2025 Artist Fellows
Delaware’s Individual Artist Fellowships recognize artists for their outstanding quality of work and provide monetary awards. Individual Artist Fellows are publicly acknowledged and benefit from the additional exposure to their work. Fellows are required to showcase their work in a public exhibition or performance, so we’ve set up a special section on DelawareScene.com for you to experience their work.
In 2025, the Division received work samples from 191 Delaware choreographers; composers; musicians; writers; and folk, media, and visual artists. The work samples were reviewed by out-of-state arts professionals who considered the demonstrated creativity and skill in each artist’s respective art form. Twenty-one artists were awarded fellowships in the following categories – one, Masters; eleven, Established; nine, Emerging; and thirteen runners-up. The twenty-one selected fellows reside throughout Delaware including Bear, Clayton, Dagsboro, Lewes, Milton, Newark, New Castle, Rehoboth Beach, Smyrna, and Wilmington.
The work of the Fellows will be featured in a group exhibition, Award Winners XXV, at the Biggs Museum of American Art, and will travel to the Historic Odessa Foundation and the Rehoboth Art League.
Award Winners XXV Group Exhibition Schedule
Biggs Museum of
American Art
WHEN
May 15 – September 14
RECEPTION
Thursday, May 15
5:30-7:30 pm
Historic Houses of Odessa
WHEN
September 19 – October 26
RECEPTION
Thursday, Sept. 25
6:00-8:00 pm
Rehoboth Art League
WHEN
November 7-30
RECEPTION
Friday, Nov. 7
5:00-7:00 pm
Meet the Artist Fellows
Masters Professional
No Masters Professional Found.
Established Professional
Emerging Professional
No Emerging Professional Found.
Runners-Up
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Mary Jane Arden
Wilmington
Visual Arts: Works on Paper
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Jamie Brown
Milton
Literature: Poetry
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Kimberly Burnett
Rehoboth Beach
Literature: Fiction
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Gale Cornelia Flynn
Hockessin
Literature: Creative Nonfiction
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Alexander Hill
Middletown
Literature: Poetry
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L. Jackola
Middletown
Literature: Fiction
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Blazo Kovacevic
Newark
Visual Arts: Interdisciplinary
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Jennifer Lang
Wilmington
Music: Solo Recital
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Judith Loeber
Millsboro
Visual Arts: Painting
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Chris Morrow
Lewes
Folk Art: Music
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Kiandra Parks
Wilmington
Media Arts: Video/Film
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Christina Peters
Newark
Visual Arts: Photography
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Aki Torii
Wilmington
Visual Arts: Sculpture