Fellowship 2021–22 Recipients

Professional Fellows

Umico Niwa and Peat Szilagyi, Sculpture, Richmond
Website: umiconiwa.com
IG: @im.umico

Umico Portrait
Peat Portrait
Umico Artwork

Megan Angolia, Sculpture, Chesterfield
Website: meganangolia.com
Instagram: @im.umico
Facebook: facebook.com/maangolia

Megan Portrait
Megan Artwork

Jaraz Jenkins, Painting, Richmond
Website: jarazart.com
Instagram: @_Jaraz
Facebook: facebook.com/JARAZART

Jaraz Portrait
Jaraz Artwork

Yoko Gushi, Painting, Henrico
Website: yokogushi.com

Yoko Portrait
Yoko Artwork

Danya Smith, Mixed Media, Midlothian
Website: danyasmith.com

Danya Portrait
Danya Artwork

Veronica Jackson, Mixed Media, Bedford
Website: jacksondesigngroup.com/veronica-jackson
Instagram: @veronicadcjackson
@vjmakesart

Veronica Portrait
Veronica Artwork

Franchell Mack Brown, Mixed Media, Henrico
Website: franmackart.com
Instagram: @fran.mack.art

Franchell Portrait
Franchell Artwork

Federico Cuatlacuatl, Film/Video, Charlottesville
Website: cuatlacuatl.com
Instagram: #federicocuatlacuatl

Federico Portrait

Jason A Hackett, Crafts, Henrico
Instagram: @hackett_ja

Jason Portrait
Jason Artwork

Graduate Fellows

Meaghan Walsh, Art History, UVA, Charlottesville
Website: Profile at UVA

Meaghan Portrait
PDF Image

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Keith Nixon Jr, Film/Video, Howard, Richmond
Website: keithnixonjr.com/
Instagram: @keithnixonjr
Portfolio: behance.net/keithnixonjr

Keith Portrait

Tacie Nicole Jones, New & Emerging Media, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Website: www.taciejones.com
Instagram: @taciejones

Tacie Portrait
Tacie Image

Cy Twombly Graduate Fellow

LaRissa M Rogers, New & Emerging Media, UCLA, Ruckersville
Website: larissamrogers.com
Instagram: @larissa_rogers

LaRissa Portrait
LaRissa Image

Undergraduate Fellows

Fiona Marinaro, Mixed Media, SCAD, Yorktown
Website: fionamarinaro.com
Instagram: @fizfinz

Fiona Portrait
Fiona Image

Keita Heinrich, New & Emerging Media, UVA, Charlottesville Social media (instagram)
Website: issuu.com/keita-heinrich
Instagram: @keita.art

Keita Portrait
Keita Image

Myles Manuel, Film/Video, VCU, Richmond
Instagram: @m.yl.es
Twitter: @MylesManuel15

Myles Portrait

Grade Solomon, Photography, VCU, Fredericksburg
Website: castlesystems.art/
Instagram: @castlesystems

Grade Portrait
LaRissa Image

Hien Nguyen, Sculpture, VCU, Henrico
Website: hiennguyen.studio

Hien Portrait
Hien Image

Hee Yoo, Painting, VCU, Glen Allen
Website: annaheeyoo.myportfolio.com

Hee Yoo Portrait
Hee Yoo Image

Olivia Therese Offutt, Drawing, GMU, Vero Beach FL
Instagram: @oliviaoffuttillustration
@oliviaoffutt

Olivia Portrait
Olivia Image

Bridget Yvonne Hamel, Mixed Media, VCU, Williamsburg
Instagram: @bridgetyvonnehamel

Bridget Portrait
LaRissa Image

Professional Fellowship Juror
Dean Daderko, Independent Curator

Graduate Art History Juror
Leslie Cozzi, PhD, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs, Baltimore Museum of Art

Graduate & Undergraduate Visual Arts Juror
Seth Feman, Deputy Director for Art and Interpretation and Curator of Photography, Chrysler Museum of Art