Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship Past Recipients
Fiscal Year: 2023
Award: $7,500
John Harlan Norris
Visual Arts
Fayette
Elizabeth Mesa-Gaido
Visual Arts
Rowan
Jonathan McFadden
Visual Arts
Fayette
Boris Zakic
Visual Arts
Scott
Wyatt Severs
Crafts
Calloway
Fiscal Year: 2021
Award: $7,500
Maria Bautista
Choreography
Jefferson
Raleigh Dailey
Musical Composition
Madison
Fiscal Year: 2020
Award: $7,500
Derek Feldman
Songwriting
Fayette
Fiscal Year: 2019
Award: $7,500
Annette Allen
Poetry
Jefferson
Catherine Brereton
Creative Nonfiction
Fayette
Janet Eldred
Poetry
Fayette
David Harrity
Poetry
Jefferson
Marcia Hurlow
Poetry
Fayette
Joseph Manning
Creative Nonfiction
Jefferson
Amelia Martens
Poetry
McCracken
Robert Martin
Playwriting
Rockcastle
Carrie Mullins
Fiction
Rockcastle
Travis Newton
Playwriting
Warren
Jeremy Paden
Poetry
Fayette
Pamela Parker
Poetry
Graves
Courtney Petrosino
Poetry
Jefferson
Hannah Pittard
Fiction
Fayette
Margaret Price
Playwriting
Fayette
Kathryn Yocum
Fiction
Jefferson
Fiscal Year: 2018
Award: $7,500
Amy Chase
Visual Arts
Jefferson
Stacy R. Chinn
Visual Arts
Fayette
Mike Elsherif
Media Arts
Jefferson
Wayne Enstice
Visual Arts
Boone
Dongfeng Li
Visual Arts
Rowan
Fiscal Year: 2017
Award: $7,500
Tracey Bonner
Choreography
Campbell
Rebecca Gayle Howell
Poetry
Fayette
Maurice Manning
Poetry
Washington
Sharon Mauldin-Reynolds
Fiction
Fayette
Sarah McCartt
Poetry
Jefferson
Aimee Zaring
Creative Nonfiction
Jefferson
Fiscal Year: 2016
Award: $7,500
Jacob Gotlib
Composing
Jefferson
Margaret Diane Kahlo
Visual Arts
Fayette
Douglas Matthew Miller
Visual Arts
Jefferson
James Robert Southard
Visual Arts
Fayette
Melissa Vanderberg
Visual Arts
Madison
Fiscal Year: 2015
Award: $7,500
Makalani Bandele
Poetry
Jefferson
Diana Grisanti
Playwriting
Jefferson
Carrie Jerrell
Poetry
Calloway
Christian Moody
Fiction
Boyle
Steve Moulds
Playwriting
Jefferson
Mark Schimmoeller
Creative Nonfiction
Franklin
Fiscal Year: 2014
Award: $7,500
Seth Green
Visual Arts
Rowan
Dominic Guarneschelli
Visual Arts
Jefferson
Hui Chi Lee
Visual Arts
Fayette
David Marquez
Visual Arts
Warren
Robert Salyer
Media Arts
Letcher
Brandon Smith
Visual Arts
Madison
Felecia Szorad
Visual Arts
Fayette
Jenny Zeller
Visual Arts
Jefferson
Fiscal Year: 2013
Award: $7,500
Willie Davis
Fiction
Letcher
Adam Day
Poetry
Jefferson
Ron Ellis
Creative Nonfiction
Kenton
Sean Hill
Poetry
Jefferson
Jason Howard
Creative Nonfiction
Madison
Grayson Johnson
Playwriting
Fayette
Ellen Birkett Morris
Fiction
Jefferson
Bianca Spriggs
Poetry
Fayette
Kaitlin Willihnganz
Fiction
Jefferson
Krzysztof Wolek
Composing
Jefferson
Fiscal Year: 2012
Award: $7,500
Morgan Atkinson
Media Arts
Jefferson
Tina Gebhart
Visual Arts
Madison
Lori Larusso
Visual Arts
Fayette
Matthew Maynard
Visual Arts
Anderson
Kathleen O’Brien
Visual Arts
Mercer
Hunter Stamps
Visual Arts
Fayette
Mark Whitley
Visual Arts
Warren
Fiscal Year: 2011
Award: $7,500
Kimberly Cox
Choreography
Jefferson
Norbe Risco
Choreography
Fayette
Clint Morehead
Creative Nonfiction
Jefferson
Julie Wade
Creative Nonfiction
Jefferson
Jessica Leader
Fiction
Jefferson
Catherine Morgan
Fiction
Madison
Gerald Plain
Musical Composition
Oldham
Dan Bernitt
Playwriting
Fayette
Amy Tudor
Poetry
Jefferson
Lisa Williams
Poetry
Boyle
Fiscal Year: 2010
Award: $7,500
Joe Gray
Media Arts
Jefferson
Nick Szuberla
Media Arts
Letcher
Patrick Yen
Media Arts
Jefferson
Matthew Albritton
Photography
Campbell
Ronald Davis
Visual Arts
Fayette
Ben Durham
Visual Arts
Woodford
Jennifer Heller Zurick
Visual Arts
Madison
Bruce Linn
Visual Arts
Jefferson
Marco Logsdon
Visual Arts
Fayette
Laura Mentor
Visual Arts
Fayette
Jeffrey Nichols
Visual Arts
Rowan
Michael Nichols
Visual Arts
Warren
Mark Priest
Visual Arts
Jefferson
Reba Rye
Visual Arts
Henry
David Zurick
Visual Arts
Madison
For More Information
Tamara Coffey
Organization Support and Individual Artist Director
tamara.coffey@ky.gov
502-892-3121