Fueling the Creative Soul

Speranza Foundation is a private operating foundation established in 2008 by Kathleen Treat.

About the Foundation

The Lincoln City Fellowship

The Lincoln City Fellowship is a nationwide residency that builds the creative capacity of professional artists through customized retreats, in person convenings, online community programming, and financial assistance.

The program serves US-based artists from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds who are united by their drive to create, posture of curiosity, generous spirit, and artistic purpose.

About the Fellowship
Hakim Bellamy @hakimbe is a poet, writer, performer, and former inaugural Poet Laureate of Albuquerque whose work is rooted in language, history, community, and radical imagination. Hakim first found his way to poetry through hip hop and has spent m
Artist in Residence: Vanessa Contopulos @vanessacontopulos Vanessa Contopulos is a songwriter, board certified music therapist, entrepreneur, and community builder whose work has long explored the ways music can create connection and bring people t
Carlos Medina @carlosmedina_music a musician, comedian, writer, and performer whose work is deeply rooted in the stories, characters, and culture of Northern New Mexico. Across more than three decades of creating, Carlos has moved between music, com
Liz Vice @lizvice is a musician, songwriter, and storyteller whose work carries an unmistakable mix of honesty, soul, and hope. Over the years, Liz's music has taken her around the world through albums, tours, collaborations, and an artistic life th
Jay Morra @jaymorrra is an artist, writer, producer, and performer whose work has helped expand how and where drag is experienced as an art form. After years of bringing drag into museums, educational settings, and community spaces, Jay has entered
Some creative partnerships are built on shared ideas. Christine Berg and Simon Shterenberg have built theirs on shared curiosity. As filmmaking partners, they've learned that the best creative conversations don't begin with opinions. They begin wit
Munson Hunt @munson.hunt a sculptor whose work transforms reclaimed wood into meditations on time, memory, and the natural world. Through sculpture, installation, and cast materials, she creates work that invites us to slow down and notice what might
Emerald Carter @emeraldtcarter is a poet, essayist, theologian, and educator whose work explores memory, liberation, resilience, and the complicated beauty of being human. Whether through poetry, painting, or long-form essays, Emerald's writing asks
Billy Joe Miller @billyjoemiller is an interdisciplinary artist whose work transforms spaces into places of gathering, reflection, and restoration. Working across sculpture, installation, and public art, Billy Joe explores how architecture, light, an
Gina Angelone @gina_angel1 is a filmmaker, writer, and visual storyteller whose work explores observation, place, memory, and the quiet emotional landscapes that shape human experience. Her documentary SITTING STILL is a contemplative portrait of le

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