2019 Fellows

Vernell Jordan is a primarily self-taught artisan craftsperson/designer working mostly in leather in combination with other media such as wood…

Tim Lorenzo loves sawdust. It has been a consistent positive in his life. Growing up building and remodeling homes provided…

Porsha Olayiwola is the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and 2015 National Poetry Slam Champion. Black, poet, queer-dyke, hip-hop…

Patricia Thaxton is a Boston based visual artist, fashion designer and educator. She taught for 35 years and retired as…

Ngoc-Tran Vu is a 1.5-generation Vietnamese American multimedia artist and cultural organizer whose practice is rooted in community engagement and…

Michelle Evans is a metalsmith and creative spirit of continuous transformation guiding in the healing of the mind, body and…

Born in Arlington, VA, a suburb of Washington, D.C., Lana migrated to Boston with her family in the’60s to escape…

Gianna Stewart is Dorchester-based artist with a passion for public art. Her most recent public installation Iceberg, floated in the…

Bithyah Israel, a Boston native raised in San Diego, returned to Boston 18 years ago. A cellist for 30 years,…

Beatrice Greene, born in the South Bronx to African American parents is a poet, composer, pianist, trumpeter, and dramatist. Beatrice…