Announcing the 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship Recipients
The Jersey City Arts Council is excited to announce the recipients of this year’s Individual Artist Fellowships. The fellowship program is part of the Jersey City Arts & Culture Trust Fund, and awards 20 Jersey City artists each year with an unrestricted grant to support and supplement their creative output. Awards recognize exceptional creative work and the impact and engagement of the artist within the local community.
The recipients of the 2024 Individual Artist Fellowships are:
Christine Barney
Milcah Bassel
Nancy Cohen
Project Greenville
Donald Gallagher
Samantha Geracht
Hyeseon Hong
Sky Kim
Veronica Mang
Leslie McIntosh
Josué Morales Urbina
Ernie Paniccioli
Laurie Riccadonna
Cheryl R. Riley
Ryan Roman
Gregg Rosen
Nyugen E. Smith
Laura Tatham
Woolpunk
Tony Williams
“It’s very exciting to receive a fellowship,” said Project Greenville. “These extra dollars will support a handful of larger Project Greenville plans for our space and our community, plus they can sustain our regular programming for many events to come! Thank you to the Jersey City Arts Council and the Jersey City Arts & Culture Trust Fund (which also means Thank You to all of you taxpayers that make this exist).”
In total the Jersey City Arts & Culture Trust Fund is awarding more than $1 million in much-needed funding to 78 local artists and arts organizations. Besides the 20 Individual Artist Fellowships, grants were also awarded for Arts Programs, Arts Education, and General Operating Support. To date, nearly 300 Arts and Culture Trust Fund grants have been distributed, totaling $3 million.
“The Individual Artist Fellowship provides vital, unrestricted grant funds for Jersey City artists. JCAC recognizes the importance of this type of support and is proud to have managed the Fellowship program since its inception,” says Natalie Brathwaite, Chair of the Jersey City Arts Council. “And we’re grateful for our partnership with the Trust Fund Committee and the City in providing all of these arts grants for the community.”
Arts and culture organizations accounted for $13.5 million in spending in 2022, with an additional $32.4 million in event-related expenditures by their audiences, according to the most recent nationwide study by Americans for the Arts. The study also states that in Jersey City, arts and culture economic activity supported 532 jobs, provided residents $28.2 million in personal income, and generated $7.1 million in tax revenue for local, state, and federal governments.
Click here for a full list of the 2024 Jersey City Arts & Culture Trust Fund grant recipients.