Fifteen Fulbright College Students, Faculty and Alumni Receive 2022 Artists 360 Awards

Fifteen students, faculty and alumni from departments across the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences are among 26 Northwest Arkansas artists selected for grants from the Mid-America Arts Alliance as part of the group’s 2022 Artists 360 Awards.

Artists 360, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, made possible through the support of the Walton Family Foundation, provides grant funding and professional development opportunities to individual artists of all disciplines in the greater Northwest Arkansas area.

Grants include learning opportunities to develop entrepreneurial skills and build sustainable careers, creating a network of leading regional artists.

Fulbright College’s 2022 recipients spanned several areas of the fine arts and humanities, including those from the School of Art, the Department of English’s M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing and Translation, the Department of Music, the Department of Theatre, and the Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Program.

The full list of Fulbright College’s recipients include:

• Kholoud Sawaf, theatre directing M.F.A.alum
• David Andree, art faculty
• Trent Bozeman, art student
• Lily Buday, creative writing and translation M.F.A. student
• Karen Castleman, theatre dance instructor
• Brody Parrish Craig, creative writing and translation M.F.A. alumnus
• Na’Tosha De’Von, theatre acting M.F.A. alumna
• Er-Gene Kahng, music professor of violin
• Tomoko Kashiwagi, music piano and collaborative piano faculty
• Sky Maggiore, art student
• Sophia Ordaz, comparative literature and cultural studies master’s student
• Chung Park, art student
• Sabine Schmidt, creative writing and translation M.F.A. alum
• John Walch, theatre head of playwriting
• Rana Young, art faculty

Read the full story about the School of Art recipients.

Read the full story about the Creative Writing and Translation Program recipients.

Read the full story about the Department of Music recipients.

Read the full story about the Department of Theatre recipients.

Read the full story about the Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Program recipient.

Photos courtesy of the Artists 360 Awards, taken by Kat Wilson Photography.