Our partner organizations announce the 2021 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.
McKnight Community-Engaged Artist Fellowships
Award Winners: Mankwe Ndosi, Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay
Award Winners: Alexandra Eady (Dancer), Hassan Ingraham (Dancer), David Stalter, Jr (Dancer), Ananya Chatterjea (Choreographer), Alanna Morris-Van Tassel (Choreographer), Darrius Strong (Choreographer)
Award Winners: James Anthony Tyler (McKnight National Residency and Commission), JuCoby Johnson and Cristina Luzárraga (McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting Recipients)
Announcing the 2021–22 McKnight Theater Fellowship Recipients
Award Winners: Trevor Bowen (Costume Designer), Elizabeth MacNally (Stage Manager), and T. Mychael Rambo (Actor)
2021 McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship Recipients Announced
Award Winners: David Bowen, Mara Duvra, Ben Moren, Rotem Tamir, Dyani White Hawk, and the collaborative Dream the Combine, Jennifer Newsom, and Tom Carruthers
2021 McKnight Artist Fellowships: Mike Helke and Juliane Shibata
2021 McKnight Artist Residencies: Claudia Alvarez, Eliza Au, Lynne Hobaica, and Janina Myronova
Announcing the 2021 McKnight Media Artist Fellows
Award Winners: Susan Brightbill, Andy Graydon, Norah Shapiro, Richard Pelster-Wiebe
2021 McKnight Composer Fellows and McKnight Visiting Composers Announced
Award Winners: McKnight Fellowships for Composers – Ashley DuBose, Ritika Ganguly, George Maurer, and Mary Prescott; McKnight Visiting Composer Residency grantees – J.E. Hernández (Houston, TX) and Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti (Honolulu, HI)
McKnight Musician Fellowship Grants Four of the State’s Top Musicians with $25,000 Award
Award Winners: Fode Bangoura, Chastity Brown, Chad Heslup aka Longshot and Catherine Ramirez.
The Loft Literary Center Announces Recipients of the 2021 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers
Award Winners: Children’s writer V.T. Bidania (Arden Hills) and creative prose writers Angela Pelster (Saint Paul), Abbey Mei Otis (Minneapolis), Carson Faust (Hopkins), and Heather Quinn (Saint Paul).
