2022 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellowship
Moira Bateman is a recipient of a 2022 McKnight Fellowship in Fiber Arts, administered with support from the Textile Center
“McKnight Artist Fellowships increase the exploratory opportunity, economic stability, and productive capacity of artists by providing unrestricted cash awards and artistic and professional development opportunities for midcareer artists in Minnesota.”
— Arleta Little, Arts Program Officer and Director of Artist Fellowships (former)
ABOUT THE MCKNIGHT ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM
Founded on the belief that Minnesota thrives when its artists thrive, the McKnight Foundation’s arts program is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. Support for individual working Minnesota artists has been a cornerstone of the program since it began in 1982. The McKnight Artist Fellowships Program provides annual, unrestricted cash awards to outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists in 14 different creative disciplines. Program partner organizations administer the fellowships and structure them to respond to the unique challenges of different disciplines. Currently the foundation contributes about $2.8 million per year to its statewide fellowships.
Designed to identify and support outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists, the McKnight Fellowships for Fiber Artists provide recipients with a $25,000 unrestricted cash award. In addition, the fellows receive public recognition, studio visits with critics from the field, an exhibition in the Joan Mondale Gallery at Textile Center, professional development support, participation in public discussions featuring fellows and critics, the opportunity to apply for an artist residency in partnership with McKnight and the Artist Communities Alliance, and access to Textile Center’s resources, including a library of more than 32,000 books and periodicals and a state-of-the-art dye lab. The fellowships are funded by the McKnight Foundation and administered by Textile Center.