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2023 Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowship Award Announcements

Our partner organizations announce the 2023 McKnight Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowship winners on a rolling basis. We post them here shortly after they become available. Then, after all the winners have been announced, we will update this list of current fellows.

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2023 McKnight Composer Fellows and McKnight Visiting Composers Announced

McKnight Fellowships for Composers – Mychal “MMYYKK” FisherdeVon Russell GrayLaAerial, and Troy Rogers (aka Robot Rickshaw); McKnight Visiting Composer Residency awardees – Yoon-Ji Lee and Steve Parker

Announcing the 2023 McKnight Media Artist Fellows

Fellows: Raven Johnson, Catherine Licata, Jenny Lion, and Benjamin Percy

Congratulations to the 2023 McKnight Culture Bearer Fellows

Fellows: Ramona Kitto Stately, Nothando and Vusumuzi Zulu, Titilayo Bediako, Ginga da Bahia (Irenio Dos Santos)

Pillsbury House Theatre

Announcing the 2023 McKnight Community-Engaged Artist Fellows

Fellows: Janice Bad Moccasin and Moira Villiard

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2023 McKnight Printmaking Fellows

Fellows: Natasha Pestich and Carolyn Swiszcz

Announcing Our 2023 McKnight Book Artist Fellows

Fellows: Brien Beidler and Todd Thyberg

2023 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellows

Fellows: Marjorie Fedyszyn and Delina White

Six Minnesota dance artists selected for 2023 McKnight Fellowships for Choreographers and Dancers

Choreographer Fellows: Joe Chvala, Rita Mustaphi, Deneane Richburg

Dancer Fellows: Demetrius McClendon, Sam Aros-Mitchell, Yuki Tokuda

McKnight Fellows in Playwriting, McKnight National Residency & Commission Recipient Announced

Fellows: Gethsemane Herron and Rachel Jendrzejewski; the McKnight National Residency & Commission recipient is Aya Ogawa

Playwrights’ Center & McKnight Foundation Announce McKnight Theater Artists

Fellows: D J Gramann II, Darrick Mosley, and Karin Olson

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McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship

Fellows: Tia-Simone Gardner, Kaamil A. Haider, Keren Kroul, Sieng Lee, Mark Ostapchuk, and Lindsay Rhyner

McKnight Musician Fellowship Grants Four of the State’s Top Musicians with $25,000 Award

Fellows: Shaiwna Adams aka The Lioness, Rascal Miles, Evelyn Speers aka EVV, and Ann DuHamel

The Loft Literary Center Announces Recipients of the 2023 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers

Fellows: children’s writer Art Coulson and creative prose writers Naomi Cohn, Gen Del Raye, Hilal Isler, and Kao Kalia Yang

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Announcing the Recipients of the 2023 McKnight Artist Fellowships and Residencies for Ceramic Artists

Fellows: Anna Metcalfe and Chotsani Elaine Dean

McKnight Artist Residency for Ceramic Artists: Larry Buller (New York, NY), Karima Duchamp (Lake Dallas, TX), Joon Hee Kim (Bakersville, NC), and Ellen Kleckner (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Topic: Arts & Culture, The McKnight Artist Fellowships

July 2023

English (Canada)