2023 Artist Trust Fellowship - Award Recipients
Artist Trust has announced their 2023 Fellowship Awards, and I’m very honored to be one of the Recipients.
From Artist Trust: ‘They are proud to announce the recipients of sixteen unrestricted Fellowship Awards for Washington State artists, the most in our 36-year history! Congratulations to visual artists Sarah Barnett, Priscilla Dobler Dzul, Jacinthe Demmert, Tammie Dupuis, Reinaldo Gil Zambrano, Addison Karl, Hanako O'Leary, and Io Palmer; performing artists Amanda Morgan, William Satake Blauvelt, Jeffrey Moidel, and Jacqueline Wilson; multidisciplinary artist Olivia Thomas; and literary artists Jordan Alam, Natalie Martinez, and Jen Soriano.
They are excited to have increased our available awards this year. Prior to the pandemic, they granted an average of nine unrestricted Fellowship Awards annually. This year, a total of $160,000 will reach sixteen artists across seven counties in Washington State, representing our continued work to increase support and elevate artists as community leaders that keep Washington State vibrant!
This is the first year they are awarding The Lillian Miller Foundation Fellowship for Trans* and Indigiqueer Artists, the result of a five-year partnership with the Lillian Miller Educational Foundation (LMF). The first recipient of The Lillian Miller Foundation Fellowship for Trans* and Indigiqueer Artists is Priscilla Dobler Dzul, a Tacoma based visual artist from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
An independent selection panel made up of practicing artists representing a range of disciplines and practices reviewed the applications and met virtually for two days to select the awardees. They received 366 applications from artists across Washington State, the largest-ever applicant pool for the Fellowship Awards! As part of the organization’s efforts to advance equity in its grantmaking, The Lillian Miller Foundation Fellowship for Trans* and Indigiqueer Artists led to an increase of 86% in applicants from this community.
2023 Artist Trust Fellowship Recipients:
Artist Trust Fellowship Award for Black Artists
Amanda Morgan (Performing, King)
The Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom Fellowship Award
Reinaldo Gil Zambrano (Visual, Spokane)
The Lillian Miller Foundation Fellowship for Trans* and Indigiqueer Artists
Priscilla Dobler Dzul (Visual, Pierce)
The Vadon Foundation Fellowship Award for Native Artists
Jacinthe Demmert (Visual, King)
Artist Trust Fellowships
Jordan Alam (Literary, King)
Sarah Barnett (Visual, Whitman)
William Satake Blauvelt (Performing, King)
Tammie Dupuis (Visual, Kitsap)
Addison Karl (Visual, Kitsap)
Natalie Martinez (Literary, King)
Jeffrey Moidel (Performing, Snohomish)
Hanako O’Leary (Visual, King)
Io Palmer (Visual, Whitman)
Jen Soriano (Literary, King)
Olivia Thomas (Performing, Pierce)
Jacqueline Wilson (Performing, Whitman)
2023 Fellowship Selection Panelists:
Kamari Bright, King County
Crista Ann Ames, Kittitas County
Rio Alberto, Spokane County
Fabian Romero, Snohomish County
Clyde Petersen, Skagit County
Artist Trust’s support of artists, including the Fellowship program, is made possible thanks to donations from the community. The 2023 Artist Trust Fellowship Awards were made possible by: The Estate of Nancy Alvord, Eve and Chap Alvord, Joan Alworth and Peter Ackroyd, Amazon Community Affairs, Artist Trust Board of Trustees, ArtsFund, ArtsWA, Shari and John Behnke, Delaney and Justin Dechant, Stephanie Ellis-Smith and Doug Smith, Helen Gamble, Katharyn Gerlich, Phyllis Hatfield, I Was Thinkin’ Fund, Mattie Iverson, Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom, Christopher and Alida Latham, The Lillian Miller Educational Foundation, The Klorfine Foundation, Mary Pigott, Raynier Institute & Foundation, Roy H. and Nancy C. Roberts Family Foundation, Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation, Jill and Rajeev Singh, The Vadon Foundation, Susan and Kenneth Wagner, Merrill Wagner Ryman, Washington State Department of Commerce, Donald and Mary Wieckowicz. Each of these extraordinary partners made an unrestricted gift of $10,000 or more to Artist Trust, or gave specifically to create a dedicated Fellowship Award. To join them, contact info@artistrust.org.’
To read the full announcement directly visit: artisttrust.org