Meadows Museum Recognizes Community Artist

The Meadows Museum, SMU, announces that Erica Felicella has won the 2025 Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award. The award is given annually to an outstanding North Texas artist who has exhibited professionally for at least 10 years and has a proven track record as a community advocate for the visual arts. The award brings a $3,000 cash prize.

Felicella is a multidisciplinary artist and arts professional with roots in New England who has called Dallas home for over 20 years. Originally trained in photography, she works as an artist, curator, producer, organizer, and program developer for fellow artists. Over the past decade, her practice has expanded beyond photography to include performance, endurance art, site-specific installations, and new media. Across these varied forms, Felicella explores collective human experiences through resonant themes such as memory, grief, and vulnerability.

Beyond her own artistic practice, Felicella is deeply involved in community-building efforts throughout North Texas. Her advocacy for artists and arts access, through her stewardship of initiatives such as Temporary Assembly Permit through Art Conspiracy and the Dallas Public Library Culture Pass, aims to foster meaningful connections between art and community.