Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards

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Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards

From 2018–22, Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Award recipients were selected based on the measurable social, cultural or economic impact of the nominee’s body of work, including their current creative project/enterprise.

Annually, awards of $10,000 - $20,000 each were provided to alumni for their creative projects or creative enterprises. Nominees for this award were chosen and reviewed by a nominating body of UNCSA constituents, based on selection criteria.

UNCSA defines an Artpreneur as an artist who reaches beyond existing disciplines, technologies, constructs, and processes to effect change they wish to see in the world through their creative practice.

Applications for the Artpreneur program are not being accepted at this time. For questions, please email artpreneur@uncsa.edu(opens in new tab).

Recipients

Ayo Jackson
Ayo Jackson
2022 Alumni Artpreneur of the Year
Gregg Mozgala
Gregg Mozgala
2022 Alumni Artpreneur of the Year
Creative Enterprise: Founder and Artistic Director, The Apothetae
Jenny Best
Jenny Best
2021 Alumni Artpreneur of the Year
Creative Enterprise: Solid Starts

UNCSA Town Hall

Owen Broder
Owen Broder
2021 Alumni Artpreneur of the Year
Jessica McJunkins
Jessica McJunkins
2020 Alumni Artpreneur of the Year
Creative Project: Cultural equity contractor for artists of color

UNCSA guest artist performance
Olivia Meade
Olivia Mead
2020 Alumni Artpreneur of the Year
Creative Enterprise: YogaShield, Yoga for First Responders

UNCSA yoga training webinar
Camille A. Brown
Camille A. Brown
2019 Alumni Artpreneur of the Year
Juel D. Lane
Juel D. Lane
2019 Alumni Artpreneur of the Year
Creative Project: "Touch and Agree"

UNCSA Town Hall
Christopher Baine
Christopher Baine
2018 Alumni Artpreneur of the Year