
Image: Grantee Abigail McAlister
Congratulations 2024-2025 Grantees!
Durham Arts Council is proud to invest $18,500 in grants to these artists!
Abigail McAlister, Visual Art 2D
Anna Schroeder, Craft
Carly Campbell, Theatre
Ciara Stewart, Visual Art 2D
Debbie Vu, Film
Derrick Davis, Photography
Elsa Dora Craige Hoffman, Sculpture
Emily Anderson, Visual Art 2D
Huiyin Zhou, Photography
Meg Stein, Sculpture
Misty Naholnik, Music
Neina Gordon, Literature
Rhonda Bennetone, Performance
ShaLeigh Comerford, Dance
Shana Tucker, Music

Image: Grantee Anna Schroeder
Thank you to the Emerging Artists Grant review panelists:
Geraud Staton – Chair, Durham Arts Council
Amy Wetsch, Visual Art
Crystal Simone Smith, Literature
Gabriel Pelli, Music
Harrison Haynes, Visual Art
Heidi Radtke, Music
John Claude Bemis, Literature
Lee Edwards, Performance
Mark Brown Jr., Photography/Film
Pilar Timpane, Film/Photography
Renzo Ortega, Visual Art
Tracy Bersely, Performance
This program is funded by The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, the Durham Arts Council’s Annual Arts Fund, the Kelley Katzenmeyer Fund, the Anika James Foundation and Partner Counties.