2026 Individual Artist Fellowship Awardees

– For Immediate Release

March 2, 2026

South Jersey Cultural Alliance is pleased to congratulate the South Jersey artists who were awarded the 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship. 

Film/Video Fellows:

• NANA YAW YEBOAH (Burlington County) - $13,000

Interdisciplinary Fellows:

• Gian Torrano Jacobs (Ocean County) - $16,000

Painting Fellows:

• Sarah Becktel (Atlantic County) - $19,500

• Abigail Dudley (Burlington County) - $16,000

• Jeffrey Filbert (Camden County) - $16,000

• Philip J. Carroll (Camden County) - $19,500

• Tania Qurashi (Camden County) - $30,000

• Tania Pomales (Cumberland County) - $13,000

• De’von Downes (Gloucester County) - $13,000

Painting Finalists:

• Lisa Hendrickson (Burlington County) - $3,000

• Ronald Cohen-Rozencohn (Burlington County) - $3,000

• Debra Miller (Camden County) - $3,000

• Gwynn Walker Di Pilla (Camden County) - $3,000

• Mark Allen Natale (Camden County) - $3,000

• Richard P. Riveral (Camden County) - $3,000

• Keith Ragone (Gloucester County) - $3,000

• Luke Weichmann (Gloucester County) - $3,000

• Sandra Koberlein (Salem) - $3,000

Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts Finalists:

• Mariana Smith (Atlantic County) - $3,000

• Rebecca Tait (Camden County) - $3,000

• Diane Driessen (Salem County) - $3,000

• Michelle Joy Oosterbaan (Salem County) - $3,000

• Diane Tomash (Ocean County) - $3,000

Prose Fellows: 

• Rich Russell (Atlantic County) - $19,500

• Anya Pearson (Burlington County) - $19,500

• James Martin (Burlington County) - $16,000

• Lauren Grodstein (Burlington County) - $16,000

• John David McCall (Cape May) - $19,500

• Sandy Gingras (Ocean) - $19,500

Prose Finalists: 

• Karen Z. Duffy (Atlantic County) - $3,000

• Susan Burkart (Gloucester County) - $3,000

• Ren Alexander (Salem County) - $3,000