Rosemary Meza-Desplas smiling at the camera, long black and white hair, red lipstick, pink crocheted necklaceMay 12, 2022: The Mellon Foundation and the Ford Foundation today announced the newest cohort of the Latinx Artist Fellowship — a multi-year initiative administered by the US Latinx Art Forum in collaboration with the New York Foundation for the Arts. Alumna and multidisciplinary artist Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, B.F.A., 1984, Studio Art: Drawing and Painting, is among the 15 artists selected. In its second year, the fellowship recognizes 15 of the most compelling Latinx visual artists working in the United States today and aims to address a systemic lack of support, visibility, and patronage of Latinx visual artists — individuals of Latin American or Caribbean descent, born or living in the United States.