Alyssa E. Fanning Awarded 2026 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship
Art and Design Faculty Member
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Alyssa E. Fanning, an artist and adjunct faculty member in the Art and Design Department, has been awarded a 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting from the New Jersey State Council of the Arts. The highly competitive fellowship is administered in partnership with Mid Atlantic Arts and recognizes artistic excellence through an anonymous peer-review process.
Fanning earned her BFA from Pratt Institute and her MFA from Montclair State University. She teaches Perceptual Drawing and Figure Drawing, specializing in instruction that spans introductory to advance drawing practices, including both general and figure drawing. The fellowship supports the creation of new work and advances the professional careers of New Jersey artists selected solely on artistic merit.
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