2022 Emerging Artists Cohort
2022 Emerging Artists Cohort

The American Craft Council launched its Emerging Artists Cohort in 2021 as a new three-month pilot program designed to cultivate the next step for independent craft artists to advance their professional careers. Over the past 2 years, the program has supported 23 innovative artists new to their careers who are expanding craft boundaries and challenging us to new perspectives.
MEET OUR 2022 EMERGING ARTISTS COHORT
THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 EMERGING ARTISTS COHORT
APPLICATION JURORS
Osa Atoe is a studio potter living in Sarasota, Florida. She came to ceramics at the age of 34 through community classes and is mostly self-taught. Before clay, Atoe’s main creative outlets were music and self-publishing fanzines, which she still does on occasion. She completed a one year post-baccalaureate program for ceramics at Louisiana State University in 2018.
Brian Fleetwood, an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, is an interdisciplinary and collaborative jewelry artist based in Northern New Mexico. Brian holds an MFA in Craft and Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently an assistant professor in Studio Art at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy is a Los Angeles-based independent curator and writer of contemporary art and craft. She most recently served as Assistant Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York. Vizcarrondo-Laboy has also curated exhibitions at the Center for Craft, North Carolina; Collar Works, New York; Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York; Crocker Art Museum, California; Mindy Solomon Gallery, Florida; and Grounds for Sculpture, New Jersey.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PROGRAM SPONSORS
The Emerging Artists Cohort is possible thanks to generous support from Fleur S. Bresler, the Windgate Charitable Foundation, and the Harlan Boss Foundation for the Arts.
HELP US CONTINUE SUPPORTING UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS
ACC is thrilled to be providing direct support and career mentorship to artists on their path to professional practice through the Emerging Artists Cohort. As a national nonprofit, we rely on the contributions of our members and donors to provide impactful programs like this one. Please join or donate to help ensure the Emerging Artists Cohort can continue in the years to come.