On behalf of the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) announces the six recipients of the 2025 McKnight Fellowships for Visual Artists: Leslie Barlow, Charles Matson Lume, Joe Sinness, Laura Wennstrom, Diane Willow, and Shun Yong. Designed to support mid-career Minnesota artists, the McKnight Visual Artists Fellowships provide each recipient with a $25,000 stipend, public recognition, professional encouragement from national critics, and a residency facilitated by the Artist Communities Alliance (ACA). The 2025 McKnight fellows were selected from a group of 144 applicants by a national panel of arts professionals. Jurors were Hương Ngô, interdisciplinary artist and educator, based in Chicago, Illinois and Santa Barbara, California; Alisa Swindell, Associate Curator of Photography, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College; and Claudia Zapata, Associate Curator of Latino Art, Blanton Museum of Art, Texas.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 working Minnesota artists has been a cornerstone of the program since it began in 1982. The McKnight Artist and Cultural Bearer Fellowships Program provides annual, unrestricted cash awards to outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists in 15 different creative disciplines. To learn more, visit mcad.edu/mcknight or email gallery@mcad.edu.The fellowships are funded by a grant from the McKnight Foundation and administered by MCAD with support from Program Director Keisha Williams and Associate Fellowship Coordinator Melanie Pankau.