Fellowship 2022–23 Recipients

Professional Fellows

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Nastassja Ebony Swift

Crafts, Virginia Beach
Website: www.nastassjaswift.com
IG: @nastassjaebony


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Robert J Mertens
Crafts, Staunton
Website: www.robertmertensartist.com
IG: @r.mertiensartist

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Judith Pratt
Mixed Media, Alexandria
Website: www.judithmpratt.com
IG: @pratt.judith

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Bohyun Yoon
Crafts, Richmond
Website: www.bohyunyoon.com
IG: @bobobo_yoon

James Lam Scheuren
Film & Video, Charlottesville
Website: www.jamesscheuren.com
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Sarah E Phillips
New & Emerging, King George
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sephillipsstudio
Shayne Herrera
Painting, Warrenton

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Michael Borowski
Photography, Blacksburg
Website: www.michaelborowski.com
IG: @mdborowski

Cy Twombly Graduate Fellow

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Ellis E Finney
Film & Video, Columbia, Gloucester
IG: @ellis.finney

Graduate Fellows

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Lauren Van Nest
Art History, UVA, Alexandria
Website: www.art.as.virginia.edu
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Jax Ohashi
Sculpture, GMU, Annandale

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Abi Ogle
Crafts, VCU, Richmond
Website: www.aogleart.com
IG: @abiogle

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Aida Lizalde
Sculpture, VCU, Richmond
Website: www.aidalizalde.com
IG: @Aida_Lizalde

Mia Greenwald
Mixed Media, JMU, Harrisonburg
Website: www.miagreenwald.com


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Giselle Hobbs
Painting, Cornell, Staunton
Website: https://hobbsgiselle.wixsite.com/website-12-1
IG: @giselle.hobbs

Undergraduate Fellows

Morgan K Jones
Painting, Hickory High, Chesapeake

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Stephon Anthony Slater
Photography, Longwood, Hampton
Website: www.stephon-slater-pdjq.format.com
IG: @stxph.as

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Skyler Mikkel Ancheta
Painting, Western Branch High, Smithfield

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Abigail K Melvin
Drawing, Grassfield High, Chesapeake

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Elise Wojtowicz
Photography, VCU, Richmond
Website: www.elisewojtowicz.site/
IG: @ewojtow

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Alexander J Sausen
Painting, VCU, Richmond
Website: www.figandbaum.com
IG: @alexander_sausen

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Leana Victoria Spain
Film & Video, VCU, Richmond
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Amber Robinson Pierce
Crafts, Old Dominion, Virginia Beach
Website: www.amberpierce.art
IG: @ambrpierce

Professional Fellowship Juror
Katie Pfohl, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Graduate Art History Juror
Anne L. Williams, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, The University of Hong Kong

Graduate & Undergraduate Visual Arts Juror
Alison Byrne, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Education, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach