Zahra Almajidi Awarded PLAYGROUND Detroit 2025 Emerging Artist Fellowship

Zahra Almajidi. Graphic courtesy of PLAYGROUND DETROIT.

Visual artist and metalsmith, Zahra Alamjidi (MFA Metalsmithing 2021), is among the 2025 PLAYGROUND DETROIT Emerging Artist Fellows. Fellows create a new body of work, gain industry experience, skills, knowledge, and mentorship, and participate in community programming. In addition, they will each receive a solo exhibition and $5,000 to develop their individual practices.

The selection committee reviewed an overwhelming response of over 200 artist submissions to select three awardees. Artists were chosen based on their artistic excellence and dedication through an open call process and selected by a small professional arts jury. This year marks the fifth year of the program, launched in 2020. In total, $70,000 has been granted directly to Detroit’s emerging artists.

The PLAYGROUND DETROIT Emerging Artist Fellowship is powered by the Gilbert Family Foundation.

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2025 Emerging Artist Fellows – PLAGROUND DETROIT

Metalsmithing at Cranbrook Academy of Art