(Statewide) – The Wyoming Arts Council has announced the recipients of this year’s Fellowships in Visual Arts, Creative Writing, and Performing Arts, and among them is lander resident Sophie Barksdale, who received a fellowship for visual arts.
The full list of recipients is below.
- Visual Arts Fellowship: Bailey Russel of Laramie, Sophie Barksdale of Lander, and Brittney Denham of Sheridan. Honorable mentions were given to Wendy Brendehoft of Laramie and Blanche Guernsey of Gillette.
- Creative Writing Fellowship: Andrew Munz of Jackson (Fiction), Kristin Hugo of Kemmerer (Creative Nonfiction), and George Vlastos of Pinedale (Poetry). Honorable mentions were given to Pamela Galbreath of Laramie (Nonfiction), Renee Carrier of Hulett (Nonfiction), Jono Majhanovich of Pinedale (Poetry), Jackie Dorothy of Thermopolis (Fiction), and Peter Fine of Laramie (Fiction).
- Performing Arts Fellowship for Music: Beth Vanderborgh of Laramie and David Huebner of Sheridan.
- Performing Arts Fellowship for Theatre and Dance are: William Conte of Casper and Jennifer Wilkins of Afton. Honorable Mentions were given to Anthony Gamroth of Casper and Sara Tipton of Bedford.
“Fellowships are merit-based awards to selected Wyoming artists based on their submitted portfolio of work that reflects serious and exceptional artistic investigation,” the announcement explains. “Recipients each receive a $5,000 award and the opportunity to share their work with the community through support from the Wyoming Arts Council.”
“Submissions are juried anonymously by jurors from outside the state with extensive backgrounds in each artistic area. The jurors for this year’s Fellowships were Ginger Porcella and Libby Garon for Visual Arts; Julie Carr, Vauhini Vara, and Erika Krouse for Creative Writing; and Cecelia Pand and Craig Hill for Performing Arts.”