Please join us in celebration of Professor Sarah Shippobotham and Adjunct Instructor Eric Sciotto for receiving the 2025 Utah Artist Fellowship for Performing Arts (Theatre)!
The Utah Artist Fellowships are $5,000 awards that recognize the careers of Utah artists demonstrating exceptional creativity in their fields. Fellows are chosen by out-of-state, nationally renowned arts professionals. Selections are based on evaluation of application narratives as well as work samples from the past five years.
Shippobotham and Sciotto are two of 20 Utah artists awarded fellowships by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. These awards recognize their individual artistic excellence and provide support for their professional careers.
"I am thrilled to be recognized as a 2025 Utah Artist Fellow. This is a 'mid-career' award, and as a woman just past 60, it has been easy to start to feel as though my career was nearly over. However, having written and performed a one-woman show in 2022-23 that is continuing to have a life beyond Salt Lake, I feel very much like my artistic career is blossoming rather than shriveling, and it is wonderful to be reminded of that.” — Sarah Shippobotham
"Creating a life in the arts can be a logistical and emotional rollercoaster, and having the particular goal of making a living in the arts while having a family can be a particular challenge. Receiving this fellowship is such a generous show of support, a financial help, and a solid reminder to keep going and keep creating! Thank you, Utah Division of Arts & Museums!" — Eric Sciotto