Cecilia Cornejo awarded 2023 Creative Support for Individuals grant

Cornejo is lecturer in cinema and media studies at Carleton.

16 January 2023 Posted In:

Cecilia Cornejo, lecturer in cinema and media studies, has been awarded a 2023 Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. The grant will support Cornejo’s collaboration with community members and organizations in Red Wing, Minn. to construct a community quilt based on audio testimonies recorded with Red Wing residents in Fall 2022. The quilt will feature fragments of the audio testimonies, embroidered by community members and assembled with local quilters in collaboration with the artist, and will be part of an exhibition at Red Wing Arts in early 2024.

Check out the full list of awardees.