// Singer/songwriter Monica Blaire’s eclectic blend of rock, soul, hip-hop, techno, and pop earned her a 2010 Kresge Artist Fellowship for Performing Arts.
// In addition to his Kresge fellowship, visual artist Ed Fraga has also received a Midwest National Endowment for the Arts award and a Rockefeller Foundation residency in Bellagio, Italy.
// Known as La Chispa (The Spark), choreographer and dance teacher Valeria Montes mastered the art of flamenco in her native Mexico, the United States, and Spain.