The city of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs announced the recipients of the 2021-22 city of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowships.

Literary and performing artist fellows are Najite Agindotan, Suchi Branfman, Shonda Buchanan and Jibz Cameron, while Nancy Baker Cahill, Sharon Louis Barnes, York Chang, Danny Jauregui and Yoshie Sakai were named design and visual artist fellows.

The nine fellows will each produce a series, set or singular new artwork with a grant of $10,000. The original works will be premiered and promoted by the city in spring of 2022 as part of the 25th edition of the initiative.

“The city of Los Angeles is one of the few municipalities in the world that proudly provides fellowship grants for accomplished avant-garde artists, naming them as treasured residents and boosting their mid-career productivity by sponsoring new fabrications that further their arcs of creativity,” said Joe Smoke, DCA’s grants administration division director.

Each of the fellows have contributed more than 15 years of professional public presentations in the L.A. region and continue making creative contributions to the city’s artistic community.

The grantees were chosen in several review rounds by a set of multi-disciplinary peer panelists, including a museum curator, three past COLA Fellowship recipients, two local independent curators, a celebrated solo performing artist and a literary arts organization manager.

For information, visit culturela.org.