The Arkansas Arts Council is pleased to announce the 2025 Individual Artist Fellowship grant for creatives living and working in Arkansas. A reception is planned for Feb. 5 at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center.

Independent panels selected artists to receive $5,000 each. Around 150 artists applied for the program in the categories of multisensory art, community engagement, contemporary craft with a wood component, dance choreography, poetry and public arts.

Awardees for 2025 are:
Performing Arts: Dance Choreography

• Amy Bramlett Turner, of Hot Springs.

Literary Arts: Poetry

• Elizabeth Muscari, of Fayetteville.
• Tori Sharpe, of Little Rock.
• Geoffrey Brock, of Fayetteville. 

Contemporary Craft: Wood Component

• Andrew Blackwell, of Fayetteville.
• Andrew Myers, of Bryant.
• Sandra Sell, of Little Rock.

Visual Arts: Public Art

• Joel Boyd, of Little Rock.
• Gina Rose Gallina, of Fayetteville.
• Jose Hernandez, of North Little Rock.

Community Engagement

• Chuck Davis, of Rogers.
• Tram Colwin, of Siloam Springs. 
• Kholoud Sawaf, of Fayetteville.

Multisensory Works

• Jean Schmitt, of Fayetteville.
• Dazzmin Murry, aka “King Honey,” of Little Rock.
• Serena Caffrey, of Fayetteville.

For more information, please email [email protected].