Artist Trust has announced the recipients of its 2025 Fellowship Awards, providing $10,000 in unrestricted support to fifteen  Washington State artists. This year’s awards, totaling $150,000, recognize outstanding talent across literary, media, performing, and visual arts disciplines.

The 2025 Fellowship Award recipients include literary artists Ernest Langston, Tamiko Nimura, and Troy Osaki; media artist Diamond Beverly-Porter; performing artists Campana, Hanna Eady, Mehrdad Gholami, Stephanie Johnson, Ellaina Lewis, and Tracey Wong; and visual artists Douglas Burgess, Stefan Gonzales, Natalie Krick, Mana Mehrabian, and Yongqi Tang.

Of the fifteen Artist Trust Fellowships awarded, four were created through specific partnerships and endowments. The Lillian Miller Educational Foundation and The Vadon Foundation have established dedicated fellowships, while long-time donors Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom have made an endowment gift that funds both the Artist Trust Fellowship for Black Artists and The Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom Fellowship Award in perpetuity.

Established in 1987, the Fellowship Awards program stands as Artist Trust’s longest-running initiative, designed to provide meaningful financial support to practicing professional artists of exceptional ability. The merit-based awards play a crucial role in sustaining Washington’s creative community, particularly during challenging times.

This year’s application pool saw a 33% increase from 2024, with 408 submissions from artists representing 23 counties across Washington State. In announcing the awards, Artist Trust acknowledged the particular significance of supporting creative voices during what they described as a “tumultuous year,” emphasizing the critical nature of the work being produced by this diverse group of artists.

These fellowships reflect Artist Trust’s ongoing commitment to nurturing Washington’s cultural landscape by investing directly in the individuals whose creative work enriches communities throughout the state.