KDA Announces California Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship Awards in the Central Valley & Eastern Sierra
Unrestricted Fellowships Totaling $360,000 Support Artists Across 13 Counties
LEGACY (3)
- Bobby Von Martin – Fresno: Cultural Bearer/Indigenous Practice (Past CAC Fellow – Established Tier)
- Edna Garabedian – Madera: Music
- Kristen Elizabeth McLaughlin – Kern: Dance & Movement
ESTABLISHED (11)
- Anthony Laurence Imperatrice – Fresno: Music, Media & Digital Arts
- Corey Brian Strauss – Stanislaus: Theater & Performance
- Erick Jovanny Rodriguez Ordoñez – Kern: Interdisciplinary & Social Practice
- Francisco Javier Alonso Sanchez – Tulare: Visual Arts
- Halima Lucas – San Joaquin: Literary Arts, Media & Digital Arts
- Ka’eo Koapaka Yoshikawa – Fresno: Literary Arts
- Martha Diana Ramirez – Kern: Literary Arts
- Michael Willis – Kern: Design & Applied Arts
- Richard Garrett Masterson – Madera: Visual Arts
- Valerie Anglen – Tulare: Visual Arts
- Victor M. Torres – Fresno: Dance & Movement
EMERGING (20)
- Alicia Ramona van de Bor – San Joaquin: Visual Arts
- Amanda Lee Stone – Kings: Literary Arts: Visual Arts
- Antonio Anaya Tapia – Stanislaus: Design & Applied Arts
- Ashlee Albrecht – Merced: Visual Arts
- Benjamin Blaine Ditto – Inyo: Visual Arts
- Brian Le Bui – San Joaquin: Culture Bearer
- Desirae Washington – Fresno: Media & Digital Arts
- Holly Meagher – Kings: Visual Arts
- Laura D. Perrone – Stanislaus: Visual Arts, Design & Applied Arts
- Jacob Hazzard Been – Stanislaus: Visual Arts
- Jesse James Hunt – Merced: Visual Arts
- Margaret Ruth Sloan – Calaveras: Literary Arts, Visual Arts
- Maria Fernanda Rosas – Fresno: Visual Arts
- Martha L. Gonzalez – Kern: Dance & Movement
- Michaela Carole Graves – Tuolumne: Visual Arts
- Nathaniel Scott Norman – Tulare: Interdisciplinary, Visual Arts
- Ruth Soderlund – Fresno: Visual Arts
- Susan Lee Bains – Mono: Visual Arts
- Tabatha Mills – Kern: Literary Arts
- Troian M. G. Cummings – Mariposa: Visual Arts
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For artists in the earlier stages of their practice who are beginning to present work publicly and establish a presence in their field.
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For artists with a sustained practice who regularly make their work public and have demonstrated a meaningful impact through their artistic output.
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For artists with a significant body of work that has contributed deeply to their communities over time; Legacy Fellows often serve as mentors or leaders within their artistic networks.