On behalf of the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) announces the six recipients of the 2024 McKnight Fellowships for Visual Artists: Rachel Breen, Sophia Chai, Dahn Gim, Alison Hiltner, R. Yun Matea, and Chris Rackley.
Designed to support mid-career Minnesota artists, the McKnight Visual Artist Fellowships provide each recipient with a $25,000 stipend, public recognition, professional encouragement from national curators, an opportunity to participate in a discussion series, and a residency facilitated by the Artist Communities Alliance (ACA). The fellowships are funded by a grant from the McKnight Foundation and administered by MCAD.
The 2024 McKnight fellows were selected from a group of 141 applicants by a national panel of arts professionals. The jurors were Jessica Hong, Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Toledo Museum of Art; Jared Ledesma, Curator of Twentieth-Century Art and Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art; and Cosmo Whyte, Los Angeles-based Visual Artist, Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, UCLA.
Founded on the belief that Minnesota thrives when its artists thrive, the McKnight Foundation’s arts program is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. Support for working Minnesota artists has been a cornerstone of the program since it began in 1982. The McKnight Artist and Cultural Bearer Fellowships Program provides annual, unrestricted cash awards to outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists in 15 different creative disciplines.
To learn more, visit mcad.edu/mcknight or email gallery@mcad.edu.