FY2025 Recipients
84 artists have been awarded as recipients of the FY2025 Artist Fellowship Program for a total of $242,000.
- 13 artists for the $5,000 award
- 53 artists for the $3,000 award
- 18 emerging recognition awards of $1,000
Artistic Excellence Awardees ($5,000)
Carlos Biernnay, Hamden (fiber art, installation)
June Bisantz, Willimantic (music, public art, multi-discipline)
Robert Calafiore, West Hartford (photography)
Gustavo Casenave, Easton (music composition, jazz)
Susan Clinard, New Haven (sculpture, 3D mixed media)
Lesley Finn, Guilford (literary, creative non-fiction)
Aisha Gawad, Stamford (literary, fiction, creative non-fiction)
Michelle Phuong Ho, New Haven (poetry)
Lance Olsen, Kent (literary, fiction)
Rick Shaefer, Fairfield (drawing)
Juanita Sunday, New Haven (social practice, community arts)
Yves Wilson, New Haven (film)
Andrea Wollensak, Mystic (digital media)
Artist Fellowship Awardees ($3,000)
Sandra Alexander, Stonington (design)
Aspasia Anos, Branford (mixed media, printmaking, collage)
Alibaba Awrang, New Milford (traditional arts, works on paper)
Daniel Bailey, West Hartford (furniture, sculpture, craft)
Isabelle Barbour, Old Lyme (community arts, digital media)
Jacqueline Barnes, New Haven (illustration, graphic novel)
Marion Belanger, Guilford (photography)
Jeff Bemiss, Enfield (film)
Donald Bracken, West Cornwall (mixed media, painting)
Janine Brown, Westport (sculpture, fiber art, mixed media)
Chris Belden, Ridgefield (theater)
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, Bloomfield (poetry)
Linda Colletta, Redding (painting, 2D mixed media)
Abi Cushman, Niantic (illustration, picture books)
Stacy DeKeyser, Simsbury (young readers)
Steven DiGiovanni, New Haven (painting)
Chris Domenick, Canaan (2D/3D mixed media, sculpture)
Paul Frucht, Danbury (music composition)
Leonard Galmon, New Haven (painting, drawing)
Sandra Guze, East Hartford (mixed media, sculpture, textile)
Karen Hogg, East Haven (folk music)
Tova Hopemark, Greenwich (film)
Andrew Jack, East Canaan (furniture, functional art)
Christiane Jacox, Ridgefield (poetry)
Russ Kramer, Mystic (painting)
Claire Kretzchmar, Hartford (choreography)
Stephanie Lanter, New Britain (ceramic, mixed media, installation)
Vesna Jaksic Lowe, Greenwich (creative non-fiction)
Eric March, New Haven (painting)
Adrian Martinez Chavez, New Haven (digital media, photography, film)
Linda Mickens, Hamden (sculpture, installation)
Heather Mitchell, Fairfield (film)
Rebecca Moore Winter, Stamford (theater, dance, young audience)
Okey Ndibe, West Hartford (fiction)
Jacob Nordlinger, Willimantic (music composition)
Michael Pestel, Middletown (multi-discipline, music, performance art)
Marissa Petrozza, Amston (works on paper, painting, printmaking)
Julie Phillipps, West Hartford (illustration, picture books)
Raymond Pinto, Bridgeport (multi-discipline, dance, digital media)
Caleb Portfolio, Southington (photography)
Paige Przybylski, Madison (young readers)
Bailey O'Donnell, Woodstock (music, traditional arts)
Katharine Owens, Middletown (mixed media, collaborative art)
Valeriano Ramos Jr., Hamden (music, traditional arts, flamenco)
Alexis Robbins, Hamden (choreography)
Angela Siew, Farmington (poetry)
Jeff Slomba, West Haven (sculpture, 3D mixed media)
Erin Striff, West Hartford (fiction)
Kate Sutter, Barkhamsted (choreography)
Mark Szantyr, Mansfield (drawing, multi-media collage)
Jason Ting, New Haven (multi-discipline)
Andrew Valdez, New Haven (theater, community arts)
Grace Zazzaro, New London (painting, traditional arts)
Emerging Recognition Awardees ($1,000)
Brianna Bencosme Bido, Danbury (poetry)
Alexander Bushnik, Windsor Locks (ceramics, sculpture)
Scott Calcavecchio, Brookfield (painting)
Lauren Crawford, East Haven (creative writing)
Sydney D'Orso, Ridgfield (choreography)
Sarah Ghonaim, Manchester (theater, film)
Jacob Graham, New London (music composition)
Natalie Grayson, Norwich (printmaking)
Kimberly Klauss, Stamford (painting)
Carlo Lombardo, Niantic (photography)
Khalida Marefat, West Hartford (works on paper, traditional arts)
Coral Ortiz, New Haven (film)
Sam Plattus, New Haven (music, theater, performance art)
Thomas Readett, Mystic (music composition)
Kaitlin Santoro, Riverside (mixed media, installation)
Kayla Walker, New Britain (illustration)
Roz Wiggins, North Haven (literary)
Jensun Yonjan, West Hartford (new media, installation)
The Connecticut Office of the Arts received more than 430 applications and engaged 46 peer reviewers to evaluate the applications. Recipients range across all artistic disciplines of the visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, film, design, etc.