The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced 18 Princess Grace Award winners and 12 Honoraria recipients into the Princess Grace community.
This year’s recipients have been named within 5 prestigious award programs: Princess Grace Award, Special Project Grant, the inaugural Princess Grace Artist Fellowship, Grace Kelly Scholarship, and the Princess Grace Statue Award. This year’s recipients include Isabella Boylston, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, and Sky Hopinka, MacArthur Fellow, filmmaker, and artist will each receive a $25,000 unrestricted cash grant, career development, and networking opportunities.
“We are proud to welcome the 2025 Princess Grace Award winners and Honoraria recipients. Each of these extraordinary emerging artists brings a distinctive voice and remarkable artistic technique,” said Diana Kemppainen, President of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA. “Our deepest thanks to the Arts Advisory Council and panelists for their thoughtful guidance in the selection process. We look forward to supporting these artists as their careers unfold and being part of their continued creative journey.”
“We are excited to welcome the inaugural class of Princess Grace Artist Fellowship recipients into SPA and to support them in achieving their goals. MAP has provided coaching to more than 300 artists, and we continue to hear about the profound and positive impact that coaching can have. We’re grateful to PGF for this partnership and look forward to working with more of its grantees in the future,” said Ron Ragin, MAP Fund’s Director of Programs.
The Princess Grace Foundation this year marks the inaugural recipients of the Princess Grace Artist Fellowship. This initiative provides financial support and participation in MAP Fund’s Scaffolding for Practicing Artists program, expanding the Foundation’s suite of advancement opportunities and special grants.
The honorees will be feted at the Princess Grace Awards Gala, set to take place at The Plaza in New York City on Oct. 29.
See the complete list of winners below:
2025 Princess Grace Award Winners and Honoraria:
Theater and Playwriting:
Tramaine Raphael Gray, nominated by California Institute of the Arts, School of Theater, John Gore Theater Honor
Christine Lyons, nominated by The Denyce Graves Foundation, Grace Le Vine Theater Honor
Germán Martinez, nominated by INTAR Theatre, Robert and Gloria Hausman Theater Honor
Dionne McClain-Freeney, nominated by Target Margin Theater
Zoë Rhulen, New Dramatists Playwriting Fellowship
Taji Senior, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Jesús I. Valles (Theater 2023), Gant Gaither Theater Honor
Theater Honoraria:
Hamid Dehghani, nominated by Northlight Theatre
Dina El-Aziz, nominated by Noor Theatre
Maleek Rae, nominated by The Tank
Roman Sanchez, nominated by Dell’Arte International
Dance Performance:
Madison Jenne’ Brown, nominated by American Ballet Theatre, Chris Hellman Dance Honor
Kayla Mak, nominated by The Juilliard School
William Okajima, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Kyle Abraham (Choreography 2010)
Choreography:
Hannah Garner, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Keerati Jinakunwiphat (Choreography 2023)
Houston Thomas, nominated by The Joffrey Ballet
Christian A. Warner, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Mark Caserta (Choreography 2023)
Dance Performance Honoraria:
Anna Mains, nominated by Charlotte Ballet
Cyrie Topete, nominated by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Choreography Honoraria:
Marco Palomino, nominated by Visceral Dance Chicago
Ogemdi Ude, nominated by Danspace Project
Film & Animation:
Isabela Fraga-Abaza, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Caitlin Craggs (Film 2008), Stephen Hillenburg Animation Honor
Luke Alexander Harris, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Wendy Levy (Film 1994), John H. Johnson Film Honor
Haisi Hu, nominated by Hunter College
Gabriella Mykal, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Rebecca Baron (Film 1996), Cary Grant Film Honor
Philip Thompson, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Mitch McCabe (Film 2000), Sir Roger Moore Film Honor
Fatima Wardy, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Iman Zawahry (Film 2008)
Film Honoraria:
Matt Feldman, nominated by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Jared Hall, nominated by California Institute of the Arts, School of Film/Video
Karina Lomelin Ripper, nominated by Princess Grace Award winner Jahmil Eady (Film 2022)
Loren Waters, nominated by New Orleans Film Society
2025 Statue Award Winners:
Isabella Boylston
Sky Hopinka
2025 Special Project Grant Recipients:
Nicole Chi Amén
Dahlak Brathwaite
Desdemona Chiang
Keerati Jinakunwiphat
Bridget L. Moore
Barkha Patel
Sergio Mata’u Rapu
2025 Princess Grace Artist Fellows:
Chih-Jou Cheng
Roderick George
Evan Silver aka Tiresias
Nesaru Tchaas
2025 Grace Kelly Training Scholarship Recipients (High School):
Gulse Polat
Alana Rock
Nicholas Santes King
Abber Siddiqui
Kaylah Spaulding
2025 Grace Kelly Scholarship Recipients (College):
Aaron Ballentine
Alyssa Dorsey
Jordin Gayle
Lyric Patino
Roger Wang