Our partner organizations announce the 2022 McKnight Artist 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.
2022 McKnight Composer Fellows and McKnight Visiting Composers Announced
Award Winners: McKnight Fellowships for Composers – Mitchell Bercier, Mary Ellen Childs, Queen Drea, and Reinaldo Moya.; McKnight Visiting Composer Residency grantees – Byron Au Yong (Palm Springs, CA) and Victor Márquez-Barrios (Kirksville, MO)
Announcing the 2022 McKnight Media Artist Fellows
Award Winners: Melissa Brandt, Tahiel Jimenez Medina, Tom Schroeder, and Kang Vang
Congratulations to the 2022 McKnight Culture Bearer Fellows
Award Winners: Amoke Kubat, Jim Simas, Kathryn Haddad, and Suzanne Thao
Announcing the 2022 McKnight Community-Engaged Artist Fellows
Award Winners: Douglas R. Ewart and Olivia Levins Holden
Congratulations to the 2022 Mcknight Choreographer And Dancer Fellows
Award Winners: Leila Awadallah (dancer), Leslie Parker (choreography), Pedra Pepa (choreography), Sharon Picasso (dancer), Rosy Simas (choreography), and Cheng Xiong (dancer)
Playwrights’ Center and McKnight Foundation Announce Residency and Commission, Fellowship Awards
Award Winners: Sharon Bridgforth (McKnight National Residency and Commission), TyLie Shider and Katie Ka Vang (McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting Recipients)
Playwrights’ Center and McKnight Foundation Announce the McKnight Theater Artist Fellows
Award Winners: Meghan Kreidler, Greta Oglesby, and Wendy Weckwerth
McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship
Award Winners: Ruthann Godollei, Pao Houa Her, Amanda Lovelee, Lamar Peterson, Emmett Ramstad, and Jonathan Thunder
McKnight Musician Fellowship Grants Four of the State’s Top Musicians with $25,000 Award
Award Winners: Jaye Sinkfield aka DIVAJ, Rebecca Merblum, Paula Gudmundson, Lewis McCaleb aka Lewiee Blaze.
The Loft Literary Center Announces Recipients of the 2022 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers
Award Winners: Dr. Artika Tyner (children’s literature); K.W. Jackson (spoken word); Douglas Kearney (poet), Preeti Kaur
Rajpal (poet), and Chavonn Shen (poet)
