{"id":6594,"date":"2021-02-18T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T15:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/the-knight-foundation-announces-first-five-innovative-artists-to-receive-its-inaugural-knight-arts-tech-fellowship\/"},"modified":"2021-02-18T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T15:01:36","slug":"the-knight-foundation-announces-first-five-innovative-artists-to-receive-its-inaugural-knight-arts-tech-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/the-knight-foundation-announces-first-five-innovative-artists-to-receive-its-inaugural-knight-arts-tech-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Knight Foundation announces first five innovative artists to receive its inaugural Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The arts and tech are only becoming more intertwined and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has recognised this having just announced the recipients of its inaugural Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship<\/a>. Five artists have been selected for the new fellowship, which recognises their \u201cinnovative approaches to technology and new media\u201d with an unrestricted grant of $50,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor decades, artists have found novel ways to leverage technology in their art,\u201d Knight\u2019s vice president for the arts, Victoria Rogers, said in a press release. As a relatively new facet to the art world, the intersection of art and tech can allow for incredible and unusual experimental works. With ample room to explore comes difficult terrain to navigate as an artist as the field requires much time and resources.<\/p>\n

Thus, the Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship aims to support those artists progressing the field through their use of technology, such as AI, AR, VR, digital mediums, immersive installations, and software, among others, in \u201cthoughtful, creative, or poetic\u201d ways. In addition to an unrestricted grant, the fellows will benefit from various \u201cchannels of support\u201d ranging from contacts with art world professionals to collaboration opportunities. A new publication presented by the Knight Foundation<\/a> and guest edited by artist and researcher Salome Asega will be one such networking avenue, as the Knight Arts + Tech Fellows will be featured in it. The publication, called Shift Shape<\/a>,<\/em> will be published online on the 24th<\/sup> of March.<\/p>\n

The five inaugural Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship recipients are:<\/p>\n