windsor
In the Digital Media & Film category:
- Jenifer McShane, Guilford
- Jeff Bemiss, Enfield
In the Literary Arts category:
- Tricia Bauer, West Redding
- Leslie Bulion, Durham
- Melanie Faranello, West Hartford
- Benjamin Grossberg, West Hartford
- Lynn Houston, North Haven
- Leslie Johnson, Coventry
- Linda Zajac, Vernon
In the Performing Arts category:
- Jim Allyn, Newtown
- Noah Baerman, Middletown
- Amy Beth Kristen, New Haven
- Tawnie Olson, New Haven
- Steven Raider-Ginsburg, New Haven
- Tarishi Shuler, West Haven
- Nicole Stanton, Amston
- Carl Testa, New Haven
In the Visual Arts category:
- David Borawski, Hartford
- Gary Burnley, Ridgefield
- Robert Calafiore, West Hartford
- Jan Cunningham, New Haven
- Geoffrey Detrani, Hamden
- Joseph Fucigna, Weston
- Caroline Guimarey, Bridgeport
- Leeah Joo, Middlebury
- KK Kozik, Sharon
- Sabrina Marques, Hamden
- Mari Skarp-Bogli, Bristol
The following artists have been awarded an Emerging Recognition Award in the amount of $1,000:
- Amanda Bloom, New Haven (Literary Arts, Fiction, Poetry)
- Monique Atherton, New Haven (Visual Arts, Photography, Peformance Art)
- Joe Bun Keo, Hartford (Visual Arts, Installation, Sculpture, Mixed Media)
- Destiny Palmer, East Haven (Visual Arts, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Painting)
Congratulations to the 2018 Artist Fellowship awardees!