2021 Kresge Arts in Detroit Award Celebration

Kresge Arts in Detroit invites you to the 2021 Kresge Arts in Detroit Award Celebration! Join us HERE for the live event!

The program features:

• A conversation between Carole Harris (2015 Kresge Artist Fellow and 2019 award panelist), Rip Rapson (president and CEO, The Kresge Foundation), and Don Tuski (president, College for Creative Studies), moderated by W. Kim Heron (senior communications officer, The Kresge Foundation)
• Remarks from the 2021 Kresge Artist Fellows + Gilda Award recipients.
• Performances by Cherise Morris (2019 Kresge Artist Fellow: Literary Arts) and Passalacqua (2012 Kresge Artist Fellow: Performing Arts)

LITERARY ARTS FELLOWS:

• Emell Derra Adolphus, Creative Nonfiction
• Danielle Aubert, Interdisciplinary Work
• Jeni De La O, Poetry
• Ann Eskridge, Playwriting
• Tariq Luthun, Poetry
• MARS Marshall, Poetry
• Jassmine Parks, Spoken Word
• B. Van Randall, Graphic Novels
• Casey Rocheteau, Poetry
• Zig Zag Claybourne, Fiction 



VISUAL ARTS FELLOWS:

• Peter Daniel Bernal, Painting 
• Judy Bowman, Collage
• Brian Day, Photography
• Darcel Deneau, Glass
• Solomon Johnson, Illustration
• Gisela McDaniel, Painting
• Sabrina Nelson, Interdisciplinary Work 
• Rachel Reid, Animation
• Andrew "AndyT" Thompson, Installation
• Graem Whyte, Interdisciplinary Work

GILDA AWARDS IN VISUAL ARTS:

• Ijania Cortez, Painting
• Bakpak Durden, Painting
• Jessica Frelinghuysen, Performance Art
• Cyrus Karimipour, Photography
• Cinnamon Triano, Video Art
• Neha Vedpathak, Painting 


GILDA AWARDS IN LITERARY ARTS:

• Bayan the Poet, Spoken Word
• Ana Gavrilovska,  Arts Criticism
• Rochelle Marrett, Fiction 
• Donnevan Tolbert, Playwriting

For more information about the 2021 award recipients visit kresgeartsindetroit.org