Upstream is thrilled to announce the selection of our 2024 Upstream Artist Fellows – 12 artists from a variety of mediums who share a love for Minnesota’s natural places and care for them personally and through their work.
The artists will embark on a nearly year-long relationship with each other and Upstream, finding inspiration in natural places that are important to them, then developing and creating art that is related to or represents their commitment to care for those places. Each fellow will chronicle their work and share it with the Upstream community through video, blog posts, or other creative media.
The Upstream Artist Fellows come from across the state and the artistic spectrum.
Our 2024 Upstream Artist Fellows are:
- Antonio Duke, actor, playwright, and director from St. Paul
- Watch The Ifè Lab
- Sharon Nordrum, art teacher from Laporte
- Katy J Olson, multi-disciplinary artist from Underwood
- Attend the Preservation Potluck | March 27, 2024
- Stephanie Henry, composer and pianist from Burnsville
- Watch Reclaimed By Nature
- Taylor Tinkham, digital illustrator from Minneapolis
- Asuka Kakitani, composer from Northfield
- Watch A Place Where Birds Are
- Pamela Sherlock, photographer from New Prague
- Aliza Novacek-Olson, fiber artist and textiles from Roseau
- Natalija Walbridge, fiber artist from Duluth
- Stephani Pescitelli, interdisciplinary artist from Minneapolis
- Donna Miliotis, watercolor artist from Winona
- Alexandra Eady, contemporary dancer from Minneapolis
- Watch Nature Imprinted
A special thanks to Springboard for the Arts for partnership in the Fellowship program. For more information, please contact Andy Goldman-Gray at andy@MNUpstream.org or Ricardo Beaird at ricardo@springboardforthearts.org.